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Tesco targets major plant-based meat sales growth in UK first

Business Green

Tesco is plotting a major increase in plant-based meat products in its stores over the coming years in order to capitalise on the growing trend towards vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets, as it today became the first UK retailer to set a sales target for meat alternatives.

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A View of Climate Tech Trends through Elemental’s Portfolio Applicants

Elemental Excelerator

Circular economy company applicants grew from 8% in 2019 to 17% in 2022. Touching on everything from freshwater and stormwater management to flooding, companies focused on water access jumped 8% compared to 2019. We’ve seen energy storage companies increase from only 11% of 2019 energy applicants to 17% in 2022.

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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

The plant-based meat and dairy market is expected to balloon over the years to come, as consumers increasingly seek to reduce the environmental impact of their diet while tapping the health benefits related to reducing meat consumption.

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Investors are betting billions on carbontech. Will it pay off?

Grist

XPrize recently surveyed carbontech companies, primarily in North America and Europe. Analysts say the market for plant-based protein and meat alternatives could balloon to $85 billion by 2030. on Oct 23, 2019. This means using metal catalysts and electricity to convert carbon dioxide into organic chemicals. .

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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

Whether driven by animal welfare, health, or environmental concerns - or a combination of all three - more and more people are either becoming vegan and vegetarian or reducing their meat consumption and eating greater proportions of plant-based food. increase in white meat consumption over the period. That breaks down into a 13.7g

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UPDATE: Future Meat Technologies raises $14m Series A as Memphis Meats eyes jumbo Series B

AFN Sustainable Protein

14, 2019, ET: 10:26. Israel’s alternative meat startup Future Meat Technologies has closed a $14 million Series A round led by S2G Ventures and Swiss VC Emerald Technology Ventures. This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A. (If

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Global briefing: Tesla suspends Fremont factory production as global pandemic escalates

Business Green

The EV giant added that its cash position at the end of Q4 2019 was $6.3bn before its recent $2.3bn capital raise. "We TCM has provided advisory services to OGCI Climate Investments on the assessment of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies since 2019. South Korean government proposes Green New Deal investment blitz.