Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

and Houston, Texas, May 24, 2022 — Decarbonizing supply chains is critical to reducing emissions from the manufacturing sector and beyond. From production to packaging and distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation. Applications for Go Make 2022 are due by Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The 2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report found a shortfall in the required capacity at reprocessing facilities. These looked at benchmarks set by both the UK Plastic Packaging Tax and the situation where the UK’s material export markets were no longer an option.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In the agrifoodtech ecosystem, upstream technologies — those operating on the farm or in the production of food — are where the greatest climate opportunities are, and investment in these categories will be critical to improving Africa’s climate resilience. million, it’s still clearly under-invested.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP has published its 2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report, which reported that there is a clear bottleneck in the UK’s recycling infrastructure for plastic recycling. The UK currently relies heavily on these to achieve its recycling targets.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

UK-based cereals company is set to reach 100 per cent recyclable packaging well ahead of 2025 deadline. The parent company behind Weetabix has announced that 99 per cent of its packaging will be widely recyclable by next summer, while it works towards reaching a 100 per cent target ahead of the 2025 deadline proposed by the UK Plastics Pact.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Company announces goal to ensure Walkers, Doritos, and Lay's crisps use recycled or renewable plastic packaging by end of the decade. The company said it will trial new packaging from this year, piloting a renewable plastic for its Lay's range in France and recyclable Walkers crisps' packets in the UK.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many of whom seemed dismayed by its apparent “dash for gas”, and volte face on protecting the environment.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. FedEx also announced it is investing $100m to set up a new centre for national carbon capture at Yale University where researchers will look into ways to scale up carbon sequestration technologies.

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Carbon-neutral Energy Monitor Carbon Packaging 72

Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

This challenging backdrop created an energy supply deficit equal to seven per cent of Europe's total power demand in 2022, but a combination of lower electricity demand, mild weather, and record growth in wind and solar power helped avoid a major return to coal power generation, the report revealed. Any fears of a coal rebound are now dead."

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Nature has been particularly neglected, with fewer than ten of the countries we studied investing in nature-based solutions such as reforestation or wetland restoration. per cent in 2022. per cent in 2022. Ignoring nature misses out on the triple-win opportunity for jobs and the economy, climate, and biodiversity.".

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Packaging Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Biodiversity 93

Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sustainability is the “new normal” From food production, to packaging, to fashion to lifestyle products, there is a clear effort to replace traditional demands with sustainable alternatives. During 2022, we expect efforts like these to continue to grow among businesses.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The firm says it has backed this up with investment in recycling and reprocessing capacity in its Avonmouth plant, scheduled to open in early 2022, and says this alone will reduce its export of waste plastics by 90%. billion of investment, would alone create nearly 700 construction and operations jobs. ? An estimated c.1.3[i]

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Plastics Waste Waste Recycling 298

Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

Meanwhile, state transportation funding does not provide mobility for all — 25% of the state’s population have no driver’s license, yet only 4% of the state’s transportation budget goes for transit, bike, and pedestrian investments. The post 2022 Legislative Priorities appeared first on Front and Centered.

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Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Resilience 52

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Mercers, which is based in Bolton, transforms plastic packaging waste into 100 per cent recycled damp-proof membrane. Across the industry, we are seeing greater demand for UK-produced PRNs, while upcoming legislation, such as the Plastic Packaging Tax, is driving demand for recycled material. Thanks to an injection of £6.1

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Waste 130

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Lightsource bp closed on a $376 million multi-project financing package and mobilized construction on its 293 MWdc Sun Mountain solar project in Pueblo, Colorado, and its 173 MW Bellflower Solar project in Indiana. Both solar projects are part of a portfolio financing package. HSBC Bank USA, and NatWest.

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Construction Packaging Investment Energy 95

Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

UK-based private jets emitted half a million tonnes of CO2 in 2022, the most in Europe, as new research slams the continent's most 'carbon intense' flights UK-based private jets clocked up their busiest year to date in 2022 with the total number of flights soaring by 75 per cent versus 2021, according to a new analysis commissioned by Greenpeace.

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Pollution Aviation Transportation Europe 39

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The package, originally secured to finance the construction and operation of TagEnergy’s Lakeside BESS project in October 2023, included an uncommitted accordion facility, enabling TagEnergy to incorporate Pitkevy into the funding structure. Construction has commenced and the energy park is scheduled to be operational at the end of 2024.

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Construction Batteries Packaging Investment 64

Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

UN Conference on Trade and Development fears that slowdown in foreign investment could impact flows of climate-related finance. Investment in projects that tackle climate change is expected to decline in 2022 as global foreign direct investment flows drop, according to a report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

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Climate change Investment Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 36

Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From packaging to supply chains to recycling behaviours - staying environmentally ethical can, at times, feel like a full-time endeavour. Investment into sustainable materials and circular supply chains plays well with future-facing consumers. Definition: People want innovation to reflect the scale of the crisis.

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Ethics Sustainability Plastics Climate change 90

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

The successful application means the plastic recycling facility will be operational in Summer 2022 at Peel NRE’s 54-hectare strategic energy and resource hub, Protos, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. It will see an investment of around £20 million into the local economy and create 50 new, permanent jobs.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Packaging 130

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

” “In the last three years of reporting, the UK Plastics Pact has doubled the recycled content in packaging, and driven the significant elimination of unnecessary (84%) and hard to recycle (90%) components in packaging. In practice, not all plastic packaging will be recycled through local authority collections by 2025.

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Plastics Recycling Recycling Waste 262

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

A key Committee dealing with climate finance has published four new reports that are hoped to form an important basis for discussions by governments at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, taking place from 6 to 18 November 2022. The financial package, of which $2.5

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Energy Energy Climate change Investment 98

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Avonmouth plant, which officially opens on 3rd March 2022, will be the UK’s largest multi-polymer facility. The infeed material at Avonmouth comprises UK-sourced post-consumer packaging. Viridor has also chosen to invest in a new AUTOSORT® FLAKE unit at its 10,000tpa Skelmersdale polymer recycling and reprocessing facility.

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Technology Recycling Recycling Demand 246

Charged

JUNE 23, 2021

The first of the e-buses are to be delivered in 2022. The company’s Proterra Energy division offers a turnkey package for heavy-duty electric fleets, including charging infrastructure design, build, financing, operations, maintenance and energy optimization. Sources: Proterra , BloombergQuint.

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Electricity Transportation Packaging Batteries 111

Energy Central

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On August 16, 2022, the United States witnessed the passage of the strongest climate investment package in U.S. history.Read More

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Packaging Energy Energy Investment 40

Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Having been crowned the most polluting brand in the world for two years running by the Break Free from Plastic campaign in its global audit of plastic waste, the firm also last year revealed it produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging a year, or the equivalent of 200,000 bottles a minute.

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Packaging Plastics Recycling Recycling 54

Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Last year it invested $26bn - 37 per cent of its overall financing - to climate change, which the bank said marked an increase of 83 per cent compared with the 2019 financial year, during which it invested $14.2bn. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company readies $15bn climate cash injection.

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Packaging Hydrogen Lithium Climate change 36

Charged

MAY 16, 2022

Proceeds will also be used to expand the Company’s talent pool and invest in R&D. Construction of the facility is underway, and it will be fully operational by “summer 2022.”. FreeWire is also evolving its software platform.

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Business Energy Monitoring Technology Energy Monitor Retail 128

Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Emissions from farm to table to landfill Emissions are generated at every stage of the food system, from the production of food on farms to transport and refrigeration to processing and packaging to consumer dietary choices and, ultimately, to food waste. In a 2022 paper published in Nature Scientific Reports , Ciniro Costa, Jr.,

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Waste Waste Packaging Transportation 59

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Also on the radar are findings from the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook , which forecasts that energy prices will drop by 11% in 2023, and an interesting strategic investment from Volvo Cars into an APAC virtual power plant startup. billion) of new investment by 2027. billion) of new investment by 2027.

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Energy Energy Investment Fossil fuels 104

Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

The Environment Agency today said it planned to spend £860m over the next year alone on more than 1,000 schemes across England, an increase of £250m on the last 12-month period and its highest ever annual investment in flood and coastal management.

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Packaging Resilience Climate change Government 56

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Five-year plan aims to frontload investment in boosting grid capacity and resilience while paving way for huge influx in renewable power sources. We're confident that the five-year vision we've outlined will help build the world class energy infrastructure needed to connect consumers to reliable, cleaner energy at an affordable price.".

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Investment Fossil fuels Power grid Resilience 36

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

The survey was conducted by Sapio Research, on behalf of Celebration Packaging. Our survey has found that the vast majority of consumers (80%) are not familiar with forever chemicals and the term PFAS,” says Celebration Packaging Managing Director Nick Burton.

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Packaging Plastics Waste Waste 225

Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Funding may be flowing into climate technologies at an increasing rate, but a slow-down in investment in early-stage projects and start-ups could clog the innovation pipeline and undermine long term progress towards a low-carbon economy.

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Investment Technology Carbon Government 49

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 5, 2021

billion) compensation package will be awarded to RWE and Swedish firm Vattenfall. million were made to EnBW and EON/PreussenElektra to make up for investments made at plants when their licenses were renewed in 2010. Part of RWE’s compensation also covers some investments made. The majority of the €2.4 billion ($2.9

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Nuclear Power Investment Government Packaging 130

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Short-term relief for the energy crisis must be combined with long-term investments in the future energy system, writes the ADE's Jonny Bairstow. Last week, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced a package of fiscal measures aimed at tackling the energy price crisis and boosting the economy.

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Policy Energy Energy Packaging 68