GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Set to be finalized in early 2022, the GBF’s draft sets out targets for protecting marine and land habitats, reducing pesticides and plastic waste, and increasing investments.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But some companies are setting a trend for aiming to become net zero by the end of 2022. Crystal Doors were named Manufacturer Of The Year at the 2021 Business Green Leaders Award and Small Business of the Year at the Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021 due to their dedication to being net zero by 2022.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2023

Over the past six months, the Greentown Go Make 2022 cohort of five climatetech startups has been working closely with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) (“MCA”) and the M-Lab Companies to accelerate partnerships to deploy and commercialize supply-chain-decarbonization solutions.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Mercers, which is based in Bolton, transforms plastic packaging waste into 100 per cent recycled damp-proof membrane. The new, high-tech equipment will allow it to recycle up to 50,000 tonnes of plastics each year, making sure that UK waste is dealt with responsibly in the UK. Thanks to an injection of £6.1

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2023

million people and are forecast to generate $827 billion in 2022. Due to a mix of genuine care about the planet and expectations from customers for businesses to contribute, franchises are facing increasing pressure to do their part in helping to reduce waste and lower carbon emissions. with an emphasis on quick service restaurants.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

investment in its vegetation intelligence platform that helps utilities reduce the risk of power outages and wildfires. Department of Energy to extract nickel and magnesium from mining waste. Applied Bioplastics received an investment from 4WARD.VC Overstory announced a $5.2M Phoenix Tailings received $1.2M from the U.S.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Raise Green , a marketplace for impact investing in climate solutions, closed a $1.2M Greentown alum Seasats received a $10M investment from L3Harris Technologies, where the startup’s autonomous ocean vehicles will pair with cutting-edge products from L3Harris to create innovative maritime solutions. seed round.

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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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Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Peak Power received a $765K investment from Natural Resources Canada’s Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program to install 117 V1G chargers —and is partnering with fellow Greentown member SWTCH Energy on the installations. Kanin Energy is partnering with Tallgrass to develop four waste-heat-to-power clean energy projects.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And as millions of Brits are skipping meals days at a time, according to a survey by the UK Food Foundation earlier this year, the UK is wasting $23 billion (£19 billion) worth of food each year, enough to feed a quarter of the world’s population. “In the UK, we waste a third of all food produced. between 2022 to 2029.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 25, 2023

Climate tech investment landed in the spotlight in 2022. eGrocery, food delivery) saw valuations nosedive and VC dollars dwindle, climate tech investment “hovered at historic highs,” according to PWC’s State of Climate Tech 2022 report. While other sectors (e.g.,

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 17, 2022

Clean technology, modern power systems and green energy sources present a vast investment opportunity for businesses. Considering this, we predict the top five trends that will fuel the next stage of the energy management revolution in 2022. The time is ripe for increased investment in onshore wind.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Siemens Energy has signed an agreement with Canada-based TC Energy Corporation (TC Energy) to commission what is said to be a first-of-its-kind waste heat-to-power pilot installation in Alberta. The facility will capture waste heat from a gas-fired turbine operating at a pipeline compression station and convert it into emissions-free power.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 10, 2022

The survey, which was based on input from players including utilities, smart cities and industrial IoT and gives a good insight on thinking on IoT adoption, highlighted that in 2022, IoT is a bigger IT priority than ever for organisations across multiple sectors with enablement as a top priority for the next 12 months.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Here are a few of IKEA’s other recent waste reduction and circular economy efforts: The retailer plans to remove all non-rechargeable alkaline batteries from its global home furnishing offerings by October 2021. And that [with] everything we're utilizing in a store, there is no waste going to landfill," Keesson said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

IndiNature says investment will help scale up production of its 'carbon negative' building material. Carbon negative insulation for homes and commercial properties is to be produced in Scotland for the first time following a £3m investment in a pioneering green materials firm from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The past week has been a key period for investment decisions, pleas and pledges within the financial community. At the same time, the European Investment Bank (EIB) released its 7th annual investment survey, breaking down how firms have been faring in the energy space in the midst of the continuing effects of the war in Ukraine.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Summer 2022. E8, an impact investor community specializing in climate tech and cleantech, invites applications from early-stage companies to its 2022 Decarbon8-US funding round focused on technological solutions that advance regenerative agriculture and reduce its environmental impacts. Apply online by June 27 at the latest.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Essex-based waste management and recycling solutions provider, Green Recycling, has achieved its goal of becoming the UK’s first picker-less C&I MRF with the help of a sensor-based sorting system able to identify the weight and quantity of plastics, one of a number of features enabled by AI.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

which aims to halve global food waste by 2030. A gigantic 931 million tonnes of food were binned in 2019 by households, retailers, restaurants, and other food services, according to new UN research designed to evaluate the sluggish progress towards meeting the UN sustainability goal of halving food waste by 2030.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

A focus on implementing climate and environmental agenda in 2022 is in the UK's best economic and social interest, writes Aldersgate Group's Nick Molho. Low carbon investment also has the potential to create jobs in multiple locations across the country. The business community strongly welcomed all these developments.

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Sustainability Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

During 2022, we expect efforts like these to continue to grow among businesses. ESG investments are top priority As we highlighted in November , the pandemic escalated environment-driven ESG into a whole new realm. For a company that shows negative social and environmental performance in their reporting, it could mean being shut down.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 2, 2024

between 2021 and 2022, it remained 7.1% A slight increase in emissions was expected for 2022 as Canada continued to rebound from the pandemic. But with provinces holding the wheel on big energy, investment, and infrastructure decisions, it’s time for them to pull their weight. While carbon pollution increased by 1.3%

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

Choco secures 'unicorn' status after securing $111m backing in latest investment round. A digital platform designed to helps restaurants and their suppliers optimise their purchasing processes so as to save time, money, and food waste has been valued at $1.2bn after its latest investment round.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The technology docks easily with existing energy infrastructure at any site in the world with a supply of natural gas, including industrial sites, large businesses, housing developments, hospitals, or waste disposal facilities.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Norwegian developer Wastefront inks deal with council to begin building facility which turns waste tyres into chemical materials for fuel and rubber production in 2021. Our ambition is to create a new circular economy for dealing with waste issues, and a crucial element of sustainable waste handling is to be able to do so locally.".

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The number of battery-related waste fires continues to rise, some of which are considered to have been sparked by vapes being thrown away instead of being recycled. Last year, research identified that 700 fires are caused by batteries hidden inside electricals such as vapes in the waste stream.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The RECOUP UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2022 is available for RECOUP members to download from its website. . As the UK looks to navigate its way through the many changing environmental policies, RECOUP continues to provide expertise and guidance for its members across the plastics recycling value chain and policy makers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2022

Bentley has said it will invest £2.5bn on electrifying its vehicles and transforming its Crewe headquarters into a "zero environmental impact" electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant. Luxury car maker announces plans to transform its Midlands plant into an electric vehicle production facility, as Tesla posts record profits.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A Scottish-based manufacturing facility which will enable the production of lower carbon cement products has secured a £500,000 award from Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund. The production facility, which will be located on Levenseat’s site in South Lanarkshire, is due to be commissioned by the end of 2022.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

If we are to gain ground in terms of kerbside tonnages and quality of plastics, it is crucial that investment in plastics recycling communications is given priority”. 57% of local authorities conduct ongoing waste and recycling communication campaigns, and a further 23% in the last 12 months.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Upcoming policy decisions on plastic, carbon trading and carbon capture could see the waste sector become a major driver of regional decarbonisation, writes Enfinium's Mike Maudsley Just over a year ago, I made a significant - and positive - career change. It took less than six months for that prevailing wisdom to be proven wrong.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The group says it “has demonstrated how the voluntary approach can deliver measurable outcomes, with the Courtauld Commitment reducing the UK’s food waste by 27% since its launch 17 years ago.” The agreement is a catalyst for change around reductions in GHGs and food waste, and is delivering sustainable water management.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A need for the progression of national standards on grease management equipment was also highlighted at the European FOG Summit 2022, which brought the water and hospitality sectors together in Liverpool, UK, last month. . We found there is no standard, no real transparency about what those machines do and how they work. .

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

Funding from oil giant aims to help scale production of waste-based fuel that can be mixed into conventional jet fuel in bid to reduce carbon footprint of flight. The firm is taking a phased investment approach with its corporate backers, enabling them to invest additional capital as the company scales, it explained.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From finding clever ways to participate in the circular economy, to innovating new products and materials that don't actively contribute to planetary destruction, brands that are proving to consumers that they are seriously invested in the future of the planet are set to win over the next few years.

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