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Sharks, beauty and synthetic biotech

GreenBiz

Synthetic biotechnology is projected to surpass $61 billion in revenue by 2030, driven by companies interested in shifting sourcing strategies away from petrochemicals or practices harmful for biodiversity.

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Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030

Business Green

Unilever said the €1bn of funding will specifically finance biotechnology research, CO2 utilisation technologies, low carbon chemistry research, and biodegradable and water-efficient product formulations, while also helping the firm halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025.

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Farmers fear climate crisis will have greater impact on their business than coronavirus

Business Green

A survey of 600 farmers carried out by the pollster on behalf of Swiss biotechnology giant Syngenta in February found 72 per cent were worried about the impact of climate change on their crop yields, animal health, and ability to do business.

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Study: Eating less meat should be focus of global post-Covid-19 recovery plans

Business Green

Their findings show plans that include dietary shifts toward less meat and more fruit and vegetables would reduce agricultural land use and the need for irrigation and fertiliser, which according to the research can affect water quality and harm biodiversity.

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Therme Art unveils 3 urban sustainability projects at Venice Architecture Biennale

AGreenLiving

The project at Giardini’s Central Pavilion is designed to connect you viscerally with the loss of biodiversity. Resurrecting the Sublime is an immersive installation merging art and biotechnology.

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Top brands strengthen links between net zero goals and supply chain innovation

Business Green

After all, oft-cited data suggests that the impact of a company's supply chain is as much as 80 per cent of its overall greenhouse gas emissions footprint - and an even higher percentage of its impact on biodiversity and nature.

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The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers

Grist

Last month, in the Plant Biotechnology Journal , researchers described a breakthrough with rice, engineering the plant to produce more compounds that encourage the growth of biofilms, which provide a cozy home for nitrogen-fixing bacteria, much like legumes provide nodules for their partner microbes.

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