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Impact unicorns: Green firms dominate list of UK's most valuable tech start-ups

Business Green

These companies sit at the top of almost 900 impact start-ups and scale-ups that are using technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), bid data, and blockchain to try and tackle global problems. At the heart of this is technology, as the way to scale social impact is by applying science and technology.

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This wallet can tell you about its carbon impact

GreenBiz

In early January, I covered personal care products company Aveda’s project to trace and verify the provenance of its vanilla supply using blockchain — and to allow consumers to peek into that information by later this year. Recycler Plastic Bank is also using IBM blockchain services to verify its claims. Blockchain.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling. and globally by 2040.

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This wallet can tell you about its carbon impact

Business Green

Covalent reveals how Blockchain technology is offering a consumers a peek at its environmental footprint. In early January, I covered personal care products company Aveda's project to trace and verify the provenance of its vanilla supply using blockchain - and to allow consumers to peek into that information by later this year.

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This wallet can tell you about its carbon impact

AGreenLiving

In early January, I covered personal care products company Aveda’s project to trace and verify the provenance of its vanilla supply using blockchain — and to allow consumers to peek into that information by later this year. Recycler Plastic Bank is also using IBM blockchain services to verify its claims.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Six years later, he is CEO of Clara Foods, a biotech food company that uses fermentation to create egg proteins without involving chickens. However, after 18 months of talking to kids about recycling, composting and water conservation — and subsequently serving as director Debbie Raphael’s executive assistant — her perspective shifted.