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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — January 2022

Greentown Labs

INOVUES , a participant in the Greentown Launch InNOVAte 2019 Challenge with Saint-Gobain, raised $2.75M from leading investors , including Saint-Gobain NOVA and our corporate member VC Fuel. Infinite Cooling received a $100K Phase I SBIR grant from the U.S. Radical Plastics received a $650K Phase II SBIR grant from the U.S.

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How behavioural science can boost the green transition

Smart Energy International

Even the acceptance of objectively positive interventions like those proposed by the European W.E.District project , which aims to develop innovative 100% fossil free heating and cooling solutions for new and existing district heating and cooling systems, could be threatened by human bias. “It Resistance to change?

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What does the vaccine mean for cold chain sustainability?

Business Green

"We look at that as an opportunity to inject sustainability into this rapid innovation and restructuring of the cold chain," said Paul Camuti, chief technology and strategy officer for Trane Technologies. Up to 30 per cent of the gas used to cool the refrigerator is leaked into the atmosphere. Greening the cold chain.

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? $32bn and 30% drop as market hits pause in 2023

Climate Tech VC

The market is still warm, but cooling. Jury is out on whether investment will keep cooling or heat back up. This could be due to the relative maturity of renewables and  sentiment that decarbonizing energy was past the innovation stage. 2023 saw a 29% increase in the cumulative total.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

If you've ever flown through Denver's International Airport, you know the city prides itself on its innovative design and customer-friendly amenities. Biotech giant Genentech is a surprising fleet leader: It's got the most aggressive electric commuter bus programs around, in addition to its other EV fleet goals. Media Authorship.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. It helped define fast fashion, yet is in the vanguard of circular innovations in apparel. The H&M model embodies some big contradictions.

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Bio-recycling gets fashionable with enzymes that will eat your shoes

Business Green

French biotech start-up Carbios is making rapid progress working with some of the world's biggest fashion brands to deliver a new approach to polyester recycling. This is the future a biotech startup called Carbios and a group of well-known sportswear brands are working toward. Which, incidentally, is a lot of stuff.

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