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Xavier Creative House: An Award Winning Sustainable Marketing Agency Supporting the Healthcare Industry

Green Business Bureau

Xavier Creative House (XCH) is a sustainable marketing agency operating in the healthcare industry, specializing in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. This is the third year running in which Xavier Creative House have addressed their carbon footprint by investing in carbon offset schemes.

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The Magnetic Force of Purpose

Better Ventures

Back in those days, there were very few venture funds with an explicit mandate to invest in companies focused on positive social/environmental impact and even fewer that were focused on seed stage, mission-driven technology startups. Unfortunately, according to the respondents, only 37% of companies have a strong purpose. Come join us!

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How regulations can tear down the barriers faced by the cultivated meat industry

Business Green

The industry is attracting investment as new technologies for cultivating meat are emerging and start ups edge towards commercialisation. According to the Good Food Institute, in 2021 cultivated meat companies attracted $140m of investment in Europe.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

Responding to DeSmog’s findings, Natacha Cingotti, senior health and chemicals policy officer at Brussels-based policy and advocacy group, Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL), said: “[W]hen working on chemicals- and pesticides-related policies, the imbalance of stakeholders in favour of industry interests is striking.”.

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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

The plant-based meat and dairy market is expected to balloon over the years to come, as consumers increasingly seek to reduce the environmental impact of their diet while tapping the health benefits related to reducing meat consumption. This year there has been quite a big shift," Verkuil says. "On

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Should we genetically edit the food we eat? Two experts offer their thoughts

Business Green

This is turn can invoke the idea that scientific progress interferes with nature, producing results which are unpredictable and ethically wrong. Yes, these companies do invest huge amounts of capital and time developing innovations such as gene-edited crops. In 2015, for example, these ' Frankenfood headlines' dominated.

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

Editor’s Note: Rob Leclerc is a Founding Partner at venture capital firm AgFunder where he co-leads the investment team with Founding Partner Michael Dean. Second is the emergence of a more conscious consumer concerned about health, climate change, the environment, and animal welfare. Food may be next.