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What Zymergen’s IPO says about 'biofacturing' and green chemistry

GreenBiz

The company has created what it calls a "metagenomic database," or an alternative chemical catalog, comprised of 75,000 biomolecules derived from the DNA of soil microbes. In contrast, "synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation," Tickner said. Innovation. Rossi agrees. Chemicals & Toxics.

Biotech 371
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Plastic Pollution Awareness • 7/15/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Plastic pollution wreaks havoc on our oceans, soil, air, and has become a leading cause of climate change. Kirpa is a climate reality leader committed to sustainability, social and environmental innovation. He lives in San Francisco and also runs Brickman Biotech Consulting. Kirpa Grewal. Caroline Trowbridge.

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Indigo Ag's plan to compensate farmers for carbon removal is attracting funders such as FedEx

Business Green

The research to develop these seed coatings was led by Indigo Ag's scientific co-founder, now Chief Innovation Officer, Geoffrey von Maltzahn. Indigo Ag was the fifth biotech company founded by von Maltzahn. From there, Indigo Carbon consults with the farm on how it might absorb more carbon into its soil or release less to begin with.

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

DeSmogBlog

We remain committed to delivering innovative solutions that address pressing agriculture challenges for farmers, growers and society.”. In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.”

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

Business Green

Products are just tastier now than ever before, thanks to leaps in food technology innovation, he says. Unilever is also exploring the use of algae for its food products through a recently brokered partnership with UK biotech start-up Algenuity, he says.

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry

AGreenLiving

The company has created what it calls a “metagenomic database,” or an alternative chemical catalog, comprised of 75,000 biomolecules derived from the DNA of soil microbes. In contrast, “synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation,” Tickner said. ” Rossi agrees.

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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.