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Action pledged at cross-sector FOG summit

Envirotec Magazine

On the opening panel, Jennie Smith, director of building maintenance at Mitchells & Butlers, explained how the pub and restaurant operator has undertaken its own trials of grease management equipment due to the lack of an industry standard to guide investment in new systems. We couldn’t get that, so we did our own trial.”. .

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Study: Nature impacts remain 'blind spot' for major corporates

Business Green

The report assesses the policies and practices of 389 large companies spanning eight sectors with a particularly significant impact on nature: metals and mining; construction and engineering; construction materials and supplies; containers and packaging; pharma and biotech; tyres and rubber; apparel and footwear; and chemicals.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Investments in software and data, as well as building deep relationships with utilities, will be key to helping fleets navigate this daunting ecosystem. 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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'The next investment superstars will be in sustainable finance': Meet the CEO behind the A-list's favourite green investment firm

Business Green

BusinessGreen speaks to Steve Oyer, CEO of i(x) Net Zero - the green investment firm founded by Warren Buffet's grandson and backed by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. If you look at the team that has come together, these are investment professionals," Oyer says. Some of us have worked together for 20-25 years.

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

Business Green

However, it is also clear the pandemic has turbocharged the sector's growth beyond previous expectations, with a more recent report from FAIRR noting that the plant-based protein sector attracted double the amount of venture investment in the first half of 2020 than it did the whole of 2019, at $1.1bn.

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? Spinning CO2 into clothes

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Even though fashion is the third-most CO2 polluting supply chain on the planet, it does not get the attention it needs. It means so much to have a customer want to invest to help scale up something like this. On the financing side, I think there is a really big gap in the market for FOAK facilities. Subscribe Now

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

DeSmogBlog

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.” These investments, however, would be impacted should the EU’s pesticides reduction target be adopted.