Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

Approximately 50% of the algae biomass is carbon, and as such, microalgae hold great potential to support efforts to tackle climate change. We are also looking for all possible solutions to reduce emissions in order to meet our ambitious goal of carbon neutral production by 2035.

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Biotechnology Carbon-neutral Aviation Innovation 130

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

A family-owned whisky distillery in the central belt of Scotland, Falkirk Distillery, has joined forces with biotechnology company MiAlgae in a bid to advance the use of circular economy principles in the whisky industry. Founded over a decade ago, the independent Falkirk Distillery produces approximately 200,000 litres of spirit per year.

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Biotechnology Waste Waste Sustainability 246

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The Centre for Process Innovation UK is expected to join soon as a new project partner. Imperial College, UK and TCKT, Germany). IFEU, Germany).

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Waste Waste Biotechnology Biotech 245

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

This hydrogen power service offers an eco-friendly alternative to conventional diesel generators, providing all the electricity required for location shoots without the environmental impact associated with carbon emissions. Two years ago, H2OnSet proposed an innovative idea to Chris McGregor, President of Sommers Generator Systems.

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Hydrogen Biotechnology Pollution Sustainability 91

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Sports brand On says it is the first company in the footwear industry to use captured carbon emissions as a raw material. Swiss sports brand On has announced that it has created a shoe using carbon emissions as a raw material, making it the first company in the footwear industry to achieve the milestone.

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Carbon Carbon-neutral Biotechnology Plastics 72

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

Graphite or carbon electrodes are a core component of standard lithium-ion batteries, but can only store a limited amount of charge and have a restricted overall life-span.

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Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Biotechnology 323

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Huue is a biotechnology startup working to clean up the apparel industry’s manufacturing footprint by creating sustainable dyes for textiles, food and cosmetics. Textiles and the fashion industry account for about 20 percent of global wastewater pollution, 10 percent of global carbon emissions and 17 million tons of municipal solid waste.

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Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 510

Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

The declaration tucks into the Exponential Roadmap Initiative , which appeals to "innovators, transformers and disrupters" aligning their business with the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 VMware has long viewed sustainability as core to its long-term innovation strategy.

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Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 76

AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The theme of adaptation and resilience calls on the world to find new ways to adapt to climate issues and be innovative enough to get past ecological contaminants. Plastic litters the Earth and contributes to carbon emissions. View original here: Innovative biomaterials to help the world replace plastic.

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Plastics Innovation Biotechnology Packaging 36

Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Energy giant to work with Econic to pioneer new uses for trapped carbon. Energy giant Drax is pushing forward with its plans to develop a new generation of carbon capture, usage and storage technologies at its power plants, yesterday announcing a partnership with Econic Technologies to develop new uses for its stored carbon.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Technology Carbon 50

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

A technique for extracting rare elements from waste alloy metals is being developed by Aberdeenshire-based SEM and researchers from the University of Edinburgh, with funding from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), a networking and support organisation based in Glasgow.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Biotechnology Recycling 130

Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

New £120m venture aims to scale up biotechnology alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels used to make everyday products. The partnership aims to help Genomatica scale a "technology-driven, plant-based ingredient", which is estimated to have half the carbon footprint of palm-derived ingredients, according to the update.

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Biotech Biotechnology Fossil fuels Resilience 68

Business Green

JULY 19, 2020

The government has announced the recipients for its latest wave of sustainable farming R&D funding, awarding £24m of support to nine projects working on everything from carbon capture technologies to fruit-picking robots. Farming has never before been at the centre of such exciting and forward looking innovations.".

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Government Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 59

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Our funding will help unlock a vital next step for this project to support sustainable fuel and chemicals production through biotechnology, and ultimately create new jobs and investment to strengthen communities across Scotland.

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Biotechnology Europe Fossil fuels Logistics 130

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Consumer goods giant outlines plans to spend €1bn on ramping up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will curb its cleaning and laundry product line's reliance on fossil fuel derived chemicals. The firm expects its new programme to reduce the carbon footprint of its product formulations by a fifth.

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Fossil fuels Investment Biotechnology Biodegradable 101

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. Investors and innovators are taking note, and are pouring in to address climate change.

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Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

“This Finnish innovation combines synthetic biology, chemistry and material technology in a completely new way,” said a press release. Its ecological quality is enhanced by the fact that thermal insulation also serves as a carbon sink, thus helping to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings.

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Biotechnology Innovation Technology Sustainability 130

Sustainability Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

Everyone loves a good TED Talk, here’s one of our favorites: In this innovative TED Talk, Faber Futures Founder Natsai Audrey Chieza, says for a more just and sustainable future, it’s time for a radical approach to design. Chieza says we need a more revolutionary approach that asks the big questions, “what kind of world do we wish for?”

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Biotechnology Ethics Fashion Sustainability 78

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Carbon ‘rainbow’: Unilever pledges $1.2B The new program, Clean Future, is largely focused on identifying and commercializing alternative sources of carbon for surfactants, the petrochemical molecules found in cleaning products that help remove grease from fabrics and surfaces.

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Fossil fuels Carbon Biotechnology Biodegradable 28

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

To benefit from the energy transition, investors need to look elsewhere and fund new innovative technology solutions that enable net zero. Everywhere you look there are amazing innovations taking place in every industry - and its humbling to see the entrepreneurial community rise to the net zero challenge.

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Investment Biotechnology Technology Innovation 39

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant.  Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 72

Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

A survey of 600 farmers carried out by the pollster on behalf of Swiss biotechnology giant Syngenta in February found 72 per cent were worried about the impact of climate change on their crop yields, animal health, and ability to do business. warming trajectory.

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Climate change Biodiversity Biotechnology Agriculture 91

E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Decarbon8-US Request for Application : AgTech Innovation & Decarbonization. This year’s Decarbon8 round prioritizes innovation in greenhouse gas reduction in the agriculture sector and welcomes applications from various AgTech sectors. Ag and ecosystem biotechnology (e.g. Summer 2022. Apply online by June 27 at the latest.

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Agriculture Investment Biotechnology North America 40

Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Highly Commended: Carbon Intelligence. Ibstock won over the judges with their highly innovative approach to slashing emissions in the high carbon world of brick manufacturing, where the company has pioneered a raft of new approaches and provided a crucial template for others to follow. Highly Commended: JLL. Ibstock plc.

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Sustainability Carbon Climate change Innovation 69

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

In such markets, the development of standards can play a vital role in turning innovation into reality." The BSI report drew comparisons with the electric vehicle industry, where it said the early emergence of standards helped create the 'scaffolding' which has enabled investment in EV and charging innovations.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture 47

Business Green

APRIL 9, 2021

Back before the pandemic, around 10,000 employees arrived every day at Genentech, a biotechnology company headquartered in South San Francisco. Rather than highlighting the carbon-intensive nature of meat, Bon Appétit focused on promoting delicious vegan and vegetarian alternatives. "We But Cool Food members are a diverse bunch.

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Cooling Biotechnology Waste Waste 47

Better Ventures

JANUARY 15, 2020

One investment theme we’re increasingly excited about is synthetic biology, due to its potential to replace carbon emitting production methods for a number of products reliant on fossil fuels, from food and materials to therapeutics and petrochemicals. Pow’s innovative solution involves editing the fermentation host (i.e.

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Startups Biotech Investment Innovation 52

Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2022

Twenty startups joined our community in the second quarter of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a solution to enhance oceans’ natural ability to capture CO 2 , biotechnologies to produce wood products without cutting down trees, and a turnkey development approach to waste-heat-to-power projects. Resiliency + Adaptation.

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Energy Monitor Startups Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 96

Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

A "carbon recycling" project that aims to decarbonise food production by converting CO2 captured at Drax's Yorkshire biomass power plant into animal feed has launched after securing £3m support from the government. At UKRI our aim is to turn the food production sector into a beacon of innovation," she explained.

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Biotechnology Government Agriculture Innovation 101

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Young, who completed her Bachelor’s in molecular biology and biotechnology, sees art as a way of getting people to care about the science. Art cannot replace science — what art can do is to hook people,” she said from her years of experience bridging the science/art divide in her work.

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Climate change Fashion Biotechnology Cooling 40

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. Material designers, suppliers, converters, mechanics, and innovators are working to solve these issues. Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. Sustainable packaging: Innovations to reduce steel packaging waste. The 6 types of retail packaging waste.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Business Green

MAY 5, 2022

Demand for beef worldwide is also continuing to increase, which is in turn leading to on-going deforestation and shrinking the capacity of the world's forests to soak up carbon in the atmosphere. said Popp.

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Meat alternatives Biotechnology Biotech Methane 69

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

We largely import these foods from countries that have invested heavily in alternative protein R&D, when we could be leaders in this rapidly advancing field of science and innovation. Private companies such as Quorn, Impossible Foods and others have also largely led the way in terms of advancing innovation in this space.

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Investment Biotechnology Innovation Government 62

Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

Climate tech companies that attracted substantial funding for their innovations in 2021 and 2022 are now reaching important proof points on the journey to commercial scale. Happy Monday! Fervo is firming up the clean energy equation with geothermal power generation to support wind and solar on a decarbonized grid.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 52

Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 12, 2019

Then capital flows, and the creative innovations that come from many of the folks that you’re going to see today will be part of those breakthroughs that will help to improve the human condition.” Microvi | Biotechnologies for safe drinking water, wastewater treatment, and renewable chemicals | watch.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 75

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

based insurer to achieve carbon neutrality in 2016. . During her five years with Quantis, Bande has advised some of the world’s largest companies in the food, cosmetics and apparels sectors, helping them define science-based targets, insetting initiatives and carbon pricing approaches. Jesse Klein. Jennifer Ballen, 28 .

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