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

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. As well as this, we need to find more sustainable production methods and ways to use naturally occurring materials as part of battery manufacturing.

Electric vehicle 323

Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Biotechnology 323

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.

Carbon 73

Carbon Carbon-neutral Biotechnology Plastics 73

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

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 The clear play: Help other companies, including customers and partners, achieve their own sustainability goals.

Innovation 78

Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 78

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. Made of Air’s carbon-negative materials are drop-in ready, and they are already working with companies such as H&M and Audi. Innovation. Who are they?

Startups 478

Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 478

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.

Business Energy Monitoring 51

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Technology Carbon 51

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Sugar beet is seen as a key building block for the development of sustainable supply chains and a ‘bioeconomy’, which uses natural materials instead of petrochemical compounds in manufacturing. The study will examine the widespread benefits that are expected to follow on from the crop’s return to Scotland.

Biotechnology 130

Biotechnology Europe Fossil fuels Logistics 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.

Biotech 68

Biotech Biotechnology Fossil fuels Resilience 68

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?”

Biotechnology 78

Biotechnology Ethics Fashion Sustainability 78

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 Carbon 111

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 60

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

“This way we can offer a sustainable alternative to sugar and corn based polylactic acid, i.e. PLA,” says Henri Nieminen, CEO of Finnfoam. “This Finnish innovation combines synthetic biology, chemistry and material technology in a completely new way,” said a press release. A sweet deal?

Biotechnology 130

Biotechnology Innovation Technology Sustainability 130

Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

Last night over 400 top green business leaders, sustainability executives, investors, campaigners, and politicians gathered at The Brewery in central London for the 12th annual BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. Highly Commended: Carbon Intelligence. Highly Commended: JLL. Communications Agency of the Year. Seahorse Environmental.

Sustainability 69

Sustainability Carbon Climate change Innovation 69

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.

Investment 40

Investment Biotechnology Technology Innovation 40

Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

To coincide with new sustainability strategy agri-business giant Syngenta releases poll showing growing concern worldwide about impact of climate change on crop yields and farmers. Indeed, 63 per cent said climate change would have a greater impact on their business than coronavirus over the next five years, according to the poll.

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Climate change Biodiversity Biotechnology Agriculture 91

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.

Business Energy Monitoring 72

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

E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 15, 2022

Decarbon8-US Request for Application : AgTech Innovation & Decarbonization. Decarbon8 leverages both philanthropic and personal capital to support early-stage companies whose technologies and business models can dramatically accelerate the transition to more environmentally sustainable solutions. Summer 2022. Evaluation Criteria.

Agriculture 40

Agriculture Investment Biotechnology North America 40

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

That is the headline recommendation contained in a new report on the nascent cultivated meat sector from the British Standards Institution (BSI), titled The future of sustainable alternative proteins: cultivated meats which was published this week. "As

Building Energy Monitoring 49

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Agriculture 49

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.

Startups 52

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.

Energy Monitor 96

Energy Monitor Startups Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 96

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Young and her collaborators are working on a version of the future where we live sustainability and in harmony with nature. Young, who completed her Bachelor’s in molecular biology and biotechnology, sees art as a way of getting people to care about the science. And her weapon of choice?

Climate change 40

Climate change Fashion Biotechnology Cooling 40

Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

REACT-FIRST consortium aims to turn CO2 captured at Drax’s biomass power plant in Yorkshire into sustainable animal feed. 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.

Biotechnology 101

Biotechnology Government Agriculture Innovation 101

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In this Green Business Bureau eco friendly retail packaging guide, we explore sustainable packaging solutions for 6 of the most common types of packaging materials used. Use the links below to navigate this guide: The need for sustainable packaging: Giving perspective to our waste crisis. Consumers seek sustainable packaging solutions.

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Packaging Retail Innovation Sustainability 78

Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2022

Plant based foods are incredibly popular in the UK, and not just among vegans: one-fifth of meat eaters report eating a sustainable protein option at least once a month. Private companies such as Quorn, Impossible Foods and others have also largely led the way in terms of advancing innovation in this space.

Investment 62

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. Fervo is firming up the clean energy equation with geothermal power generation to support wind and solar on a decarbonized grid.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

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.

Energy Monitor 75

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

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

We are proud to introduce our fifth annual cohort of twentysomethings who are sustainability leaders within — and without — their companies, nonprofits and communities. Grateful appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment for helping us spread the word.

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Sustainability Carbon-neutral Waste Waste 109