Charged

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It has 34 industrial sites and 3 research and innovation centers. Syensqo has completed its spin-off from Solvay, a Belgian chemical company. Now a stand-alone, Euronext-listed company, Syensqo has more than $8.5 billion in annual sales and 13,200 global employees. Source: Syensqo

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Biotechnology North America Automotive Lithium 116

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Lanzatech’s technology is described as “a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering”. The application of our Hummingbird™ technology to produce bio-ethylene is one step to a more sustainable future.

Carbon 278

Carbon Plastics Biotechnology Biotech 278

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

With six-figure funding support from the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Eco Clean is aiming to develop a more sustainable alternative to traditionally petrochemical-based surfactants, which can be produced at scale. This developed into the project Eco Clean is working on today.

Biotechnology 241

Biotechnology Waste Waste Sustainability 241

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. When we first spoke to MiAlgae, it was a breath of fresh air.

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Biotechnology Waste Waste Sustainability 246

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

Activities in the ROBA project will contribute to these targets by focusing on a concept for refinery CO2 capture with microalgae and by developing monitoring methods that could be utilized in large-scale algae cultivation,” explains Jason Michael Blake, Vice President of Innovation, Business Platform Aviation Feedstock, at Neste.

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Biotechnology Carbon-neutral Aviation Innovation 130

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

Agrifoodtech start-up MicroHarvest has been named as winning innovator for its response to the challenge of ‘Building a net-zero food production system’ by a panel of expert judges at the 2023 BloombergNEF (BNEF) Pioneers awards. The MicroHarvest co-founders (left to right) Luisa Cruz, Katelijne Bekers and Jonathan Roberz.

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Biotechnology Innovation Technology Sustainability 173

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The HGDWS 165 ST Generator: A Game-Changer for Sustainable Power in the Film Industry H2OnSet, a pioneer in sustainable energy solutions, has launched the HGDWS 165 ST generator, a transformative product designed to meet the unique needs of the film industry. “We found H2OnSet’s proposition intriguing.

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Hydrogen Biotechnology Pollution Sustainability 95

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

As well as this, we need to find more sustainable production methods and ways to use naturally occurring materials as part of battery manufacturing. It is also targeting the growing demand for bio-based materials across industrial and manufacturing sectors, including naturally regenerative seaweed which can be harvested sustainably.

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Electric vehicle Batteries Electricity Biotechnology 323

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.

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Waste Waste Biotechnology Biotech 245

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.

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Waste Waste Biotechnology Recycling 130

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. Government must provide the regulatory support to amplify transformative innovation from the intersections of converging exponential technologies.

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Incubators Incubators Resilience Innovation 420

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 Innovation 78

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.

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Innovation Biotechnology Carbon Recycled materials 78

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. Unilever did not disclose the amount it had invested in the partnership, but confirmed it was the largest investment it had made to date in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil.

Biotech 68

Biotech Biotechnology Fossil fuels Resilience 68

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.

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Biotechnology Europe Fossil fuels Logistics 130

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A filtration system fuelled by whisky co-products is being developed by researchers to sustainably extract rare and valuable metals – including gold, silver, and palladium – from waste electronics using a new combined biological and chemical approach.

Waste 130

Waste Waste Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 130

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?

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Biotechnology Innovation Technology Sustainability 130

AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 15, 2019

Food ingredients innovator Motif has raised $27.5 The rebrand emphasizes Motif’s plans to become a supplier of innovative ingredients to food innovators with a particular emphasis on its partnership with parent company Ginkgo Bioworks, the microbe manufacturer. Danone, Mars Inc, and Ingredion are founding members of the project.

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Innovation Startups Meat alternatives Biotechnology 52

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. Innovation. Who are they? Today, indigo dye in denim manufacturing uses toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde, cyanide and petroleum. Circular Economy. Circularity 21.

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Startups Carbon-negative Waste Waste 423

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental is expanding its support for visionary entrepreneurs who are addressing climate challenges in innovative ways. Investors and innovators are taking note, and are pouring in to address climate change. These 15 climate companies will join an existing portfolio of more than 150 investments.

Soil 111

Soil Recycling Recycling Investment 111

Eco-Business

APRIL 13, 2022

Innovators around the globe are achieving inspiring results using natural sources, traditional knowledge, and advanced biotechnology techniques to develop sustainable materials for the fashion industry.

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Fashion Biotechnology Sustainability Innovation 10

Green Tech Challenge

JULY 1, 2019

In recent years, there has been an awakening in the general public when it comes to environmental responsibility, putting immense pressure on companies to deliver sustainable and eco-friendly products. Mycorena is therefore one promising innovation on the Green Entrepreneurship’s scene that surely deserve to be kept an eye on!

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Biotechnology Waste Waste Organic 60

Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

The partnership builds on Drax's on-going work with Deep Branch Biotechnology to explore the potential of using trapped CO2 emissions to make proteins for animal feed. The energy giant said the partnerships could help other industries source more sustainable plastic products and help the agricultural sector decarbonise.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Technology Carbon 51

Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

French scientists have discovered a plastic-eating enzyme they claim could offer an innovative recycling solution for millions of tonnes of toxic plastic waste material, according to "breakthrough" new research funded by a clutch of consumer goods firms.

Plastics 98

Plastics Recycling Recycling Biotechnology 98

Green Business Bureau

JUNE 16, 2021

At GreenTech Painting, the philosophy “from quoting to disposing” reflects how sustainability is incorporated throughout every area of the company. If necessary, however, then the GreenTech Painting team finds a sustainable, and often unique, solution for their paper use. From Quoting to Disposing”.

Health 97

Health Biotechnology Sustainability Biodegradable 97

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. And, therefore, to create ethically-sourced and locally-fabricated high-performance sustainable products.

Biodegradable 36

Biodegradable Biotechnology Biotech Waste 36

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

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Using a combination of cutting-edge genetic engineering, state-of-the-art biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and innovations in mechanical and chemical engineering the companies to manufacture chemicals using a process that soaks up waste carbon, rather than emitting it.

Carbon 73

Carbon Carbon-neutral Biotechnology Plastics 73

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

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 40

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. All the winners and highly commended entries from last night's prestigious BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. Highly commended: PLMR.

Sustainability 69

Sustainability Carbon Climate change Innovation 69

Grist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. They were an important part of the varied diet that sustained Patterson’s ancestors for millennia; in return, people cared for groves of the trees across thousands of miles. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)

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Biotechnology Agriculture Government Technology 144

Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Concern over climate change far outstripped other issues, with just 12 per cent selecting nuclear war as the "biggest risk to Earth's future", and only five and seven per cent highlighting the misuse of artificial intelligence and biotechnology, respectively. Those who don't get involved will find themselves left behind.".

Climate change 92

Climate change Biotechnology Electric vehicle Politics 92

AGreenLiving

JULY 16, 2020

LA-based startup Mi Terro is using biotechnology to turn a portion of that food waste into sustainable fibers for biodegradable T-shirts. Its innovative, patent-pending process can also be used to make other eco-friendly products and offer a sustainable substitute for plastic. The company doesn’t want to stop there.

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Biodegradable Startups Biotechnology Waste 36

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

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 28, 2020

Join Women in Cleantech & Sustainability for the kickoff event of our 2020 Executive Leadership Workshop series: More Women on Corporate Boards. She then pivoted to focus on leveraging advanced technology for sustainable outcomes. She also oversees Ceres work on sustainability disclosure. Click here for more information.

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Law Sustainability Government Biotechnology 52