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Study: Circular strategies could slash auto industry emissions by two-thirds

Business Green

New analysis from Bain & Company suggests recycled materials could play dominant role in auto industry supply chains. The European auto industry could slash emissions and drastically reduce its exposure to resource security risks by embracing recycled materials and circular business models.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2023

Greentown Labs

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. This system has 5x higher system-level energy densities compared to lithium batteries.

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Recycled materials and traditional techniques define this farmstay in India

AGreenLiving

Crafted with a small carbon footprint, the building adopts low-tech systems, such as passive solar orientation and terracotta roofing, to minimize energy usage. The east-west orientation of the buildings also helps minimize heat gain and takes advantage of the cooling breezes from the adjacent agricultural field.

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Is carbon offsetting enough?

Envirotec Magazine

In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations. Here, Samir Jaber, technical writer at sustainable materials sourcing platform Matmatch, explains why offsetting alone will not suffice — and what businesses can do instead.

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The Return on Investment (ROI) of Sustainable Business

Green Business Bureau

In some regions, lack of access to natural resources and basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. For these reasons and others, a business strategy that includes sustainability is key to building resilience, improving profits, and reducing risk.

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Technological Trials to Future-Proof Roads in Suffolk

Cleantech East

of funding was announced by the Department for Transport for research into technology that could improve roads across the UK in the near future. million of the fund to adapt lighting columns to make them suitable for use as charging points for electric cars, or Wi-Fi hubs. In January 2019 ÂŁ22.9m

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Sustainability Guide for Plumbers: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

How does the plumbing industry affect the environment? The effects of said practices are costly: Poor materials can pollute their surrounding environment. The effects of said practices are costly: Poor materials can pollute their surrounding environment. Poor materials are inefficient, wasting both water and energy.