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Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

All companies have received funding from Innovate UKs Sustainable Innovation Fund and are now seeking venture capital to scale their business and impact. The 13 companies are: Achelous Energy – Generating 100% carbon-free energy, 24-hours a day, from fast flowing rivers. Described by Google as ‘the next big unicorn.’.

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Carbon-capturing glasshouses grow greener tomatoes, says firm

Envirotec Magazine

The UK eats over 500,000 tonnes of fresh tomatoes each year but only grows 20% of them here, a state of affairs that commercial tomato-growing firm Sterling Suffolk says it is attempting to address using an unusual glasshouse technology to minimise the environmental impact of the activity. The business, advised by DUGUUD, is raising up to £6.75

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Xavier Creative House: An Award Winning Sustainable Marketing Agency Supporting the Healthcare Industry

Green Business Bureau

Xavier Creative House has addressed the environmental, social, and economic facets of sustainable business design to create a healthcare marketing agency with a purpose. In 2020, XCH implemented continuous monitoring of PCs and other electronics to make immediate adjustments to conserve energy.

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The unexpected arboretum: CSUSM benefits from sustainable approach to water and environmental management

Green Technology

That’s important, because the Masterplan emphasizes CSUSM’s position as an active leader in sustainability and makes clear not just the moral and ethical case for sustainability, but also the business case: saving money and providing educational and research opportunities for students.

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Bearing and seal maker shares net-zero manufacturing journey

Envirotec Magazine

Reaching Net Zero operations by 2050 will require huge changes in industrial practices – such as how we use energy and source raw materials – but despite all the challenges, the target is achievable writes Rob Jenkinson. As such, it has an ethical imperative to adopt practices that lead to carbon neutrality. This is a tough challenge.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

If a widespread power outage hit Phoenix during a heat wave and lasted for days, it could kill thousands and send half the city to the emergency room, according to a recent study. That’s not ethical.” It is getting to the point that life is dangerous without air-conditioning. That posed a problem for the manufacturers.

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Investors Challenge ‘Blind Spots’ in Climate-Friendly Ratings for Ad and PR Giants

DeSmogBlog

And DeSmog can also reveal that a growing group of ethical investors are demanding that ad and PR companies come clean about their true climate impact. million project for an oil and gas lobby called the Canadian Energy Centre. Yet, it has a top ESG rating from CDP. But Sustainalytics rates it as “low-risk.”