Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

  In deals, major funding for transportation including $144M for Indian EVs, $33M for rare earth-free magnets, and $15M for battery recycling.  Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.   Thanks for reading!

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 23, 2020

Carbon capture technologies are an essential part of efforts to reduce climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions. The captured carbon can be sequestered underground or it can be used to make products that would be made anyway. One potentially significant application is in water desalination.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

That was the stark message of the Climate Change Committee in its sixth carbon budget. The 10 Point Plan, the national infrastructure strategy, the climate change committee's sixth carbon budget and the Treasury's interim report on its Net Zero Review. Climate change action has never looked more appealing.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil. COVID-19 will definitely change the world, and I truly hope that this will bring a new priority for sustainability topics. We’ve been able to shift many environmental projects’ approaches to the home-scale, like home gardens, yard tree plantings and home recycling campaigns. .

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you said no, Greentown Houston member Cemvita Factory is here to change your mind. Its team is leveraging the powers of microbes and synthetic biology to fight climate change. The climate impact? When you picture “chemical engineering experts,” do you think of microbes? Let’s start simple. percent of global emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

Incorporating SDG 13, Climate Action, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of a changing climate and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Improve climate change education.

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Sustainability Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

Early this year, Microsoft rocked the sustainability world by announcing it was going not only carbon neutral but carbon negative by 2030. What is carbon negative and how will Microsoft achieve this goal? Microsoft says it wants to achieve net zero carbon emissions. of its energy from renewable sources.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Apple has launched a "first-of-its-kind" $200m forestry fund aimed at removing "at least" one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, promising to scale and support projects that sequester CO2, improve biodiversity and adhere to "strict environmental and social standards".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That is the top line conclusion of a new report published this morning by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), which analyses nearly 170 companies working in carbon-intensive industrial sectors, including mining giant Rio Tinto, packaging company DS Smith, chemicals powerhouse BASF, cement manufacturer LaFarge Holcim, and steel major Tata Steel.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Check out a recording of the event below, and read on to learn about each startup, the climate impact of their technologies, and their progress during the program! “At the nexus of the racial wealth gap and climate change is ACCEL.” Active Surfaces is working to make these innovations possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2020

A company making ‘carbon negative’ insulation is the latest one to receive a share of £8m funding for circular economy businesses administered by Zero Waste Scotland. The Borders firm claims that its products can reduce the average new Scottish home’s carbon footprint by 4.4

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Schools of all types can minimize negative environmental impacts by changing how they operate starting with a few simple green practices and instilling this eco-mindedness into students. Here are a few ideas to get you started: Start a recycling program for classrooms, office spaces and the cafeteria.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 25, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Climate models clearly show how human activities are changing the climate, but they offer only a limited view of how a changing climate is also changing us.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Multi-year initiative seeks carbon-to-value startups and welcomes first Carbontech Leadership Council members. The C2V Initiative is a unique, multi-year program driving the creation of a thriving innovation ecosystem for the commercialization of carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO?)

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

According to the EIB , EU firms continue to lead the fight against climate change compared to the US and across the EU. In the survey, 88% of firms say they have taken action to address Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions with more than half of EU firms having already invested in climate action. 57% invest in #EnergyEfficiency ??64%

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Today, they present themselves as gaps or discontinuity in the social order where the urgency of climate change is recognised, but the necessary action to address it has yet to be taken. Identify drivers of change. Historically, interregna were periods of instability and chaos.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 11, 2023

Records show that the company has lobbied during the past three years on California’s climate strategy, toxicity provisions, low carbon fuel standards, as well as its oil and gas production policies. The pitch for the dinner adds that, “Americans are worried about climate change, but also believe there’s still time to reverse impacts.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Other recommendations include urgently delivering clear strategies to deliver new carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen projects, setting clear and ambitious targets in the delayed Environment Bill, laying the groundwork for domestic EV battery manufacturing at scale, and aligning the UK's net zero and nature agendas. "The

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The recent IPCC report confirmed the link between climate change and human environmental damage. Doing that, and being truly creative about how to engage consumers and change their behaviour, will drive innovation. With public services like recycling disrupted we are faced with excessive waste in our own homes.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020. But the industries need to push beyond recycling. In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach. Clean beauty and fashion are trendy. Media Source.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Clockwise from upper left: pictures of NET Power, Fulcrum BioEnergy, and Lanzatech facilities Addressing climate change is a complex and difficult challenge, but we have more figured out than you might think. particularly technologies that make the most of the carbon that we continue to emit. What are we talking about?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the short term, the lockdowns impacting billions of people have marked a step change for global decarbonisation. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability is a business opportunity to be captured through innovation and testing new ideas. Environmental and social disruptions cause a negative brand reputation (note BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ). 27% of organizations are feeling the operational impacts of climate change. Are we composting food waste?

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

Is that shampoo bottle as easily 'recyclable' as the label claims? And what even is 'carbon negative' beer? That announcement also follows CMA guidance for businesses published last year on the role of competition and consumer laws in helping the UK meet its climate goals.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Centreing climate resilience and adaptation. Despite decades of innovation, production in vertical systems is still limited to leafy greens and berries. This crop diversity will allow us to address complex food systems challenges and protect production from climate change stressors.". All that is work in progress.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up the best of the reaction from the low carbon economy to the government's flagship roadmap for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Undoubtedly many of these initiatives will help firms better understand how to unleash more innovation and investment - and put us at the forefront of global climate action ahead of COP26.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

Solutions to the world's biggest problems, including climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, are studied in research laboratories across the globe. But as sterile as those labs may appear, they have a dirty secret: immense carbon footprints. There's a ton of innovation happening," he said. Elsa Wenzel.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2020

"This year, we're excited to bring the issues of energy, climate, and consumption to the forefront together with partners such as Mitsubishi Electric Asia and Singapore Pools and contribute more strongly to peace and prosperity for people and the planet now and beyond." All of us can and should play a part.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Because the price of keeping the status quo grows steeper every year, from the human and economic toll of climate-related disasters, fires, heatwaves, and other environmental stresses to the jobs left on the table by not accelerating towards a carbon-free, regenerative economy. Carbon negative materials.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

For documentry ideas, have a read of our article: The 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries and Videos. Stressed employees are less productive, and will provide lower levels of customer service – negatively affecting business outcomes. This means introducing social initiatives along with your green goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. WorldGBC’s vision to fully decarbonise the sector requires eliminating both operational and embodied carbon emissions.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

When I worked in the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Innovation at the city of Seattle, I would often hear the phrase, "Nothing about them without them," meaning not to work on a project without engaging the people it would impact directly. Strategic Engagement Coordinator, The Recycling Partnership. Together we can do more!

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). This is ~14% of the daily average carbon footprint from meals per US citizen – having 2 to 3 pints ramps that percentage up to 42%. Challenge 5 : The brewing process is wasteful.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

It forms part of Microsoft's efforts to become a carbon negative company by 2030 and "remove" all the carbon dioxide ever emitted by the company since it was founded in 1975. In other sustainable aviation news, the Orkney Islands in Scotland have been earmarked as a major UK test hub for low carbon fight, as part of a £3.7m

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 5, 2022

GPR’s Impact Zero Project focuses on creating high-quality products that are efficient, recyclable and manufactured to bring their carbon footprint down to zero. They have an extremely onerous energy consumption and negative environmental impact,” Orlandi said. All exhausts can be recycled when they’re no longer being used.

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