The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Innovative waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies offer a promising solution to this challenge, transforming how urban centers handle waste and generate energy. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies represent a critical advancement in this journey, offering innovative methods to convert waste into valuable energy resources.

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GreenBiz

JULY 26, 2021

Lululemon, LanzaTech are reshaping carbon waste into fabric. Consider that right now, the steel industry is among the three biggest producers of carbon dioxide. tons of carbon dioxide , according to the World Steel Association. tons of carbon dioxide , according to the World Steel Association. Innovation.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Cargill fishes for innovations in sustainable salmon farming. Cargill’s new sustainability program, SeaFuther , expands its carbon reduction commitments from the terrestrial to the oceanic. As a comparison, research indicates that feed only represents about 20 percent of overall carbon emissions for beef production. Jesse Klein.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 18, 2022

Sustainable and productive agriculture requires whole-acre solutions and carbon markets play a role in the future of agriculture. However, the carbon market and protocols for agricultural systems remain immature and need to continue to evolve following a science-based and practical approach to scale the industry’s positive global impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

in funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund. The project is one of 16 solutions being awarded a share of £40 million in the water regulator’s latest innovation competition – the Water Breakthrough Challenge. This is the second phase of the project, with the first receiving funding from Ofwat last year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Climate tech investments from venture-capital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence, according to PwC’s 2023 State of Climate Tech report, published on 17 October. While that pattern is still true, there is an encouraging shift in the right direction.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A European group of global investment managers and pension funds has devised an ambitious plan to cut their portfolios down to net-zero carbon.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In January 2020, Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, announced that the company had set a target of becoming carbon negative by 2030. What does going carbon negative actually entail? Brandon Middaugh , the Director of Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund , comes on the show to explain.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. .

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

Exploring the world of carbon capture technology opens up a pathway to understanding how advanced science is being utilized to combat the pressing issue of climate change. Post-combustion capture The core principle of carbon capture technology is simple yet incredibly sophisticated.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In January 2020, Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, announced that the company had set a target of becoming carbon negative by 2030. What does going carbon negative actually entail? Brandon Middaugh , the Director of Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund , comes on the show to explain.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Edinburgh-based Carbogenics – the developer of proprietary technology that enhances the efficacy and applicability of anaerobic digestion – has raised more than £1m in investment to build its first production and R&D facility in Scotland.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 20, 2020

When Amazon announced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy, it became the latest in a growing number of corporates using balance sheet capital to invest in and spur sustainable innovation.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of the critical minerals used widely in electronics and industry. In total there are 40 organisations receiving funding.

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Charged

AUGUST 4, 2021

Japanese ink and materials manufacturer Toyocolor has been tapped to supply its Lioaccum series of conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions to the North American and European operations of battery-maker SK Innovation. Lioaccum dispersions are used as a conductive additive in Li-ion cathodes to help expand battery capacity.

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Business Green

JANUARY 23, 2024

Carbon removal innovator announces completion of successful investment round, featuring backing from Maersk, Equinor, and Aramco

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Breaking down barriers between financiers and civil engineers could unlock vast flows of finance into low-carbon infrastructure projects, according to a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) published on 15 November. Greater collaboration between the engineering and finance communities could be an important catalyst.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

This investment will provide a further boost to the economy, creating skilled jobs and apprenticeships across the North East.” It backs up everything we’re doing in our low-carbon journey, including supporting the production and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel – one of the biggest issues facing the industry right now.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ember, whose low-emission coaches can complete a 130-mile round trip to Edinburgh and Dundee on one charge, were proud winners of the Carbon Reduction Award. SSE Renewables, with partners Microsoft and Avanade, who took home the Best Innovation Award for their use of artificial intelligence to monitor puffins and salmon.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 30, 2021

ImpactAlpha, August 30 — “The vast majority of innovation and transformation concerning climate change will happen in private markets,” says Carbon Equity’s Jacqueline. The post Carbon Equity secures €1.2 million to lower minimums for private climate investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A £3 million investment underpins the project, which employs siphon technology to draw water up though the intake and over the top of the dam which then runs down through the siphon, through the hydro turbine, and back to the natural environment. The hydro scheme is being delivered by renewable energy specialist Emtec Energy.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Featured: Agents of Impact Podcast Toussaint Bailey: Bringing ‘the quietly bothered’ into impact investing. The post The Brief: Onboarding impact investors, Evercare’s exit in Kenya, supply-chain financing in Nigeria, cities as carbon sinks, innovative finance playbook appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, 13 companies selected from the Sustainable Innovation Fund will work with Innovate UK KTN and their partners growth studio and the ecosystems to further develop propositions and prepare to raise external capital.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Next generation energy innovators will receive a £24 million cash boost to develop “new technologies that will decarbonise UK industry, build home-grown energy supplies and help prepare the country for a net zero future.”

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A Scottish-based manufacturing facility which will enable the production of lower carbon cement products has secured a £500,000 award from Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy Investment Fund. Trade Minister Ivan McKee announced the Circular Economy Investment Fund award on 2 December. ”

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

BNP Paribas has this week launched an innovative global investment fund that aims to combine financial returns from the world's equity markets with a positive impact on climate change. The THEAM Quant World Climate Carbon Offset Plan Fund extends a European version of the strategy which launched in March last year.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Specialty chemicals company Cabot plans to invest approximately $200 million in US conductive carbon additives (CCA) capacity over the next five years to enhance its market position and support the transition to EVs. Source: Cabot

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

UK-based Mura Technology announces major backing from global chemicals giant to help it develop host of innovative US and European plastic recycling facilities. A spokesperson for Mura Technology said Dow's latest backing announced today amounted to a "multi-million-dollar" investment, but would not disclose the precise sum.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Processes developed by Carbon Upcycling Technologies promise to reduce emissions by up to 30 per cent. Global cement giant CEMEX has invested $6.5m in Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a Canadian start-up whose innovative processes could reduce the emissions associated with cement making by up to 30 per cent.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

As global leaders gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024, those in attendance must push for the mobilisation of trillions of dollars from private money into sustainable investments to combat climate change. And these resolutions can only be delivered with private money.”

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Low Carbon Prosperity

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus On Thursday, January 4th – just four days prior to the start of the 2024 legislative session in Olympia – we’ll gather at Amazon’s Day 1 Building in Seattle to preview a critical year for carbon policy and clean energy innovation.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus Our annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum always sells out. Just one year later, more than $1 billion has been awarded to Washington state’s innovative projects for carbon reduction. Don’t delay, register today !

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Chemical and materials company Ingevity has invested $60 million in silicon anode specialist Nexeon. In connection with its investment, Ingevity and Nexeon have committed to a joint development of future products involving the use of Ingevity’s activated carbon, and intend to enter into a long-term supply agreement,” says Ingevity.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The term “clean hydrogen” doesn’t have a specific official definition, but on the whole, it tends to refer to H2 that is produced in a way that doesn’t generate carbon emissions. Of course, there is also the question of what to do with carbon that has been captured.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Carbon Markets are Ripe for a Reset — Our Investment in Funga Photo Credit: Filip Zrnzević The carbon sequestration market has been heating up lately (no pun intended). This is fueling the growth of the carbon markets. degrees celsius. 2 gitatons. We also backed Funga because of their impressive team.

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Business Green

MAY 30, 2022

Start-ups from a range of "technology domains" will be invited to pitch their innovations to the steelmaking giant in July. Other innovation areas eligible for funding include long-term, large-scale energy storage and clean energy. ArcelorMittal has also been steadily upping its green steel investments.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Leading ethical crowdfunding platform has launched opportunity to invest in carbon-capturing tomato glasshouses. With its innovative eco-friendly production methods, Sterling Suffolk will help consumers buy British tomatoes knowing they are making the best choice they can for the environment too.".

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