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Glencore and Britishvolt sign partnership for long-term supply of cobalt

Charged

Global mining giant Glencore has announced a long-term strategic partnership for the supply of responsibly sourced cobalt with battery startup Britishvolt. This strategic partnership [includes] applying best practice wherever possible, as well as assessing labour, human rights and ethical procurement performance of our suppliers.

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Inside Impact Investing: How Startups Can Turn to Mission-driven Investors During this Challenging Time

Greentown Labs

If you’re a startup and making a difference in the world is what gets you out of bed every day, there’s a type of investor who could be ready to support your vision. Here’s what they said about how impact investing can support startups, especially during times of crisis. What types of impact do they care about?

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Inside Impact Investing: How Startups Can Turn to Mission-driven Investors During this Challenging Time

Greentown Labs

The second installment of our Investor Speaker Series connected three impact investors from Greentown Labs’ network to our community of entrepreneurs to discuss what impact investing offers relative to traditional investing and how startups can tap into this type of funding. What do startups that are seeking impact investments need to know?

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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

Using blockchain and cloud-based technology, a number of startups are already laying the groundwork. . For example, blockchain platform Provenance helps trace and certify supply chains to enable ethical procurement decisions. Private equity investors are also paying attention to startup fashion brands.

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Lamps by Biohm are made from coffee and orange peel

AGreenLiving

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. Biohm Images via Biohm.

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Fitch says more Chinese are nihao-ing fake meat

AFN Sustainable Protein

“The fake meat trend can be viewed as the next step…” Fitch says demand for fake, or mock meat in China is surging, amid concerns that the domestic supply of real meat isn’t sufficient. Fitch also notes that environmental, ethical, and health concerns may also be driving demand for fake meat in China.

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Geltor Raises $18.2m for Animal-Free “Designer Collagen”

AFN Sustainable Protein

Geltor , a Californian startup using computational biology and fermentation techniques to produce collagen products without using animal byproducts, has raised $18.2 The “Designer Collagen” it produces are then formulated into products for the startup’s clients, which will soon include food companies.