Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2023

Aeromine Technologies received an investment and endorsement from AEC Angels , an investment platform focused on architecture, engineering, and construction technologies. Greentown Go alum BlakBear , which provides package-level food freshness visibility, raised a £2.3M seed round.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 23, 2023

FUNDING Carbon Upcycling raised $26M in Series A funding for its carbon-sequestration technology. Series A —led by Greentown partner bp ventures and with investments from Greentown partners Clean Energy Ventures and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries—for its green-hydrogen-producing electrolyzer technology. SnoFox Sciences closed a $4.5M

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2020

Using innovative approaches to old problems, ecopreneurs are looking for ways to capitalize on the environmental problems that our world faces. Financial bottom line – How profitable is the company, and how can these profits be used and re-invested sustainably? Upcycling and rehabilitating furniture that would otherwise be thrown away.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 20, 2023

C2V Initiative Year 2 alum Carbon Upcycling Technologies received an investment from CRH—part of the initiative’s Carbontech Leadership Council —to launch its first commercial-scale facility.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Carbon Upcycling Technologies , a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 2 participant, received $4.4M Raise Green , a marketplace for impact investing in climate solutions, opened a community funding round. Revterra ’s CEO Ben Jawdat was featured by InnovationMap as an Innovator to Know.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 10, 2021

Increased government and corporate accountability, including the full implementation of the EPR law and more investment into upcycling innovations, are equally critical to create a more sustainable waste management ecosystem in Singapore.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The programme is run by Amazon alongside the European climate innovation hub EIT Climate-KIC and UK-based climate NGO WRAP. The Accelerator is open to entrepreneurs across Europe and I'd love to see the UK's talent and innovation represented amongst the shortlist."

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Luxury in the new normal: Leadership and innovation in 2020 and beyond Elisa Niemtzow Fri, 10/16/2020 – 01:00 Business as usual for the luxury industry is over. To drive innovation and demonstrate leadership in the years ahead, luxury leaders should consider these three opportunities: 1.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Luxury in the new normal: Leadership and innovation in 2020 and beyond Elisa Niemtzow Fri, 10/16/2020 – 01:00 Business as usual for the luxury industry is over. To drive innovation and demonstrate leadership in the years ahead, luxury leaders should consider these three opportunities: 1.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

When we talk of 250 Bishopsgate being a 'green' building, we aren't talking about energy, although it has made improvements to reduce its energy usage through capital investment programmes. They work together in a hive of activity to suggest, test, trial and implement the latest innovations.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Investing in the health and education of citizens (SDGs 3&4) will yield more valuable and specialized workers. This commitment will also bring more investors who seek to invest in a company who has a demonstrated ability to measure risks, adapt to potential challenges and create advantages in the market. SDG 13: Climate action.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

deploys a biorefining platform that upcycles organic waste to fatty-acid biochemicals that can be used in a wide range of applications. Global Algae Innovations (San Diego, California, U.S.) “These innovative companies use it as a feedstock, capture the accumulated waste of the past 150 years, and convert it into useful products.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Active Surfaces is working to make these innovations possible. The end material is carbon-negative, Gonzaléz explains, because the microbes upcycle carbon and SpadXTech uses renewable energy for its processes. Co-founded by Shivam Bhakta and Richard Swartwout , Active Surfaces has received many prizes and honors this year.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 18, 2020

Innovative companies around the world are looking at everyday objects in a new light, and custom lighting fabrication and design studio LightArt is no exception. With this upcycled waste, the company created seven shapes in each of the two shade colors. The process began with the question, “What can we do with falloff material?”

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Canada also punches above its weight in cleantech, with companies like Montreal-based CarbiCrete , whose technology can create “carbon-negative” concrete, or Alberta-based Carbon Upcycling , which is using waste glass to make cleaner cement.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Invest in innovation. Top performers in the leather category see the power of innovation and have taken meaningful steps to foster a culture of "thinking outside the box" within their organizations. The luxury house created a set of best practices around tanning and started using metal-free tanning in 2015.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the wings: startups touting a new generation of textiles, production methods and business models, suggesting there are a lot more innovations in store. Microsoft , JetBlue and Royal Dutch Shell are among those seeking to offset a portion of their carbon footprint by investing in forest protection and reforestation.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Before donating, you might also explore the option of upcycling or repurposing items into new garments or accessories. Innovation in plastic alternatives and clean-up technologies: Research and development efforts are actively underway to engineer biodegradable and compostable alternatives to traditional plastics.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inside the world’s first VR circular fashion summit: 4 key takeaways Lilian Liu Wed, 10/14/2020 – 01:30 COVID-19 has radically accelerated the need for the fashion industry to innovate. To accelerate progress on circularity, we need investment, expertise and a whole lot of collective action.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sustainability is a business opportunity to be captured through innovation and testing new ideas. A sustainability agenda will guide investment decisions at a portfolio level. In 2018, over half of the global asset owners were currently implementing or evaluating sustainability in their investment strategy. Risk Management.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Coca-Cola's European arm has announced backing for recycling start-up CuRe Technology, with a view to establishing an innovative pilot factory to turn waste plastic bottles back into high quality packaging for food and drink via a single, on-site process.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 5, 2020

We’re grateful to partner with this latest group of innovators and, with a portfolio that’s now 117 companies strong, work together to commercialize an abundance of solutions to reverse climate change — starting today. ” — Danya Hakeem, Director of Innovation, Agriculture & Circular Economy. Why do we love them?

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2022

The new range of clothes is made exclusively from recycled, renewable or 'innovative' materials, with the online retail giant claiming the collection has been created to test a range of "circular" or "sustainable" technologies and textiles that could eventually become mainstays of the fashion industry of the future.

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GreenBiz

MAY 12, 2020

As businesses, we can manufacture and sell products with no packaging, create closed-loop recycling systems and collaborate with suppliers to create innovative solutions for reducing waste — all while thriving. What if businesses invested that money into the products themselves rather than what is wrapped around them?

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Coca-Cola European Partners has announced backing for recycling start-up CuRe Technology, with a view to establishing an innovative pilot factory to turn waste plastic bottles back into high quality packaging for food and drink via a single, on-site process.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

acquisition is the largest single carbon-management investment since the passage of the IRA and has implications for the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ecosystem. It’s the largest single carbon-management investment since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), but not quite a true climate tech deal.

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2022

An innovative new zero emissions process that uses renewable electricity to recycle steel and cement could overcome one of the "hardest challenges on the journey to a safe climate with zero emissions", according to University of Cambridge developers behind the technology. It comes amid increasing investment in greener cement R&D.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. Material designers, suppliers, converters, mechanics, and innovators are working to solve these issues. Eco friendly retail packaging solutions and innovation. Sustainable packaging: Innovations to reduce steel packaging waste. The 6 types of retail packaging waste.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year it is the top event in the calendar for gadget geeks and cutting-edge tech enthusiasts, featuring an array of innovations from both global brands and one-man-band start-ups alike. Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. Plus the remotes will also be manufactured from 24 per cent recycled plastic content.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year it is the top event in the calendar for gadget geeks and cutting-edge tech enthusiasts, featuring an array of innovations from both household names and one-man-band start-ups alike. Samsung: Solar-powered TV remotes and upcycled smartphones. The remotes will also be manufactured from 24 per cent recycled plastic content.

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Green Tech Challenge

MARCH 1, 2019

This article might come off as a darker note of the feel-good vibes of sustainable innovation - bear with me, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. On a lighter note, we have seen a lot of promising developments in the innovation of this industry. Writing this article, I made honesty a priority of mine.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Larger offices with cafeterias should also consider making more significant investment in waste reduction through proactive policies and the use of systematic waste reduction systems like a biodigester. She is passionate about finding innovative methods to solving solid waste pollution with a focus on plastic and textile waste.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

The innovation was an upcycled and closed-loop initiative.". Among other things, it plans to invest in pilot programs that focus on using less plastic in packaging to achieve that goal. "There is no off-the-shelf solution for glove recycling," Leibert said. Chipotle's new goal is to reduce overall waste by five per cent by 2025.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

Reducing emissions from operations and investing in carbon offset programs, are two key steps to becoming a more sustainable brewery. Many companies donate these grains to local farmers to feed livestock, such as the Anderson Valley Brewing Company and Ninkasi Brewery which has upcycled 40 million pounds of grain since 2009.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the wings: startups touting a new generation of textiles, production methods and business models, suggesting there are a lot more innovations in store. Microsoft , JetBlue and Royal Dutch Shell are among those seeking to offset a portion of their carbon footprint by investing in forest protection and reforestation.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Periods can be a taboo topic, but Camargo sees an opportunity for innovation. But what really got me interested in sustainability was back in investments," Collins recalls. . Electrified mobility.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

🧱 Carbon Upcycling Technologies , a Calgary, Canada-based company mineralizing CO2 into industrial byproducts, raised $26M in Series A funding from BDC Capital, Climate Investment, Strategic Investors, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, CRH Ventures, Cemez Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, and other investors. In the News The U.K.

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