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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

Innovation in the building sector is critical to achieving decarbonization, as the sector is responsible for 40 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions. To change this, we need innovations that reinvent how buildings and their materials are planned, built, sourced, and managed. and Houston, Texas, Jan.

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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

In 2022, four projects were each awarded grants of between £150,000 – £300,000, from 245 applications, to develop their innovative solutions that challenged the ‘make…use…throw-away’ culture of modern society. The £1 million fund was made possible by the sales of 10p plastic bags through the John Lewis Partnership.

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Report by African Circular Economy Alliance shines light on ‘Five Big Bets’ for circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

The roles of markets and consumers, education, trade, partnerships and innovation are key to driving the circular economy transition, speakers said. One of those enterprises is Ecopost, which has upcycled 5 million kilograms of plastic waste into building materials and created over 2,000 jobs for youth and women.

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SpadXTech Aims to Disrupt Vegan Leather Market with Plastic-free, Carbon-negative Material

Greentown Labs

The end-product is carbon-negative, González explains, because the microbes upcycle carbon and SpadXTech exclusively plans to use renewable energy for its processes. During ACCEL, González workshopped her pitch with Sophie Wadsworth , a pitch coach who’s been working closely with the cohort.

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Amazon announces second Sustainability Accelerator competition

Business Green

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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Vanderful: An African Adventure for Education

Unsustainable

They will be holding drama, craftsmanship and surfing workshops for children, aiming to create lasting change in the seven communities they visit. Vanderful knows that these are the innovators of the future, but African children still have the lowest access to education in the world.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

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. Associate Engineer, Point Energy Innovations, San Francisco. Electrified mobility. Deonna Anderson. Adrienne Johnson, 29.