ACT Announces Minority Investment from Bridgepoint
ACT, world’s leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions, announced a minority investment from Bridgepoint, the world’s leading quoted private assets growth investor focused on the middle-market. Bridgepoint’s investment raises ACT…
Amazon Customers Want To Be Able To Recycle Packaging. So Why Isn’t The Tech Giant Doing More?
Amazon released its 2020 sustainability report. Oceana, a major organization fighting for a clean ocean, analyzed e-commerce packaging data and found that Amazon generated 465 million pounds of plastic packaging…
Commentary: Deepmind To Release Shape Database Of Every Protein Known To Science
Proteins are the building blocks of life. There are about 100 million known distinct proteins, with more and more being found constantly. DeepMind has been working since 2016 to solve…
Lidl Pledges to Remove Two Billion pieces of Plastic Packaging by 2022
At the end of last week, German supermarket Lidl vowed it would remove two billion pieces of plastic packaging from its UK stores by the end of 2022. The retailer…
Investments push Asian Agritech Sector Closer to Global Lead
Our rapidly expanding global population is proving one of the greatest challenges to establishing sustainable, long-term solutions throughout an array of industries. Resource depletion and land management are top of…
Commentary: 2D Technology used to create World’s Thinnest Solar Cells
Researchers from the Australian National University have uncovered a new kind of solar cell technology - one that deploys a ‘simple twist’ on some of the world’s existing thinnest materials.…
ArcelorMittal 2030 Emissions Reduction Target requires $10bn Investment
Luxembourg-based steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal last week published its second group climate action report - announcing its target of reducing emissions by 25% by 2030 will be backed by a $10bn…
Crocs Goes Vegan and Net-Zero
The shoe brand announced this week it’s going 100% vegan by the end of the year in order to help fight the climate crisis, and achieve its goal of becoming…
Pladis Uses Sonocos’ EnviroCan For Product Ranges
Pladis is teaming up with Sonoco’s EnviroCan™ range for its Mini Cheddars, Cheeselets, Cracker Crisps and Twiglets products. The company responsible for some of the UK’s most loved snacks has…
Phononic Secures 50M in Funding
Phononic, a North Carolina based startup, is using a material called bismuth telluride to make so-called cooling chips for refrigeration appliances. These chips could replace the traditionally used chemicals which…
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Biomass, bioenergy, biofuels, biochemicals. All these terms are sometimes mistakenly used interchangeably. Although they can be very similar in their uses, their difference can be found at its very core.…
Microalgae – the Biomaterial of our Future?
As the world seeks to transition to a circular economy, a host of innovative materials are emerging across industries. This week, we’ve been reading about microalgae. Specifically, materials innovation company…