This month in Review: AgTech from Around the World
The world of agriculture never sleeps, and technological solutions designed to streamline the industry are springing up all the time - whether it’s in developing our alternative meat industry or…
Leeds Welcomes UK’s First Solar Powered Park-and-Ride.
The UK’s first ever solar powered Park and Ride centre is set to open its doors this week in Stourton, south Leeds. The £38.5m scheme will be powered with energy…
Brazil Reduces Minimum Diesel Biofuel Content to 10%
On Monday this week (6 September) Brazil's National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved a reduction of required biofuel content in diesel from 10% to 13%. The rising price of soy…
NZ Building Efficiency Firm Tether closes $1.75m Funding
New Zealand-based building tech company Tether has successfully closed its $1.75m seed capital funding round, led by environmental investment firm Impact Enterprise Fund (IEF). Founded in 2018, the tech company…
Commentary: Turning the Tide on Microplastics
Microplastics are a known threat to our ocean and terrestrial life, but adequately detecting them can still be a challenge. This piece from Technology Networks breaks down the kinds of…
Commentary: Hotel Giants Work with WWF to Develop Hotel Waste Management Methodology
Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG Hotels & Resorts, and Marriott have joined the World Wildlife Fund and Greenview to create a measurement methodology to collect data and to measure and report…
Commentary: Textile Industry Alliance Moves Closer to Microfibre Shedding Standard
The results of a fibre fragmentation trial that has been carried out by the Cross Industry Agreement (CIA) –a collaboration between AISE, CIRFS, EOG, EURATEX and FESI in order to…
Performance versus sustainability is a false choice!
An interview with Charles Dimmler, Co-Founder & CEO of Checkerspot, where we discuss the creation of innovative bio materials, the thinking behind the WNDR ski range, the role of the…
Hershey’s Launches First Vegan Chocolate
Hershey’s, the American multinational chocolate manufacturer, has launched its first ever vegan chocolate bars. The new line, called Hershey’s Oat Made, is made –as its name suggests– using oat milk,…
Special: Bioresearch of the Week Vol. 2
A lot of research has been done over the past few weeks by the greatest minds from universities all over the world. In this edition of bioresearch we’ll have a…
Perennial Bioenergy Crop gets UK Government Funding
A project looking to expand cultivation of bioenergy crop Miscanthus has received over £150,000 in funding under the UK Government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme. The project - dubbed OMENZ -…
Nike Partners with Newlight for Carbon-Negative Sneakers
Nike, the athletic giant announced it is taking more steps towards going green. Nike is partnering with Newlight Technologies in order to explore greener material alternatives for their sneakers. Newlight's…