Corbion Partners with Land O’Lakes to Advance Regenerative Agriculture
Leading biobased ingredients company Corbion is joining forces with Truterra, LLC (a unit of Land O’Lakes) and their local partner Central Valley Ag (CVA). The collaboration is meant to leverage…
Lululemon and Genomatica Partner for Plant-Based Nylon
Last week, sportswear company Lululemon Athletica announced a multi-year collaboration with Genomica, a sustainable materials company. The goal is to bring renewably-sourced, bio-based materials into lululemon’s products. This marks lululemon’s first-ever equity…
WWF Reports Millions of Green Jobs Could Be Created If Subsidies Are Diverted
According to WWF, tens of millions of jobs could be created if government subsidies were diverted into greener activities. The report examined the potential impact on employment of turning the…
5 Minutes With… Thomas Kolster, the Founder of the Goodvertising movement and author of The Hero Trap
It is a tough time right now for global consumer brands. On one hand they need to produce more environmentally responsible products to satisfy their investors, their brand legacy and…
Commentary: Scientists Around the World Are Working to Turn Agricultural Waste Into Food, Packaging and More
For every kilogram of cacao beans, farmers produce about 24 times the amount of biomass. In order to tackle this issue, researchers in Colombia created new products from this “waste”…
Commentary: Getting BECCS right
Bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) is a process that captures and stores atmospheric CO2 while simultaneously producing energy, fuel, or carbontech products from biomass. In the mid 2010’s,…
Adidas Announces New Footwear Collection to Help Save Water and Energy
Famous sportswear company Adidas has introduced a new 'No-Dye Collection' of golf shoes which feature the uppers made entirely in their natural colour. According to Adidas, this no dye technology…
U.S Treasury Announces Fossil Fuel Energy Guidance for MDBs
The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued Fossil Fuel Energy Guidance for Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), on August 16th. This Guidance comes in response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14008 on…
Ovo Energy launches ‘Drive Anytime’ EV tariff
UK energy supplier Ovo Energy rolled out its new EV charging tariff yesterday, following the success of a pilot scheme undertaken in January this year. The firm says the scheme…
Hook Line and Sinker: The Technologies Making Sustainable Fishing Possible
The 2021 Netflix documentary Seaspiracy has pushed sustainable fishing practices to the forefront of people’s minds, and global supply chains are being scrutinised with a new fervour. According to the…
Commentary: China’s faltering carbon credit system
Carbon credits are an increasingly popular means of regulating companies’ emissions as international regulations gradually tighten around carbon allowances. Yet China - one of the world’s largest economies - is…
Tesco Rolls out Soft Plastic Collection in UK stores
UK supermarket chain Tesco has this week announced it’s completed installation of recycling collection points for soft and flexible plastics at all of its UK store locations. These kinds of…