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Circular clothing firm Usedfully and its partners will pilot Strength-Tex, made with used textiles, in a section of road in Wellington, New Zealand. Strength-Tex is the first of several industrial-scale products developed from waste textiles.
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Katie Chan
23.05.2022
Reset Connect, an innovative sustainability and net-zero event for innovators and investors has unveiled its exciting speaker line-up, which includes representatives from leading financial and funding providers Starling Bank, Triodos Bank and Sustainable Ventures.
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Maddyness UK
11.05.2022
A majority of the UK public has no understanding of “green jobs” or the difference between green jobs and green skills, according to research commissioned by Deloitte and IEMA. The study found that 56% of respondents had never heard of the term “green job”, 64% had no idea what “green skills” were and 65% said they did not have access to green skills training through their employer.
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Fred Fullerton
09.05.2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the third instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report, a comprehensive climate assessment that comes out every five-to-seven years.
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Anja Pries
11.04.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Chris Winchurch, acting CEO and cofounder of Minimum, about calculating a businesses carbon footprint, understanding carbon emissions, and why Minimum is a sophisticated decarbonisation partner.
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Chris Winchurch
07.04.2022
Germany has appointed Jennifer Morgan, former executive director of Greenpeace International, as its global climate envoy, according to Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Greens party. Morgan takes up the post on 1 March and has said she will use her experience to support and implement the country's climate goals, as well as those of the EU and the international community.
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Anja Pries
21.02.2022
California’s Equinix has partnered with Bloom Energy and Virtual Power Systems, among others, to test technologies supporting environmentally sustainable data centres. Equinix will conduct the trials at its first co-innovation facility near Washington DC, where modular fuel cell and high-density liquid cooling systems will be assessed in collaborations with the various partners.
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Fred Fullerton
07.02.2022
Climate change mitigation is turning into a mainstream strategy as the urgency to reach net-zero is real. Governments, countries, cities and businesses are developing new strategies to reach net zero commitments in efforts to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goals.
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firstminute Capital
07.02.2022
Climate fintech is a cross-cutting sector covering the intersection of climate, finance and digital technology. It includes a range of financial product innovations, applications and platforms that serve as mediums between all stakeholders to catalyse decarbonisation.
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firstminute Capital
07.02.2022
Farmers in England will receive subsidies to rewild their land as part of wider, large-scale nature recovery projects announced by the UK government. Under the scheme, large areas of land will be managed to promote conservation, provide wildlife habitats and restore river and stream health.
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Katie Chan
24.01.2022
The climate crisis is the single biggest threat to humanity, and we’re running out of time to stop it. At COP26, over 100 countries pledged to reduce their methane emissions by 30%, reduce use of coal and end deforestation by 2030 – all with the goal of staying below 1.5°C of warming, as required by the Paris Agreement.
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Michelle You
19.01.2022
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University researchers have developed biodegradable food packaging that may extend the shelf life of fresh fruit while killing harmful microbes.
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Fred Fullerton
10.01.2022
McDonald’s UK & Ireland has rolled out a new-build restaurant in Shropshire, which it claims is its first to meet net-zero carbon regulations in its construction and operations. The building was constructed using a range of recycled materials, including cladding made from recycled IT equipment, a drive-thru lane using recycled tyres, internal wall signs made from waste coffee beans, and kerbsides constructed from recycled plastic bottles.
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Marc Height
20.12.2021
Interest in greentech is growing as more influencers in the sector have now pushed the industry into the top five influential areas in tech, according to new figures.
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Abby Wallace
30.11.2021
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