Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

A new report, Developing sustainable Gen AI, published on 14 January, appears to show that generative AI has a significant and growing negative environmental impact. However, many organizations are failing to appropriately track this growing footprint, says the Capgemini Research Institute, which is jeopardizing their ESG objectives.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. The initiative is the product of a nine-organization collaboration that has the backing of climate campaigner and former U.S. Ian Kearney. Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ahead of the latest crucial round of talks this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), green groups are warning proposals are "an empty shell" that will have a negligible impact on the sector's emissions. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. Let’s start with costs.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

At beauty and hygiene products company Lush, for example, working to implement zero-waste when possible has led to innovation across the board. In fashion, similarly, going the extra mile takes an innovative approach. Companies are investing in nature-based climate change solutions such as planting trees to draw down carbon.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2020

How on-demand food delivery apps could encourage low-carbon food. For the environmentally minded, the increased adoption of app-based food delivery services presents a unique opportunity to affect carbon emissions in the food supply chain. However, a major roadblock is the lack of transparency surrounding the carbon impacts of food. .

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GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The nuances of all the various adjectives and descriptors that are used to describe climate action — from "science-based" to "net zero" to "carbon negative" — are enough to make heads spin, especially for those who spend their professional lives worrying about how to communicate these concepts. Offsetting versus insetting.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

One immediate way progressive food company leaders are doing this is by applying true cost accounting to their operations: assessing and measuring the negative impacts and positive benefits of their business practices and taking stock of their dependence on ecological and human resources. Eosta now has new plans for living wage pineapples.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

What we were looking at was how do we look at carbon in this circular economy? How do we look at carbon itself as an element, which is both an energy source and a material? In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

Digital Innovation Manager, BASF; Sao Paulo, Brazil. We are constantly looking for innovation and solutions that can help us in this new way of remote work, to improve our interactions to our customers and to be more emphatic than ever. Without further ado, here’s what’s up with members of past GreenBiz 30 Under 30 cohorts.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 19, 2021

But as sterile as those labs may appear, they have a dirty secret: immense carbon footprints. The organization is working directly with manufacturers, including scientific instruments maker Thermo Fisher, to set benchmarks on products and packaging design. There's a ton of innovation happening," he said.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Leading corporations award six climate technology innovators working to reduce emissions from concrete, steel and other essential construction materials Honolulu, HI, San Francisco, CA – Today Elemental Impact , a leading non-profit climate technology investor, announced the 2024 Build Better Innovation Challenge winners.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Clean Creatives is backed by the same organizations and individuals that helped trigger the fastest divestment movement in history, convincing thousands of investors to ditch fossil-fuel assets and arguably doing more damage to fossil-fuel companies' license to operate than any other campaign. "The For example, last year 20 U.K.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Such an approach focuses on maximizing positive and minimizing negative aspects of nature-based adaptation strategies and options. Our goal is to be a trusted, transparent and innovative partner. INDIGENOUS, which promotes "organic and fair trade fashion," was founded on the fundamental belief of supporting climate justice.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 5, 2021

Buildings will be designed to be carbon negative. Higher module efficiencies mean that buildings under two stories can be designed to be carbon negative — generating more energy than they operationally consume. Nevertheless, technology marches forward, so leaders must continue their innovation efforts to stay ahead.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. mixed-use space that anchors the Innovation District.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

UK energy-from-waste (Efw) operator enfinium has launched the UK’s first carbon capture pilot at an EfW site, the group announced on 16 September. The launch is described as a milestone for the sector and for the group’s plans to deploy Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology across its UK facilities to generate carbon removals at scale.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

GreenBiz 21 brought together so many different organizations and individuals sustainably transforming business, allowing me to see that everyone has a unique career path. While leading Park Over Plastic, we have faced innovation gaps or times when there isn’t a viable replacement for some single-use plastics. Kristina Chu .

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The primary challenge lies in the conventional methods of hydrogen production, which predominantly emit carbon dioxide (CO2), negating the environmental benefits of this clean fuel. The cornerstone of this innovation is the development of a non-precious metal catalyst known as G-SHELL.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

FID equipment burns a hydrogen flame to ionise organic compounds containing carbon to detect gasses in the atmosphere, including methane. By monitoring only for methane, laser technology avoids any negative cross-gas implications, while also improving the accuracy of readings.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

Seventeen startups joined our community Q2 2023, working on innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture. It’s participating in Year 3 of the Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative. It’s part of the C2V Initiative Year 3 cohort.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2022

This could be by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint while also establishing a healthy work-life balance for employees. Delta Air Lines and Microsoft Corp pledged to drastically curb their carbon emissions, taking into account the carbon footprint of their associated law firms. The second is cost reduction.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While most changes have been negative–canceled or delayed surgeries, intensive care units filled to maximum capacity, and provider burnout–the rise of telemedicine, virtual care, and remote monitoring is considered a silver lining by many patients and healthcare providers alike. The carbon footprint savings range between 0.70-372

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

That’s why we need to look beyond just carbon and to consider human-made pollution in all its forms. Co-author Dr Will Pearse, from Imperial’s Department of Life Sciences, said: “Tyre waste does not naturally degrade and instead builds up in the environment, and may interact with other pollutants as well as biological organisms.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. Axis Sky Renewables (Houston, Texas) creates innovative wind solutions, specializing in vertical-axis wind turbines that are less expensive to produce, deploy, and maintain than traditional wind turbines.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is partnering with Future Biogas to power its UK sites with low-carbon energy as part of company decarbonization efforts. The deal will help the pharmaceutical firm move closer to its goal of becoming zero-carbon by the end of 2025.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme sees 24 projects share £4m of funding. The government announced the latest wave of funding from its Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, providing grants worth up to £200,000 to 24 projects from across the UK.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

The food and agriculture industry, responsible for 19 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is ripe for climatetech innovations that reduce waste and emissions and restore healthy ecosystems. Clearly, there’s a tremendous opportunity to rethink and improve our entire food system to address both its negative climate and social impacts.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 29, 2022

These actions are needed as the brewing process is energy-intensive, uses large amounts of water, and generates high volumes of wastewater and organic waste. For instance, a single pint of beer can have a carbon footprint as high as 900g CO 2e (for bottled beer that’s been extensively transported). beverage industry by volume.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST, have made an innovative hydrogen research advancement by improving the efficiency of hydrogen fuel cells with new ionic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials. Science FAQ’s What are Ionic Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)? What are MOFs used for? How are MOFs constructed?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Through the lens of environmental stewardship and innovation, this journey will dissect the layers of organic materials that form the backbone of biomass energy, venturing beyond the surface to examine the environmental, economic, and social narratives that intertwine with the fabric of this energy form.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Bids for funding are being sought through the second phase of the government's Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, which was announced today and is designed to support projects looking to breed, plant, cultivate, and harvest organic matter that can be used as a fuel to produce energy.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 26, 2024

Meet the winners of the Resilient New Orleans Innovation Challenge, hosted in partnership by Elemental and Finance New Orleans to bring sustainably built, climate resilient, and affordable housing to New Orleans and beyond. Gradient makes high efficiency air conditioning and heating equipment that can be installed by anyone.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 26, 2024

Meet the winners of the Resilient New Orleans Innovation Challenge, hosted in partnership by Elemental and Finance New Orleans to bring sustainably built, climate resilient, and affordable housing to New Orleans and beyond. Gradient makes high efficiency air conditioning and heating equipment that can be installed by anyone.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 26, 2024

Meet the winners of the Resilient New Orleans Innovation Challenge, hosted in partnership by Elemental and Finance New Orleans to bring sustainably built, climate resilient, and affordable housing to New Orleans and beyond. Gradient makes high efficiency air conditioning and heating equipment that can be installed by anyone.

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