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Open Innovation Challenge Calls up Start-Ups in Drive Towards Net Zero Concrete

Start-ups from around the world can play a leading role in helping an essential global industry in its efforts to cut CO2 emissions and help solve the climate challenge.

15 Mar 2023

Climate Tech Venture Terrascope Appoints Former UK Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth to Join Sustainability Advisory Council

Climate tech venture Terrascope has appointed three experienced sustainability leaders to its newly formed Sustainability Advisory Council.

15 Mar 2023

Trapping CO2 in a Stable, Insoluble Form in Rocks

According to recent research, around 0.5% of global carbon emissions might be recovered during the typical crushing process of frequently used construction rocks by crushing them in CO2 gas.

14 Mar 2023

Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Around Metals Recovery

To boost the domestic manufacture of solar panels, electric vehicles, wind turbines and electricity networks, the U.S. will need a steady supply of critical minerals – such as copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium and platinum – that can be mined here.

14 Mar 2023

New Feed Additive Can Significantly Reduce Methane Emissions Generated by Ruminants, Already at the Dairy Farm

Valio, A-Rehu, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the University of Helsinki are researching the potential for reducing ruminal methane emissions using a feed additive; the ‘Climate smart feeding solutions for Finnish milk production sector’ project is funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

14 Mar 2023

R-Biopharm Rhone Becomes the First Company in Its Field to be Recognised and Verified as Having Achieved Carbon Neutrality

In an important milestone on its ongoing journey towards Net Zero, Glasgow-based R-Biopharm Rhone, manufacturer and distributor of analytical test kits, has become the first Company in its sector to be certified as carbon neutral.

14 Mar 2023

Missouri S&T Researcher Leads $2 Million Grant Project Related to Critical Minerals and Clean Energy

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology was recently tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to lead a $2 million grant project related to critical minerals and clean energy.

13 Mar 2023

Production of Solar Panels in the U.S. can Accelerate Decarbonization and Reduce Climate Change

Domestic production of solar panels – most of which are now made in Asia – can speed up decarbonization in the U.S., according to new Cornell University research published in Nature Communications.

13 Mar 2023

The Race for Making the $300bn Concrete Market Greener is Already Underway

If concrete was a country, it would have been the world’s third-largest carbon dioxide emitter behind only China and the US. This is no surprise given that it is the second most used material in the globe after water, it produces roughly 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonization of concrete is essential to meeting the UN net zero targets.

13 Mar 2023