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The Waste Product Which Could Help Mitigate Climate Change

A product made from urban, agriculture and forestry waste has the added benefit of reducing the carbon footprint of modern farming, an international review involving UNSW has found. Visiting Professor in the School of M...

4 Aug 2021

Sustainable Aviation Fuel is a Greener Alternative to Reduce Aviation Carbon Emissions, says GlobalData

The aviation sector is increasingly looking towards sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a greener alternative to reduce its emissions footprint, according to GlobalData.

4 Aug 2021

Oxford-led REACH Programme Calls for Urgent Improvements in Water Security

Urgent steps to improve water security are needed across the world as part of measures to increase climate resilience, the University of Oxford-led REACH research programme warned today as it published a new, interdisciplinary report.

4 Aug 2021

Scottish Quarry First in UK to Produce Green Aggregates for Construction

SandandStone, the UK’s first supplier of green aggregate materials, has signed an agreement with Green Biofuels Ltd, which enables the business to deliver all of its remediation and aggregate projects with minimal environmental impact and carbon emissions.

From Green BioFuels Ltd 3 Aug 2021

Schneider Electric Moves Forward with Its Sustainability Impact Targets, Mobilizing Support from Employees, Partners and Customers

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, published today its half-year progress overview on setting up and advancing on its 2021-2025 sustainability impact targets.

From Schneider Electric 30 Jul 2021

Riverrecycle Partners with Clean Planet Energy in Southeast Asia to Turn Thousands of Tonnes of Waste-Plastics from the Environment into Ultra-Clean Energy

Riverrecycle and Clean Planet Energy have today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement in a bid to support global efforts of removing non-recyclable plastics from rivers and the environment in Southeast Asia, and then re-purposing the waste as new ultra-clean fuels.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Jul 2021

Advanced Engineering Strategies Enable More Sustainable Biomanufacturing Industry

An international group of researchers led by Monash University is reshaping the industrial biomanufacturing sector by using environmentally destructive by-products such as methane and carbon dioxide to create medicines, consumables and industrial goods.

30 Jul 2021

Microvast and Eversum to Jointly Drive Urban Commercial Vehicle Electrification

Microvast Holdings, Inc. (“Microvast”), a leading global provider of next-generation battery technologies for commercial and specialty vehicles, and eVersum, a high-tech vehicle OEM specializing in the design, development and build of the most purposefully engineered electric commercial vehicles for passenger transport, will join forces to develop state-of-the-art battery solutions to electrify the current and future lines of eVersum’s purpose-built, purely “eBorn,” electric vehicles.

From eVersum 30 Jul 2021

Study Estimates Environmental and Health Impacts of Bottled Water

New research undertaken by scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, affirms that the better option for individual water consumption considering both environmental and health impacts is tap water.

29 Jul 2021

New Research Projects Aim to Build a Sustainable Future for the Marine Economy

Six new research projects that aim to build a sustainable future for the marine environment and those whose livelihoods depend on it were announced today.

26 Jul 2021