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Bittersweet: New Developments in the Quest for Sustainable Chocolate
While the 4th edition of the Chocolate Scorecard examines over 70 chocolate companies on their social and environmental performance, WNWN Food Labs’ ‘Wegg’ offers a look at a truly sustainable alternative. ... View More
New Beer Made from Treated Wastewater Highlights Potential of Water Reuse
The San Francisco Bay Area-based pilot project reallocated 2,000 gallons of treated water from a residential high-rise to become more than 7,000 cans of beer. ... View More
Net-Zero Targets Are a Bare Minimum for the Private Sector
In an ideal world, companies would be reaching net-zero emissions sooner than 2050 and actively working to eliminate emissions throughout their value chains and beyond to become climate positive. ... View More
Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize Winners Offer Viable, Marine-Safe Solutions to Thin-Film Waste
The three winners are sourcing and scaling biobased and degradable alternatives to traditional, thin-film plastic made from fossil fuels. ... View More
Glovo Impact Fund to Direct €5M Toward Socio-Environmental Challenges by End of 2023
A small amount from each Glovo order will now support local communities, climate-action initiatives, help in digitalization of small businesses, close the gender gap in tech and provide upskilling programs for couriers. ... View More
Will a Sustainable Future for Agriculture Take Us Underwater?
Nemo’s Garden is growing plants in underwater biospheres — a hydroponic, multi-beneficial ag solution that could provide coastal communities with fresh food and water, while promoting marine life. ... View More
Algae May Be a ‘Brilliant’ Solution for Capturing Carbon at Gigaton Scale
By controlling and replicating natural processes, Brilliant Planet’s technology can permanently sequester CO2 from the air while also deacidifying the ocean. ... View More
Struggling to Scale Up Sustainably? Ask Nature
I hope every entrepreneur and business leader takes a moment to see if Mother Nature has already created what they're trying to create or achieve in the marketplace. ... View More
Brands Grapple with Sustainable Growth in Crowded, Stalling, Alternative-Protein Market
Industry players must keep making their products even more attractive, appeal to older generations and bring down costs. Only then can we address the significant environmental impacts of animal agriculture while satisfying the meat-loving masses. ... View More
Could These Experimental Innovations Help Save Arctic Sea Ice?
Existing approaches to mitigating climate change and Arctic ice melt are proceeding too slowly. Therefore, scientists and innovators are crafting creative, unconventional ways to preserve and restore Arctic ice — here are two wildly different appro... View More
Basecamp Research Helping Expand Global Access to Safe, Natural Chemicals and Proteins
With a goal of phasing out toxic and forever chemicals in consumer products, the UK-based biotech startup is spearheading the ethical, equitable discovery and utilization of the safe, effective chemicals and proteins waiting to be found in nature and... View More
Will Mill Be a Game-Changing Solution to Home Food Waste?
The Mill system offers a practical, circular solution for reducing home food waste and the resulting, climate-changing greenhouse gases — with minimal effort on the part of users. ... View More
Next-Gen Underwater Turbines Blow Wind Model Out of the Water
Brazilian startup TidalWatt has rethought underwater turbines — theirs are 60x smaller and produce 3x as much energy as wind turbines, are harmless to marine life, and promote the formation of artificial reefs. ... View More
Steakholder Foods, Umami Meats Win $1M Grant to 3D Bio-Print Structured, Cultivated Fish Products
The collaboration, using Steakholder’s proprietary 3D bio-printing technology, is a significant step forward in both companies’ mission to cultivate and scale sustainable alternatives to conventionally farmed and fished foods. ... View More
3 Predictions for Cellular Agriculture in 2023
Due to the urgency of solving our most formidable climate- and health-related challenges, we regard decision-makers’ behavior vis-à-vis cellular agriculture — and cultivated food products, in particular — to be of some consequence when conside... View More
Stella McCartney to Pilot Mixed-Textile Recycling Venture
Protein Evolution’s technology can turn unused polyester and nylon fabrics from Stella McCartney’s previous collections into good-as-new, infinitely recyclable fibers — and could present a new circular solution for the fashion industry. ... View More
Meet the World's First Vegan Honey — A Sustainable Solution to a Sticky Problem?
Oakland-based startup MeliBio has created the world's first vegan honey — molecularly identical to the bee-made version, but a delicious and sustainable alternative that supports bee biodiversity. ... View More
Energy Startup’s Biomimetic Solar Trees Planting Roots for a Net-Zero Future
Inspired by nature, SolarBotanic’s solar trees use leaf-shaped, thin-film, photovoltaic nanotechnology to harness both sun and eventually wind energy to power houses, charge EVs or be stored for future use. ... View More
This Company’s 3D-Printed Terracotta Tiles Are Paving the Way for Coral Restoration
Archireef has developed the world’s first-ever biomimetic, artificial reef tile — promoting coral survivorship and growth in an environmentally friendly, adaptive and scalable way. ... View More
2022 Ray of Hope Prize Winners Offer Biomimetic Solutions to Fresh Food Waste, Surface Finishing
The Biomimicry Institute has chosen India’s GreenPod Labs and Germany’s Fusion Bionic as 2022’s top biomimicry startups, from a pool of over 200 applicants from 54 countries. ... View More
