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Lessons from 3 emerging bio-based material technologies

GreenBiz

Founded in 2007, New York based Ecovative Design leverages the naturally binding properties of mycelium — mushroom’s root structure — in several sustainable materials. In the cases of Mushroom Packaging and Piñatex, their biological source is considered an agricultural byproduct or waste. Here’s what I uncovered. Producing just 2.69

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Return of the original Corporate Knight

Corporate Knights

In 2007, Benedek left his academic job and founded Anaergia, which converts organic food waste into biofuels, such as renewable natural gas. Benedek hopes that things won’t get to that point and that his current company, Anaergia, can be part of the solution in weaning the world off fossil fuels.

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Divert Announces $1 Billion Agreement with Enbridge to Fund Waste Food-to-Clean Energy Buildout

ESG Today

Food waste-focused impact technology company Divert announced a $1 billion infrastructure development agreement with energy infrastructure company Enbridge, aimed at supporting the development of wasted food to renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities across North America. generating more than 100 million tons of wasted food annually.

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Bush Brothers counts on water reuse to reduce local impact of bean production

GreenBiz

Water, specifically, stopped being an afterthought for Bush Brothers after the 2007 drought in Chestnut Hill. The waste plant needs to be ready for those changes, Aulick said. If the company can’t rely on the local government, does the plant have an alternative waste management system? .

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Where women lead, money follows

Corporate Knights

As a trained lawyer and environmental studies specialist, Zizzo has a long list of accomplishments under her belt – the most noteworthy might be that she is a delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), attending annual COP (UN climate summits) meetings since 2007. And it’s paying off.

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AEG’s Iconic London Festivals Achieve Greener Festival Certifications for Exceptional Sustainable Initiatives

3BL Media

A Greener Future is the founder of the world's first sustainability standard for festivals and events, and its framework has been used to guide, assess and certify hundreds of events, festivals, and venues worldwide since 2007, providing independent audit and external verification to organisers.

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Publisher's Note: The times call for heroic climate action – and shedding long-held beliefs

Corporate Knights

Many environmentalists oppose nuclear energy because of the radioactive waste that sticks around for thousands of years. My old boss Ralph Nader formed the Critical Mass Energy Project in 1974 as a national anti-nuclear umbrella group, which was largely successful in stopping the expansion of nuclear power.

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