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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

WRAP warns that food loss and waste have devastating impacts on society and global economies too. The World Economic Forum estimates that food loss and waste costs the global economy $936 billion a year, while more than 783 million people go hungry and a third of humanity faces food insecurity.

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The 25 most sustainable public-sector companies in the world

Corporate Knights

In its deep dive into the worlds most sustainable private- and public-sector companies, Corporate Knights revealed an undeniable fact: public-sector companies are doing essential work when it comes to moving the needle toward a greener global economy. Alliander Alliander is the developer and operator of the Netherlands energy networks.

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Up-scaling CO2 capture

Envirotec Magazine

Zürich-based Climeworks , a firm developing direct-air capture (DAC) technology, an ambitious approach to removing CO2 from the atmosphere, has signed the agreements with both Carbfix – a firm with a proprietary approach to turning CO2 into stone underground – and ON Power , an Icelandic geothermal energy provider.

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Trade group reiterates the environmental and economic value of biogas to new ministers

Envirotec Magazine

Appointments of new COP26 President and Environment Secretary triggers renewed efforts to demonstrate the benefits of biogas for decarbonising the UK and global economies. The industry can also help reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat, transport, waste management and agriculture.

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AI Ethics Are in Danger. Funding Independent Research Could Help

Stanford Social Innovation

Unfortunately, alongside its increasing omnipresence, much of the AI developed by large corporations has exhibited a myriad of issues. Even before deployment, these models require huge amounts of data to be developed in the first place. In a recent piece in The New York Times Magazine entitled “A.I. Is Mastering Language.

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How Consumer Goods Companies Can Turn the Tide on Plastic Waste

3BL Media

Originally published by TriplePundit For the companies developing consumer products, making the needed progress can seem unattainable in an age when plastic has become a reliable and affordable go-to for packaging. So, how can consumer goods companies contribute to global goals around reducing plastic waste and pollution?

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Circularity analysis details alarming trend as global resource consumption passes 100 billion tonnes a year

Envirotec Magazine

Circular economy strategies essential as reuse of resources falls to 8.6%. We are all developing countries, we all need to get to an ecologically safe and socially just future, but there are different pathways according to the type of challenges we face.”. in just two years from 92.8 billion tonnes in 2015 to 100.6

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