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3 Mins Read Despite being one of the most popular places to find content about climate change and sustainability, TikTok parent company ByteDance is failing on its cloud climate commitments, according to a new report from Greenpeace. In its third East Asia rankings on cloud providers, Greenpeace says TikTok parent company ByteDance received one of the lowest overall […]
4 Mins Read For years, climate scientists and environmental activists have been calling for the end of fossil fuels as the number one thing that must happen if we are to save the planet. They have fought tooth and nail to push back against the dirty energy industry’s billion-dollar efforts to spread disinformation and sow public doubt over […]
3 Mins Read Solar-powered vehicle start-up Lightyear says it will begin production later this year on its Lightyear 0 with solar panels mounted to the vehicle to recharge the electric battery. The Netherlands-based Lightyear says it will produce fewer than one thousand of its solar cars, which will run about $265,000. The car will be the first solar […]
4 Mins Read UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been explicit in his shock at reading the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. He calls it “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership”. In a series of impactful statements, made during a press conference, he iterates the need for immediate unified […]
3 Mins Read Zara parent company Inditex has partnered with Illinois’ LanzaTech to create a line of dresses made from carbon emissions. The collection is the latest Innovation Hub project for the high street giant, which seeks to use more sustainable materials. In creating the collection with Lanzatech, Zara claims to be continuing its piloting of alternative technologies. […]
3 Mins Read New York-based AlgiKnit has announced the opening of a new innovation hub. It is located in The Research Triangle, in North Carolina. The biomaterials maker will use the new space to scale production of seaweed-derived yarns. Pilot projects in conjunction with global fashion brands will begin in early 2022. Earlier this year, AlgiKnit announced that […]
4 Mins Read By Timothy Welch At the COP26 climate summit, world politicians patted themselves on their backs for coming to a last-minute agreement. Humanity now waits with bated breath to see if countries implement the commitments they made, and if those commitments help the planet. If the rest of our climate progress mirrors the policies around transportation, we’re […]
3 Mins Read Based in New York, Air Company is making everything from vodka to perfume out of CO2 captured from the atmosphere.
4 Mins Read Orca, the world’s biggest carbon capture facility, is up and running to permanently remove 4,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every year.
4 Mins Read Coldplay has pledged to make its upcoming Music Of The Spheres 2022 global tour climate positive and as low-carbon and sustainable as possible.
5 Mins Read 75% of leading fashion brands were given an “F” grade for their efforts to switch to clean energy in the new Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard.
2 Mins Read Launched by Hong Kong-based Sonic Capital and Tavis Digital in Zurich, Sphere wants to support the emerging ecological blockchain sector.
3 Mins Read One of Europe’s leading food retailers, Lidl, aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2022, using solar energy and additional EV points.
4 Mins Read The European Union has just announced a slate of climate proposals to help it reach net-zero by 2050. The plan, which includes a dozen draft policies, mainly takes aim at transport and home heating emissions. Some of the proposals include banning the sale of petrol cars and a tax on jet fuel. On Wednesday (July […]
3 Mins Read Clean energy specialist Longspur Capital and Radnor Capital Partners created a clean energy index database of companies in the space.
4 Mins Read IKEA and Rockefeller foundations have set up a new billion-dollar clean energy initiative to fight energy poverty and climate change.
5 Mins Read This sustainable and ethical denim factory in Vietnam is running on renewable energy while fostering an inclusive workplace.
3 Mins Read As sustainable investing gains momentum, more funds touting themselves as “green” are misleading investors. According to a report published by the Economist, some of the world’s biggest ESG funds are “stuffed full of polluters and sin stocks”, suggesting widespread greenwashing practices in the realm of sustainable finance. Sustainable investing has been steadily gaining momentum globally, […]
3 Mins Read Hong Kong’s flagship airline carrier Cathay Pacific has committed to meeting net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 through the use of sustainable fuel, employing offsetting carbon methods, and reducing its overall emissions through efficiency improvements. The Cathay Pacific Group has announced that it aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 becoming one of the first […]
4 Mins Read Travel by air is increasingly frowned upon as awareness of the climate crisis continues to grow. But soon, conscious travellers might be able to board an alternative flight on a hybrid aircraft that releases 90% less emissions than conventional planes and offers incredible views with floor-to-ceiling windows. British firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) recently revealed […]
3 Mins Read In the race to get to net-zero emissions, clean tech innovators are looking at direct air capture as a solution to not only reduce our current footprint, but potentially even reverse the decades of damage we have done to the planet. Prometheus Fuels is one of them. Taking carbon from the air, the Silicon Valley […]