COP28 has established the Loss and Damage Fund
A few hours into the start of COP28 – albeit 30 years since small island states began advocating for its creation – the Loss and Damage Fund has been established and will be operational ...
Restoration Law: there is an agreement, but it is still far from what science requires
Late in the evening of Thursday, November 9, 2023, negotiators from the Parliament, Commission and Council reached a tentative political agreement on the European law on nature restoration. After a ...
Enel’s Circularity Strategy: ecodesign, reuse, recovery
Measure their own circularity and double it by 2030 by taking action through ecodesign, reuse, life extension, and asset and material recovery. These are the goals of Enel Group, which during t...
Kenya kicks off the first Africa Climate Summit
The first Africa Climate Summit kicks off on September 4. Summoned by the African Union and hosted by the Republic of Kenya in the capital, Nairobi, the summit aims to bring the continent's diplomat...
For Italian Businesses, Investing in the Circular Economy Pays Off
For Italian businesses, environmental sustainability and the circular economy have become lucrative assets worth investing in. This is supported by the analysis of the second CleanTech Observatory c...
The new version of the Circularity Platform, the digital tool to accelerate the circular transition
Circularity's Circularity Platform changes its look and updates its digital services to make companies more circular. The 2018 version aimed to broaden the scope of collaboration between companies w...
Europe approves new rules for sustainable and circular batteries
Europe will be getting more sustainable and circular batteries. It has taken two and a half years, but the process for the new EU regulation on the design, manufacture, and management of both batter...
Enershare, Europe's first common space for energy data
A consortium of international energy, industry and science leaders has launched the Enershare project, funded with 8 million euros from the European Commission. Announced in Lisbon on November 9, th...
From recycled wood, a material that is stronger than steel
Recycling wood waste, including wood chips and sawdust, to turn it into a building material even more durable than steel. Phrased that way, it almost sounds as incredible as the discovery of the phi...
Superworms like styrofoam, and that's great news for plastic recycling
The gastronomic preferences of a beetle larvae open new avenues for the circular economy of plastics. From Australia has come news that the larvae of the Zophobas morio beetle, also known as superwo...
An inter-regional network for the circular bioeconomy in the Alps
Seven nations and as many as forty-eight regions and self-governing provinces. The Alpine macro-region unites under the banner of a single agreement – the EU Strategy for the Alpine region – the...
Even Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in the circular economy: the launch of the Regeneration.VC fund
Empower all consumers in the fight to reclaim our planet. This is the motto on the homepage of Regeneration.VC, a new venture capital company that has recently closed a first round of 45 million dol...
Circular economy and digital passport for batteries: Battery Pass launched in Germany
At the intersection of the energy transition and the sustainable products revolution, the battery supply chain is one of the strategic hubs of the green revolution in the economy. Its more sustainab...
Sustainable packaging: Walmart launches the Circular Connector
"We don't have time to waste." With this imperative tagline, American retail giant Walmart launched its Circular Connector last April 11th. The goal: to accelerate innovation in the field of sustai...
Six actions everyone can take to fight the climate crisis
It's time to take responsibility for the climate. This line may sound ominous, but it is actually good news. If in fact, as individuals, it's easy to feel powerless and surrender to fatalism in the ...
Circular fashion: the Retex Green consortium for the management of textile waste in Italy is born
The year 2022 opens with good news for the circular transition of the fashion industry in Italy. Faced with the new obligation to separate collection of textile waste, which came into force on Janua...
LanzaTech and Twelve partnered to produce world’s first polypropylene from CO2
Carbon transformation company Twelve and biotechnology company LanzaTech partnered to transform CO2 emissions into polypropylene, a key polymer used for medical devices including syringes and IV bag...
Denmark invests 11 billion euros in the world's first green ammonia plant
The Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) awards 81 million DKK (app. 11 billion €) to the green ammonia project managed by the three partners Skovgaard Invest, Ves...
New Zealand introduces the first law in the world on transparency for sustainable finance
“New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business.” This was stated...
Clothing recycling: the first automated plant for textile waste is in Sweden
Textile and fashion industry have a huge circular potential that has yet to be developed. One of the main issues currently holding back the application of the circular economy in this sector is sort...