Is e-commerce really more sustainable than stores?
Useful? Yes. Convenient? Maybe too much so. But as sustainability goes, e-commerce has never had a good reputation. Now, however, research wants to overturn the environmental bad reputation of ...
Startup, Beni: the Browser Extension that Promotes Second-hand Purchases
Beni is a browser extension that makes it easy to buy specific items of clothing second-hand. The extension works by intercepting online shopping searches and pointing users toward the same pro...
Althesys: "With a bolder NECP Italians would save 25 billion in bills"
We already knew it: the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), is far from ambitious. Rather, it is ambiguous on many points, since it refers to " technological neutrality" regarding energy source...
Circularity 24, the international benchmark event for the circular economy
Circularity 24 is the international benchmark event for circular economy professionals, an opportunity to grow the circularity community and accelerate concrete change in this direction. With more ...
EU, green light for the Nature Restoration Law and the Environmental Crime Directive
Action and deterrence, in one fell swoop. On the same day, February 27, 2024, the European Parliament passed two distinct historical measures for nature restoration and combating environmental ...
Climatiq, Real-time Data on the Carbon Footprint of Products and Companies
Founded in 2021 by Hessam Lavi, Philipp von Bieberstein, and Isis T. Baulig, Climatiq is an integrated carbon intelligence solution that allows companies to incorporate greenhouse gas emission ...
Key Energy: event schedule and dates of 2024 edition
KEY - The Energy Transition Expo, the most important European event dedicated to technologies, services, integrated solutions for energy efficiency and renewable energy in Italy, Africa and Southern...
Renewable Matter joins general strike on Friday, Feb. 23 for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Editorial statement The editorial staff of Renewable Matter joins the nationwide general strike called for the entire day of Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, involving workers in the public and private ...
Less is more? Degrowth, green growth and the future of our economy
Imagine a world where overwhelming narratives on climate change are a thing of the past, with healthy air, clean water and fertile soil. And no one’s had to suffer for it: people around the wo...
AMOC collapse is closer than expected: the consequences
The Atlantic Current circulation is getting closer and closer to collapse, and this could have devastating climate impacts. This is according to a study published in Science Advances that shows...
Startup: Smartex, Artificial Intelligence for a More Efficient and Sustainable Textile Industry
Smartex is the Portuguese company that, using artificial intelligence and machine learning, inspects fabrics in real time with precision and speed. Thanks to cameras, sensors, and a lighting system,...
Ready-for-use Digital Solutions with IBM
How can we accelerate the use of complex software to aid the ecological transition among businesses, governments, and international organizations? In Dubai, during COP28, Renewable Matter met w...
Giving New Life to Wooden Packaging
The wooden packaging recycling sector is not very well-known. Perhaps because it’s rarely disposed of at home, or because there are no dedicated bins or door-to-door collection, this type of w...
Carbonsink, Climate Action Starts with Forests
The fight against anthropogenic climate change can no longer be postponed. How, however, can businesses address that transition period required to move beyond a fossil fuel-based economy and achieve...
Startup: ZigZag, reverse logistics software to reduce returns and waste
Having witnessed a constant increase in returns over two decades of experience in the retail sector, Al Gerrie founded ZigZag on the knowledge that “depending on the product, fashion retailers...
Product sustainability leadership should embrace digital sustainability as well
Thanks to a growing body of research, we start to have a much better understanding of the environmental footprint of digital services, spanning data centres that host them, networks that carry them ...
Farmers explain the reasons behind their protest
We are nearly a month into the protests held by farmers all over Europe. Originating in Germany over a budget issue – the Scholz government, struggling with a 17 billion deficit, has cut fue...
From Novamont Mater-Bi films for compostable trays and capsules, even at home
New Mater-Bi films for food trays and capsules are now also compostable at home. The news was announced by Novamont at the 2024 edition of Marca, a modern organized distribution (DMO) trade show, wh...
European farmers’ protests show the need for a just transition to Net Zero
As many countries prepare to go to the polls in 2024, the need for a transition to Net Zero emissions has become a key political battleground. In Europe, the sustainability of farming practices is t...
Cement from chemical recycling of inert granulate, Nextchem-Colacem agreement
In a bid to tackle the environmental impact of cement production and bolster circularity within the construction sector, Nextchem and Colacem have sealed a groundbreaking agreement. The collaboratio...