Financing the EU's Circular Transition
The transition to a Circular Economy is under way. It is just over 8 years now since the European Commission published its Circular Economy Action Plan. In that time, we have had a second Action Pla...
Tomra separates food-grade plastic from non-food-grade plastic with deep learning
* from Koblenz An intelligence capable of making decisions within milliseconds, based on information learned gradually over time, improving day by day the ability to distinguish a waste. Th...
Sustainability Report, the ESRS E5 Standard on resource use and circular economy explained
In the past few months, the European Union has made significant advancements towards transparency and comparability of sustainability data. Especially for what concerns the goal of standardising the...
CSDDD, agreement reached on the sustainability due diligence of businesses
On March 15, ambassadors from European Union member states gathered at the COREPER Permanent Representatives Committee voted in favor of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)....
Sustainable finance across Europe, Asia, and the United States: interviews from RM49
In each monographic issue of Renewable Matter, the Think Tank section is an opportunity to hear directly from the most prominent figures in the fields that, from time to time, we cover. Scienti...
Are the ESG Ratings Working?
Raise your hand if you have never heard of ESG ratings. At least since the introduction of environmental, social and governance factors into corporate financial analysis was popularized in 2006 by t...
Startup: Broccoli, the Sharefunding Platform for Sustainable Food Companies
“In the last two years, nothing has been more important on the agenda than our health and our climate impact. Issues that will not be resolved in the next century. However, we can have an impa...
Welcome to Post-Capitalism
Chico Mendes, a Brazilian trade unionist and environmentalist, is often credited with the phrase that “environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening.” In a world where the ri...
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 ...
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...
Startup, recycling polycotton and polyester fabrics with Circ
US company Circ, one of the finalists of the 2023 Earthshot Prize, has developed an innovative method to recycle polycotton through a technology that transforms fabrics back into the raw materi...
Climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development: the key international meetings during 2024
2024 will be a key year for green finance, for the green transition, for advancing the UN Montreal-Kunming Agreement on Biodiversity, for strengthening multilateralism on sustainable development beg...
Used Oils: CONOU's Winning Model
Approximately 40 years ago, CONOU – Italy’s National Consortium of Waste Oils – became the first to inaugurate an applied extended producer responsibility scheme to collect and reg...
Circularity Gap Report 2024, a roadmap to lead the world towards the circular economy
Everyone is talking about it, but few actually practice it: while the circular economy is now a megatrend (considering the number of articles, reports and debates on the topic increased threefold in...
Circular economy, rethinking the built environment in the digital age
The list of digital innovations that can be applied to the construction sector, one of the most impactful on the environment, is long and varied. Digital twins, artificial intelligence, materials pa...
Circular Economy: A Concept at a Crossroad
Despite the initial enthusiasm and efforts to transition towards circular models, recent data reveal a concerning decline in the global circularity rate. From 9.1% in 2018, the circularity rate...
Startup, Leko Labs: Wood for Construction Powered by AI and Robotics
Leko Labs, which describes itself as a “carbon-negative construction company”, has developed a new system for walls and flooring based exclusively on wood and wood fibre that could ...
Startup, Coffee Pod Recycling in the UK with Podback
Podback is a not-for-profit UK-based coffee pod recycling service. Created by major pod manufacturers like Nespresso, Nescafé Dolce Gusto, and Tassimo, it is the first cross-sector schem...
Lavazza Introduces the First Circular Transition Centre for Coffee
The time has come for the coffee sector to finally become circular, and the right synergies are needed to accelerate the transition. This is the focus of the new Centre for Circular Economy in ...
Automotive, Stellantis focuses on circular economy with a new hub in Turin
The Stellantis Group has decided to focus on circularity. They announced it a year ago, and the official ribbon-cutting day came on November 23. The first hub in Europe dedicated to the automotive c...