Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: 100 minutes for a truce
“Amazing.” That's how Donald Trump, aboard Air Force One on his way back home from his Asian tour, defined the highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which took pl...
Infrastructure in transition: RM59’s interviews
The Think Tank section of Renewable Matter #59, devoted to Infrastructure, brings together a wide range of visions for the future of global infrastructure systems: from the management of large ...
How Green Is the New Silk Road?
It was back in 2013 that Xi Jinping first announced his vision of an “economic belt along the Silk Road” during a visit to Kazakhstan. What later became known as the Belt and Road Initia...
Brake and Accelerator
Today, journalists' digital desks are overflowing with press releases on research and analysis of economic scenarios. We no longer even notice the scale of certain phenomena. Yet, when claims are ma...
Catia Bastioli: the circular bioeconomy requires an integrated approach
Europe is awaiting a new strategy for the bioeconomy. According to a number of sources at Renewable Matter, a draft document is expected to be submitted at the end of November in Copenhagen, De...
“Intractable” problems? A Door Selection to save carbon credits
“It is highly likely that many of the problems festering in the carbon credit market are intractable, […] systemic problems with deep roots that cannot be solved by incremental changes....
Smart City Expo 2025: the future of smart and sustainable cities
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano It is the time for cities, and never has this statement been so true: over the past few decades, h...
FederlegnoArredo at Ecomondo: the wood-furniture supply chain and the sustainability challenges
The Italian wood-furniture supply chain, predominantly consisting of small and medium-sized enterprises with a long tradition, stands out worldwide for its circularity rate . 96% of companies use su...
China heads towards five-year plan for strategic resilience
The Fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has concluded in Beijing. For four days, from 20 to 23 October, the CCP leadership convened in what is traditionally a time ...
Think Business, Think Hong Kong 2025 lands in Milan
In a challenging phase for transatlantic trade relations, especially for the green economy sector, looking to China and Hong Kong in particular becomes an opportunity for Italian companies to divers...
Renewable Matter launches its new “Features” section
Renewable Matter launches its new Features section, created to offer an important tool for in-depth analysis of a single topic or economic sector. Features also provide real-time updates on news and...
Maire to Build UK Plant Producing 30 Million Liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Maire has taken a significant step in the global energy transition through its subsidiary NextChem. The company, via its business unit MyRechemical, has been awarded a contract by Altalto Ltd. to de...
The US government shut down: this is why it matters
The United States government shutdown is leading to more pollution and announcements of clean energy project cuts. Beginning on October 1, the US federal government ceased all activity after the Rep...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having ex...
Energy transition: NextChem (Maire) expands into the Middle East
NextChem, a company that develops and implements sustainable technological solutions for energy transition, will open a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This marks a crucial step...
Babiš’s victory in the Czech Republic is a defeat for Europe
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Andrej Babiš, the billionaire who won the elections in the Czech Republic, is the kind of p...
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that challenge science and the environment
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Resistant to water, grease and high temperatures. But also indestructible, “silent” an...
Startup, Wovenbeyond: natural fibres for fashion that regenerates the Earth
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Wovenbeyond is a British startup that combines regenerative wool, natural fibres and traceability ...
How Companies Can Achieve Equality and Inclusion
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘If a company wants to be able to compete in an international market, it has to think about ...
China leads the green ranking of Asian central banks
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Some currencies are greener than others, and among the Asian ones, the Chinese yuan is currently t...