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Even Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in the circular economy: the launch of the Regeneration.VC fund

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...

Does the Devil Wear Rentals?

Does the Devil Wear Rentals?

The rental of clothes is one of the circular business models that could make the fashion industry more sustainable. However, a Finnish study aimed at calculating the carbon footprint of the practice...

Circular economy and digital passport for batteries: Battery Pass launched in Germany

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

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...

The Circular Transition is in Town: New York’s Circular City Week is Back

The Circular Transition is in Town: New York’s Circular City Week is Back

Circular City Week, the largest festival of the circular economy in the United States, returns to New York City from the 2nd to the 8th of May 2022. The events, both live and online, will feature so...

IPCC: climate action works, we can halve emissions by 2030

IPCC: climate action works, we can halve emissions by 2030

It’s not too late. Reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement and limiting global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century is still possible. Provided, however, that we act now, mobilize every s...

The Sustainable Products Revolution: the New European Commission Proposal

The Sustainable Products Revolution: the New European Commission Proposal

Ecodesign, circular textiles, regulations for construction products, greenwashing, and consumer power. These are the main points addressed in the new set of proposals presented on the 30th of March ...

Ukraine: all lithium reserves and mineral resources in war zones

Ukraine: all lithium reserves and mineral resources in war zones

Geologists call it the Ukrainian shield. That land in the middle which starts from the northern border with Belarus up to the shores of the Azov Sea, in the south of Donbass. According to the studie...

John Bell: The bioeconomy can support the European Green Deal on all its objectives

John Bell: The bioeconomy can support the European Green Deal on all its objectives

John Bell is the Healthy Planet Director in DG Research and Innovation (R&I) of the European Commission. He leads R&I transitions on climate change, bioeconomy, food systems, environment, bi...

Climate, war, transition: from IPCC to Fridays For Future, the climatologist Caserini's perspective

Climate, war, transition: from IPCC to Fridays For Future, the climatologist Caserini's perspective

Climate is back in the news. Under the motto “People Not Profit”, the folks at Fridays For Future have called on March 25th the first real global strike (almost) post-pandemic. This time, howeve...

Circularity 22: Global Meeting on the Circular Economy is Back in Atlanta

Circularity 22: Global Meeting on the Circular Economy is Back in Atlanta

One of the world's leading conventions on the circular economy and the most important in the United States is back again as an in-person event. Organised by Greenbiz Group (partner of Renewable Matt...

Why some corporate tree-planting initiatives are out on a limb

Why some corporate tree-planting initiatives are out on a limb

Today is International Day of Forests, a United Nations-proclaimed event that aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of forests of all types. It’s a relatively recent addition to ...

Six actions everyone can take to fight the climate crisis

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 ...

War and the wheat crisis: what are the effects in Europe and the world?

War and the wheat crisis: what are the effects in Europe and the world?

The last global food crisis dates back to 2007-2008. At that time, a series of concomitant causes – from the increase in oil prices, to the reduction of areas cultivated for food purposes in favor...

Flies4value: black soldier flies against food waste

Flies4value: black soldier flies against food waste

Of all the animal kingdoms, the most diverse group of organisms is undoubtedly the insect kingdom, with over a million species (up to 10 million according to the Royal Entomological Society). As wel...

Circular mining reaches for the mainstream

Circular mining reaches for the mainstream

Cobalt. Copper. Lithium. Nickel. Platinum. Zinc. And don’t forget the rare earth elements, especially neodymium. These and dozens of other metals and minerals are critical for technologies central...

Stakeholder Conference 2022: the European circular economy under the mark of a double emergency

Stakeholder Conference 2022: the European circular economy under the mark of a double emergency

Talking about circular economy has never been more pressing. If the conflict in Ukraine and the international crisis seem to have put the climate and environmental emergencies of the planet on the b...

Terra Next: an Innovation Accelerator in Napoli for the Italian Bioeconomy

Terra Next: an Innovation Accelerator in Napoli for the Italian Bioeconomy

The Italian bioeconomy restarts from the South. The new Terra Next accelerator for start-ups has been launched in Napoli and will become an innovation hub for the entire sector. Promoted by Intesa S...

The world is craving lithium, and geothermal could relieve it. But at what impact?

The world is craving lithium, and geothermal could relieve it. But at what impact?

Cesano is a small town located in the volcanic region of the Sibillini mountains, near Rome. In 1975 Enel discovered a geothermal fluid in the roots of this land that is particularly interesting for...

New IPCC report: adaptation is not keeping pace with climate impact

New IPCC report: adaptation is not keeping pace with climate impact

Lasting and devastating impacts on our society. Massive human losses and economic damage. We are not talking about the war in Ukraine, but the long escalation of humanity against itself linked to cl...