A letter published by 12 member companies of the Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste signals the demand for 800,000 tons of chemically recycled plastics per year by 2030.
Sage (LSE:SGE), a FTSE 100 enterprise software company, has completed its acquisition of Spherics, a carbon accounting platform that helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) measure and reduce their CO2 emissions.
Emergent AI start-up Iluminr has raised AU$4.2 million to expand its crisis management platform into the US market.
Carbon capture and transformation specialist LanzaTech has announced an improved process to produce one of the world's most widely used chemical building blocks. The ability to convert CO2 to ethylene replaces fossil fuel feedstocks.
UK-based Worn Again Technologies has raised £27.6 million to build a textile recycling demonstration facility in Switzerland, signalling an increase in demand for circular solutions.
The UAE's Masdar City has announced its partnership with Zero Carbon Ventures (ZCV). The first project will deploy UK technology that converts methane emissions into graphene and hydrogen.
Bengaluru-based Falca has raised $3 million in pre-series A funding to expand its marketplace for farmers in rural India. Improving and sharing knowledge, technology and procurement could make Indian farming more sustainable and resilient.
New York start-up Altana Technologies has raised $100 million to make global supply chains more transparent, resilient and sustainable.
Global real estate investment group Lendlease (ASE:LLC), alongside Rubicon Technologies (NYSE:RBT) and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions, has completed a pilot project using US start-up Mycocycle’s mycro-remediation technology to remove toxins from waste asphalt shingles (WAS).
Commodity chemical multinational Dow (NYSE:DOW) has made a strategic investment in Mura Technology to expand its advanced plastics recycling technology.
