Day: 2 July 2022

Ceres CEO joins Vice President Harris for launch of White House Action Plan on Global Water Security

Stuart Mitchell

Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber joined Vice President Kamala Harris and leaders from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and USAID at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for the launch of the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security. The plan recognizes water as a necessity for all people, as well as the importance of water to global economies, and lays out a whole-of-government approach to tackling the water crisis.   After the White House briefing, Lubber said:   “The White House Action Plan on…

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UK steelmaking could be jeopardised unless new, clean technologies are progressed, EAC argues

Stuart Mitchell

With new technologies to decarbonise steelmaking, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has said that domestic UK steel production will be at risk unless the Government develops its strategy to encourage more research and development in emerging decarbonised technologies. These could facilitate the end for coking coal in UK steelmaking in coming decades. Read the committee’s letter to the Secretary of State for Business. Energy and Industrial Strategy Inquiry: Technical Innovations and Climate Change: Green Steel Environmental Audit Committee The EAC has held a short inquiry considering the decarbonisation of the…

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Kraft Heinz Cements Climate Ambition, Commits to Carbon Neutrality by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

The Kraft Heinz Company has announced a pledge to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions across its operational footprint (Scope 1 and Scope 2) and entire global supply chain (Scope 3) by 2050, reaffirming the Company’s commitment to contribute to global efforts to reduce the ongoing threat of climate change. As a milestone on its path to achieving net zero emissions, it will target a near-term emissions reduction of 50% by 2030 across all three scopes. Key focus areas of Kraft Heinz’s net zero program include: Promoting regenerative and…

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Heura Launches Good Rebel Tech (G.R.T.), A Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach To Redefine Plant-Based Food Manufacturing

Stuart Mitchell

Heura, Europe’s fastest-growing plant-based meat company, today launched Good Rebel Tech (G.R.T.), a new approach to food technology that will produce macro- and micro-nutrient dense foods in a sustainable manner that goes beyond what’s been technologically possible to-date. While there’s currently 1.3 billion tons of waste generated each year by the food industry globally, Heura’s Good Rebel Tech is spearheading a new and more sustainable food frontier, using non-utilized plant sources in their naturally-occurring structures.  By discovering new plant fractions and elucidating their structures at different scales, Heura’s R&D team,…

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New fund of palm derivatives users seeks to restore ecosystems and drive economic growth in Indonesia

Stuart Mitchell

A group of cosmetics, personal care, healthcare and oleochemicals companies working with Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD) will support the Inobu Mosaik Initiative, to build an enabling environment for sustainable palm oil production at scale while empowering local communities. Six members of ASD – Croda International, The Estée Lauder Companies through its Charitable Foundation, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Natura &Co, Seppic and Stéarinerie Dubois – announced the launch of the ASD Impact Fund last month. The Fund has officially begun supporting the Inobu-led Mosaik Initiative, which is focused on finding ways…

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