Month: September 2022

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners and University of California Berkeley, to develop technology converting air to sugar

Stuart Mitchell

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, has announced a collaboration, through its innovation investment platform CCEP Ventures, with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) to develop scalable methods of converting captured CO2 into sugar. CCEP Ventures’ initial investment with UCB will support the Peidong Yang Research Group on foundational research which will focus on enabling the production of sugar from CO₂ on site and at an industrial level, with expectation of future investments to drive scale – from lab to pilot phase. This investment demonstrates the role…

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Beamery Launches Ambitious Impact Manifesto With Long-Term Commitments to Environment, Society and Governance

Stuart Mitchell

Beamery has recently launched its Impact and Sustainability Manifesto, reinforcing the company’s mission to provide equal access to work for every human on the planet. Created to reflect Beamery’s long term goal of building a sustainable and socially conscious business, the Impact and Sustainability Manifesto outlines clear environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals; reinforcing Beamery’s commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of Reducing Inequalities. In its Impact and Sustainability Manifesto, Beamery says it will: Build a representative company Create an equitable, inclusive and engaging environment for its people Improve…

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Switch Mobility Ltd. unveils India’s first and unique electric double-decker bus

Stuart Mitchell

Switch Mobility Ltd, the next-generation, carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle company, today unveiled India’s first and unique electric double decker air-conditioned bus – Switch EiV 22. Designed, developed and manufactured in India and utilising Switch’s global electric bus experience, Switch EiV 22 is equipped with the latest technology, ultra-modern design, highest safety and best-in-class comfort features. The renewed iconic double decker bus is designed to revolutionize public transportation in the country and will set new standards in the intra-city bus market. The Switch EiV 22 is a…

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Axpo issues sustainability-linked bond in the amount of CHF 500 million

Stuart Mitchell

Last month Axpo Holding AG successfully placed a sustainability-linked bond on the Swiss market in the amount of CHF 500 million. Following the issuance of the first sustainability-linked bond in January 2022, Axpo Holding AG today placed its second sustainability-linked bond on the Swiss market. The bond in the amount of CHF 500 million has been issued in two tranches. Tranche A in the amount of CHF 300 million has a maturity of 4 years and an interest rate of 2.00 per cent; tranche B in the amount of CHF…

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Veolia and Miracle-Gro launch innovative recycling scheme for plastic compost bags in garden centres

Stuart Mitchell

A new UK recycling operation involving Veolia, garden product brand Miracle-Gro, and Dobbies Garden Centres is now set to tackle the growing problem of the 100 million bags used for compost, soil and chipped bark each year. Developed from successful trials, the process will be the first time these low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bags will be collected and recycled into new products including garden furniture, plastic films and new bags. In the UK, plastic films are not collected at the kerbside in most areas as the sorting and reprocessing infrastructure cannot…

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