Month: November 2024

Siemens launches digital decarbonization tool at Climate Week NYC to help simplify the path to net-zero facilities

Stuart Mitchell

Siemens Financial Services launched the Decarbonization Business Optimizer (DBO™), a cloud-based tool created to help address the overwhelming complexity of decarbonizing buildings and the financing needed to get to net-zero emissions. The DBO is a free, digital web tool that removes the initial knowledge barrier and uncovers more efficient strategies to help decarbonize a company’s facilities. The scenario modeling and optimization tool aggregates and leverages data from relevant governmental agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).…

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GANNI Joins Canopy to Advance Forest-Friendly Fashion

Stuart Mitchell

Leading fashion and lifestyle brand GANNI has announced its commitment to ensure its textiles and paper packaging are free of fibre sourced from climate-critical forests through a new partnership with solutions-driven non-profit Canopy.  Preserving forests is one of the fastest, most cost-effective, and impactful strategies for combating climate change. However, each year, over 3.4 billion trees are logged to produce paper packaging and fabrics such as viscose.  As a new CanopyStyle and Pack4Good partner, GANNI is committed to eliminating sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests in their textile and paper…

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New CCAC and CATF partnership to support 20 countries in cutting energy sector methane emissions, advancing goals of Global Methane Pledge

Stuart Mitchell

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and Clean Air Task Force (CATF) announced the launch of the Fossil Fuel Regulatory Programme (FFRP), supporting low- and middle-income governments in taking immediate action to reduce methane emissions from their oil, gas, and coal sectors.  The FFRP will provide targeted support to up to 20 governments eligible for official development assistance from mid-2024 to mid-2027. This will include a streamlined project approval process that allows CCAC and CATF experts to more quickly address regulatory and capacity gaps and help countries build the…

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SLEEVER® and CARBIOS globally launch world’s first Home Compost biodegradable tamper evident seal: SEELCAP® ONEGO

Stuart Mitchell

SLEEVER®, a French family-owned group International SME and innovative leader in shrinksleeve label technology, and CARBIOS, (Euronext Growth Paris : ALCRB), a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, today unveil the first innovation to emerge from their partnership: SEELCAP® ONEGO, the world’s first Home Compost[1] biodegradable tamper evident seal.  The revolutionary nature of this dual innovation lies in the integration of the encapsulated enzyme CARBIOS Active, CARBIOS’ biodegradation solution for PLA, into the biopolymer blend, and in its eco-designed concept developed…

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New recyclable Amazon packaging is landing on doorsteps in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon have invented a shock-proof, lightweight paper envelope in the UK that’s designed to be recycled at home. As part of our commitment to avoiding unnecessary packaging wherever possible, Amazon scientists and engineers worked with packaging industry expert Mondi to develop a new paper-padded envelope with shock-absorbent, paper-based lining. The new envelopes, which have started landing on UK doorsteps, protect deliveries without using any plastic content — unlike envelopes lined with bubble wrap which had been used previously. Amazon customers want rightsized, recyclable packaging that minimises waste and ensures damage-free…

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