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Berry’s Reusable Cups Support Unprecedented Reuse Project Led by the NextGen Consortium

Stuart Mitchell

To support and learn more about reusable cup programs, Berry is participating in the Petaluma Reusable Cup Project, an unprecedented collaboration to drive reuse led by the NextGen Consortium, an industry collaboration managed by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy. Starbucks, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Peet’s Coffee, Yum! Brands and other global and local brands and restaurants are partnering in the project. Officially kicked off on August 5, 30 participating large national chains and local independent restaurants in Petaluma, California are making reusable cups the free, default option…

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Female-led Swiss Deep Tech start-up Apheros secures $1.85M to cool down data centers, using high performance cooling systems

Stuart Mitchell

Data centers are the backbone of the digital age, with unprecedented demand for digital infrastructure driven by the surge in the use of AI, machine learning, and supercomputing. However, their energy consumption is skyrocketing. By 2030, an estimated six percent of global energy consumption will be used specifically for cooling data centers. A shift from traditional cooling methods to more cost- and energy efficient liquid-based solutions is inevitable. Enabling this transition, deep tech startup Apheros has announced a $1.85m funding round seizing this critical moment to introduce its innovative metal…

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enfinium launches consultation on decarbonisation plans

Stuart Mitchell

Local people are being invited to make the most of an opportunity to have their say on proposals for CCS technology to be installed at enfinium’s Ferrybridge 1 and 2 facilities in Knottingley, West Yorkshire. enfinium is targeting decarbonisation in the waste sector by developing five decarbonisation hubs at its facilities across the UK, diverting waste from landfill to generate homegrown energy and doing so in a way that helps to meet net zero targets. When waste is transformed into energy at facilities such as Ferrybridge 1 and 2, carbon…

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Fintech charity Pennies’ Micro-Donation Day raises £30,000 for life-changing causes – in just one day

Stuart Mitchell

Pennies, the award-winning fintech charity which enables micro-donations to charity, successfully held its first ever Micro-Donation Day on Monday, 26 August 2024 which, in addition to boosting awareness of the micro-donation movement, raised £30,000 for charities including Cancer Research UK, MND Association and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity – thanks to more than 130,000 individual donations. “We’re thrilled that Pennies partners and customers have rallied together for the first ever Micro-Donation Day, and to be celebrating such a brilliant sum raised in a single day. Micro-Donation Day set out to…

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LIDL GB To Launch Industry-First Tool To Close Living Wage Gap In Banana Supply Chain

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl GB is taking a pioneering step towards closing the living wage gap in its banana supply chain as it gears up to launch an innovative tool and new processes designed to address wage disparities among plantation workers. Following a successful trial in Lidl Germany, the mechanism is due to be rolled out in September across Lidl GB’s entire banana supply chain. This first-of-its-kind mechanism, developed in collaboration with IDH, a not-for-profit organisation advocating for sustainable trade, calculates the premium which is to be paid by Lidl to close its…

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