By Dr. Rajat Panwar, Associate Professor of Sustainable Business Management at Appalachian State University Are Your Favorite Companies Eco-Friendly? Even They May Not Know Corporations around the world love to promote their environmental bona fides, touting their at-times Herculean efforts to minimize their carbon footprint. But desiring to be environmentally friendly and truly accomplishing that […]
Diamond Green Diesel is North America’s largest renewable diesel plant, Valero is the largest renewable fuels producer in North America, and Darling Ingredients is the world’s largest independent processor of animal by-products, according to this illuminating slide guide that dives into renewable diesel’s margins, mandates, blending, demand, process, properties. Find out how it all ties together […]
Key takeways from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 include a prediction that U.S. energy consumption will grow more slowly than gross domestic product throughout the projection period (2050) as U.S. energy efficiency continues to increase, and after falling during the first half of the projection period, total U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions resume […]
You’ve heard of BioPreferred and Renewable Fuel Standard, but what about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act? Find out all about EICDA in this slide guide from Business Climate Leaders that was shared at a recent DigestConnect webinar. From how EICDA works like carbon fees and carbon dividends, to its benefits and outcomes, the biofuel elements, […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Objective is to sustainably meet the legislated demand in British Columbia for renewable fuels. We will utilize the waste wood […]
“Making money in chemicals and materials isn’t as easy as it once was,” – according to the latest report from Lux Research, partially because consumer expectations are changing and sustainability of the materials developed is key. That means Digital tools in product development is becoming more important than ever and using Gingko Bioworks and their […]
Insurance takes risks that other forms of capital (like debt and equity) can’t or won’t take, according to Mike Newman and this illuminating slide guide presented at a recent DigestConnect webinar. Cap and Trade limits emissions and puts a price on them, encouraging companies to cut pollution faster and rewards innovation. Find out more about this and […]
The pursuit of sustainable materials through biotechnology — that’s the promise of Genomatica, as we have examined its journey across the development of numerous products and partnerships. In this deck, Genomatica looks at its sustainability scorecard.
From New York and Japan comes news that 12 cross-industry partners within the Japanese plastics supply chain have formed R Plus Japan Ltd., and will invest in the development of Anellotech’s Plas-TCat technology for recycling used plastics. Member partners include Suntory MONOZUKURI Expert Ltd. (SME, a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Ltd.), TOYOBO Co. Ltd., Rengo […]
Viscose/Rayon, Lyocell, Modal and Cupro – all fibers you’ve probably heard of and they happen to constitute the second most important group of cellulosic fibres after cotton, with an annual production volume of around 6.7 million tons annually – or approximately 6.2% of the total fibre production volume – and growing. Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres 2030 takes a […]
