By Burl Haigwood, Advisor to the Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The Great Texas Blackout of 2021 was a travesty, and one we can never repeat. Imagine it is 2050 and Texas gets hit by another winter storm, flood, heat wave, or God forbid, a physical or cyber terrorist attack on […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO Special to The Digest In an exclusive Special to the Digest, Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO shares a 2-Part Series on ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy. In this first part, we look at the importance of ethics in ESG investing and how to […]
Late last month, we reported that Circa Group had completed a €56 million (about USD$66 million) IPO and is now trading on the Euronext Growth Oslo exchange where it is trading roughly at the IPO price (16.75 NOK – about $1.98 per share), for the month it has traded in a 14.77-19.75 NOK range — […]
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials and Bioledger are using blockchain technology to fight fraud and see how it can support traceability of biofuel and its feedstocks and overcome the vulnerabilities identified in securing the supply of sustainable renewables. The proposed solution — a blockchain database that enables verifiable proof of origin, secure consignment creation, process […]
What do Chipotle, e.l.f. and RuPaul have in common? They are partnering up on a plant-based vegan line of make-up. And H&M launched a new collection featuring vegan leather made from prickly pear cactus. And if you want an investment portfolio that is 100% free from animals, you are in luck with the first index […]
Climate change is one of the global challenges of this century. The Paris Agreement sets greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) targets also for the transport sector, which contributes significantly to GHG emissions, that requires a reduction of 85-90% between 1990-2050. The European Commission presented its 2030 Climate Target Plan in mid-September, raising the EU’s ambition to […]
By Iacovos Vasalos, Research Director Emeritus, Center for Research and Technology-Hellas Special to The Digest This report summarizes highlights from the ABLC 2020 Biofuels Digest Virtual Conference, which took place in July 7-10, 2020. (And if you haven’t already registered for this year’s ABLC Digital on May 3-7, 2021, check it out now here.) There […]
In Florida, Anuvia Plant Nutrients today announced it has raised $103 million in Series C funding, co-led by TPG ART and Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech), with additional investment from Generate and Piva Capital. Those slow-release fertilizers: the backstory. Granulated fertilizers have been around for quite a number of years. Most […]
In California and New York, two companies are coming together for a match made in heaven to create the first publicly traded pure play carbon negative materials company. Origin Materials and Artius Acquisition Inc., signed a definitive agreement for a business combination – the combined company will be named Origin Materials, will be led by […]
