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, […]
“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.
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 […]
This slide guide offers a vision and roadmap — a ‘blueprint’ — for the Pacific Northwest to transform its increasingly outdated solid waste management system by 2040, at a time when waste leaders are grappling with the most profound set of challenges they have faced in 40 years. The 2040 Blueprint for Clean Materials offers 5 […]
On last week’s DigestConnect webinar, Christopher Bush, Founder of Canada-based Catalyst Agri-Innovations Society shared this fun and informative slide guide complete with poop pictures and more importantly, the reason why cow manure and farm waste makes a fantastic renewable biogas and renewable natural gas. From the feedstock advantages of manure to the economic side and ROI, dig into […]
DSM’s annual meeting was virtual like many others this year due to Covid-19, but DSM is optimistic about the future of 2020, reporting a solid Q1 for 2020 and early actions on Covid-19 that ensured continuity of operations and supply to customers. DSM’s co-CEOs Geraldine Matchett & Dimitri de Vreeze shared in this illuminating presentation how 2019 […]
In Florida, the Digest unveiled its new DIGESTCONNECT Digital Community, and complete plans for ABLC Digital, which takes place July 7-10, 2020. The Digest also unveiled its expanded BioChannel.TV ASIA and BioChannel.TV EUROPE services that will stream more than 20 hours of ABLC Digital content in business hours all over the world. How will the bioeconomy […]
While COVID-19 was just starting to get on the mind of many earlier this year, the European Union published its final decision to classify titanium dioxide as a category 2 carginogen. But titanium dioxide is in so many things – sunscreen, cosmetics, even in self-clean fabric on metro trains – pretty handy during Covid-19 times. So […]
