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Italpreziosi Celebrates 40 Years and Announces B Corp Certification

Italpreziosi, a benefit company and international leader in the refining, trading, and sale of precious metals as well as the production and sale of gold investment bars, is proud to announce it has now become B Corp™ certified. It is with immense pride that the company from Arezzo (Tuscany, Italy), the most important goldsmith district

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AFYREN is ramping up its efforts to create a new path for organic waste recovery

AFYREN, a Greentech company that manufacturers natural, low-carbon ingredients produced using unique fermentation technology based on a completely circular model, and SUEZ, a world leader in circular solutions for water and waste management, are working together on a new way of creating value from organic waste. At a time when nearly 20% of global food

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Advancing battery management systems and second-life battery integration

The BIG LEAP project just started its 42-month journey. This project aims to achieve the next generation of Battery Management Systems (BMS) to improve the interoperability between battery chemistries and architectures and enhances the operation reliability of second life batteries, thus extending adaptability and empowering battery value chains. Batteries are identified as a key technology

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SP Energy Networks secures £275,000 of funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund

SP Energy Networks has secured £275,000 of funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund to help further two of its innovative projects this year. The two projects, Equiflex and LVOE, look to address key issues facing the electricity network as the UK moves to Net Zero; removing barriers to flexibility services and helping to balance voltage

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Offshore renewables innovation programme set to continue

A programme that brings academia and industry together to co-design solutions for offshore renewable energy (ORE) has been renewed for another five years. IDCORE, out of the University of Edinburgh, will receive £6m from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of a £1bn investment announced today by Science, Innovation and Technology

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Highland and Islands women’s football boosted by new fund from ScottishPower

A new funding competition for women’s and girls’ football teams across the Highlands and Islands has been launched with support of ScottishPower. The leading renewable energy company is the new title sponsor for SWF’s Highlands and Islands league, which kicks off on Sunday, but the competition is open to all grassroots women’s and girls’ clubs

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PLAYMOBIL selects plant-based styrenics material from INEOS Styrolution for new sustainable toys

PLAYMOBIL, a leading global toy producer, has selected plant-based ABS1 and plant[1]based MBS2 from INEOS Styrolution for their new PLAYMOBIL JUNIOR product lines. PLAYMOBIL has confirmed that it has converted the production of all items in its toddler portfolio from traditional, fossil-based to plant-based materials. The new PLAYMOBIL JUNIORplaysets will be produced with INEOS Styrolution’s

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Arla Foods Ingredients to cut carbon emissions with heat pump technology

Arla Foods Ingredients is taking a major step towards its carbon reduction goals with the construction of an electric heat pump facility at its primary processing plant in Denmark. The EUR 32 million project is Arla’s largest single investment in net-zero initiatives to date. Scheduled to go live in 2025, the facility at the Danmark

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£2 million investment in timber transport for Scotland

Scottish Forestry is investing £2 million towards timber transport projects across Scotland. The funding will help decarbonise the forestry sector and reduce the impacts of timber lorries on communities and the environment.  As part of the timber transport boost, Scottish Forestry has confirmed continued funding of £1.2 million towards TimberLINK, other road improvements, the three-year

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