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Banyan wants to unlock financing for a (more) sustainable future

TechCrunch

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. For one thing, the processes remain largely manual, with financing in this sector remaining reliant on emails, spreadsheets and documents in a variety of formats. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t.

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Pangyo Techno Valley: Leading the Charge in ESG Management and Building a Sustainable Industry Ecosystem

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ESG embodies a company’s commitment to maintaining sustainable business practices, upholding core values, and transparently reporting non-financial performance metrics. Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016.

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Boasting a pedigree in business intelligence, Sweep launches a new carbon accounting and offset tool

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It’s the background of the team that first attracted investors like Pia d’Iribarne, co-founder and managing partner, New Wave , which made their first climate-focused investment into the software developer. . Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups.

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Two European companies are mapping a future service for direct air capture to sequestration of CO2

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There is growing awareness of the need to build capacity to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere to achieve net zero by 2050. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups. That will be the price range needed to build up the infrastructure and finance it.” Image Credit: Climeworks.

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Energy X secures $20M at $120M valuation to slash building sector emissions

TechCrunch

Countries worldwide have pledged to reduce their energy usage and reach net-zero energy targets by 2050. That’s when the duo pivoted from their first startup — a sustainable architecture crowdfunding platform, called Xquare. million in Series B financing at a valuation of $120 million, Park told TechCrunch. million.

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Samsara Eco wants to help end global plastic crisis with enzyme-based technology

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gigatons of carbon dioxide every year by 2050. . Investors include the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), and existing bakers W23, the venture capital arm of Sydney-based supermarket giant Woolworth , and Main Sequence. .

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Planetary wants to help food startups brew up more fake meat

TechCrunch

Our mission is to provide a sustainable solution to animal mass farming and provide a product that is on a massive industry scale,” Brandes told TechCrunch. “We Many companies in the alternative protein space are in the technology or product development phase, but scale is what will make-or-break it for some companies.