The Carbon to Value Initiative announces Year 3 of the Initiative's Carbontech Accelerator Program

The accelerator program, focused on promoting startup-corporate collaboration, is seeking applications from innovative startups with carbontech solutions SOMERVILLE, Mass, HOUSTON and NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative) and its Carbontech Leadership Council (CLC), enthusiastically announce the third year of the C2V Initiative’s world-class carbontechContinue Reading

Northern Kenya conservancies eye pie of carbon credit billions

Commodities Northern Kenya conservancies eye pie of carbon credit billions Monday January 30 2023 An endangered white rhino and its baby, at a swamp where Grevy zebras and wild boars also forage at the Lewa Conservancy. FILE PHOTO | POOL Following a declaration by the United Nations that 2026 willContinue Reading

As carbon offsets, tree planting can be shady

There is nothing like a tree. It is one of nature’s most generous multi-taskers, providing food, fiber, fuel, shade and habitat for humans and wildlife alike. Forests are a vital part of the Earth’s water and carbon cycles. The planet’s 3 trillion trees provide some of the last wild placesContinue Reading

Chemours Introduces New Ti-Pure™ Sustainability Grade Enabling Lower Carbon Footprint for Plastics Masterbatch Producers

WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today unveiled Ti-Pure™ TS-1510, a highly efficient rutile titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment designed to enhance processing performance in plastics applications, including polyolefin masterbatch.Continue Reading

Importance of Accounting Traditional accounting took around 5,000 years to evolve. Accounting does not just predate writing, it is why writing was invented: the earliest written artifacts, such as this cuneiform clay tablet, were records of commodity trading. Image source: Met Museum However, carbon accounting at the company level hasContinue Reading

NetApp : Leading automotive manufacturers will measure progress based on data insights

Final study results show Grace Breeding’s NFT, an alternative to reduce urea, was superior or equal to standard nitrogen-based urea fertilizers using less water and nitrogen in multiple growth metrics Use of less urea leads to lower carbon emissions which is crucial for slowing damage to the environment REHOVOT, Israel,Continue Reading

Sumika partners with Hexagon, enabling 60% plastic carbon reduction for new vehicles by digitizing sustainable compounds for engineers

Digitised mechanical and environmental performance of recycled short glass-fibre reinforced PP compounds supports the transition to more sustainable vehicles COBHAM, England, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division and Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe (SPC Europe), a leading manufacturer of thermoplastic compounds, have partnered to digitise the performance ofContinue Reading

Locals continue to oppose Lake Maurepas carbon capture site | Environment

A federal judge’s decision to allow a global gas supply company to temporarily continue drilling injection wells in Lake Maurepas has begged the question from some local officials: What say do local governments have over whether companies can build carbon sequestration sites in their own backyards? Carbon capture and sequestrationContinue Reading