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Stuffstr is an innovative app that is tackling the waste issue within the fashion sector... The issue of waste has been to the forefront for quite a while now - and rightly so.More and more startups are addressing sustainability and the impact that our actions have on the environment. Our latest startup of the week is a prime example and has a focus on one area in particular - fashion. Stuffst...
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Green startups and entrepreneurs take note! Planet-saving startups and entrepreneurs can apply today to win up to €500,000 and a place on a six-month bespoke accelerator programme... One of the world’s largest competitions in sustainable entrepreneurship, the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge is now open for entries. Green startups and entrepreneurs based in Britain can ap...
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The lowdown on how Edinburgh-based startup Folarity is using tech to reverse the decline of our forests... Forests are the lungs of the world, absorbing huge amounts of carbon dioxide and keeping us all alive. Until we decide that a wooden toilet seat is warmer to sit on and so we go and chop them down. As well as breathing, forest cover helps with biodiversity. In the UK, a prolonged decline in...
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The lowdown on Garçon Wines and its sustainable innovations in one of the world's most traditional industries  - the wine industry!  Interesting developments in one of the world's oldest industries - wine - with the news that it is being brought right up to date thanks to London-based startup Garçon Wines. They have created a revolutionary flat wine bottle that’s mad...
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The initiative from proptech startup Desana that's aiming to reduce employees' travel distances by getting cities and organisations to work together... UK based proptech startup Desana have just launched an innovative initiative that is aiming to tackle the climate crisis by reducing commuting.Their initiative, Cityworks, aims to get cities and large organisations working together to re...
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Major investment news for challenger energy supplier Igloo Energy who have secured strategic investment of up to £20 million. Good news for challenger energy supplier, Igloo Energy, with the announcement that it is receiving a strategic investment of up to £20 million from global integrated utility company Osaka Gas, in exchange for a minority stake in the company. Igloo was fou...
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The Melbourne-based startup Returnr that has "Shared use, less resources, less waste" at its core, aiming to replace single use takeaway packaging with equivalent reusable solutions... Waste from packaging is a massive problem, with plastics being the most obvious and most prevalent. If you make your lunch at home to take to work with you, you are contributing less to this waste, but you are...
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London-based tech startup Arrive is a new on-demand, zero-emission, female-friendly taxi app, that is as much for the drivers as it is the users... As the popularity of on-demand taxi services rose, so too did the number of reports of predatory drivers taking advantage of those companies’ lack of vetting to attack women. Still little has been done to improve safety within those companies. S...
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Job hunting for high impact jobs made easy, thanks to Dolphin, the startup that'll help you to find a job that’s rewarding for both you and the world... Everyone loves dolphins. They’re cute and highly intelligent and inquisitive and they help us to get jobs. Everyone also loves the idea of working in a career they enjoy and in a company that they can be proud to be a part-- Wait, dol...
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The lowdown on Ev.Energy, the innovative London-based energy-tech startup that optimises electric vehicle charging... Electric vehicles are the future, right up there with artificial intelligence, holograms, and the dystopian wasteland that once was Earth. Manufacturers like Tesla are showing that electric cars don’t have to be slow, ugly, and boring, and more people are becoming ...
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