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BT reveals new cohort of innovative startups aiming to help solve sustainability challenges in the manufacturing sector. BT has just announced phase two of its Green Tech Innovation Platform (TIP), to fast-track cutting-edge new digital solutions to help manufacturers cut their carbon emissions and progress towards a circular world. Following the initial scouting phase supported by Plug and Pl...
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Innovate UK KTN’s Sustainable Impact Investment Programme chooses 13 sustainable UK startups striving to change the world Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups of the future to take part in its prestigious sustainability accelerator programme. Over the next ten weeks, 13 companies selected from the Sustainable Innovation Fund will work with Innovate UK KTN and their partners Growth Studi...
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Uptrade - the sustainable startup that's created a link between textile businesses with dormant stocks and those who need them in the upcycling or reuse economy. We have written several times previously about how much the fashion industry contributes to pollution and CO2 emissions, whether it’s startups tackling fast fashion, or sustainable fashion shows for young people, or keeping &lsqu...
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Fin Cope, CEO and Co-Founder of environmentally conscious marketplace GoEthical shares insights on the signs of greenwashing he looks out for to help avoid contributing to environmental harm. Defined as when a company or organisation spends more time and money on marketing themselves as being sustainable than on actually minimising their environmental impact, greenwashing is the...
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The lowdown on Nothing, the London-based startup that's creating innovative connected products "to make tech fun again." Every couple of years, many of us are invited to renew our phone contract, which often means selecting a new phone. Every couple of years, we browse through all of the available devices and find them all to be much the same. Maybe our choice ultimately comes down to which has...
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The lowdown on Athos, the Spanish startup that has created a customized climbing shoe that's been made with 3D printing technology. Sometimes in life, you find yourself in front of a big rock. Not a metaphorical rock; a very real, stony, rocky rock. You could go around the rock. You could call a taxi. Or, you could chalk up and climb that rock like your prehistoric ancestors would. And then, be...
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Kickstart catapults innovation with 43 high growth startups selected for the 2022 core program from 16 countries this year, including two from the UK. Now, in its 7th year Kickstart is one of the largest European Innovation Platforms, bridging the gap between startups, corporations, cities, foundations and universities to accelerate partnerships and deep tech innovation. Since 2015, K...
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Want to make your business more sustainable? Fin Cope, Co-Founder of sustainable online marketplace GoEthical shares some tips to help you do just that. “Going green” is no longer a badge of honour for a business; it is pretty much a requirement. Businesses have come to realise that implementing environmentally friendly practices also makes good business sense. The significance...
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New collaborative Construction Tech partnership streamlines Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and sustainability reporting for Procore Users. Great news from SustainIQ, the all-in-one ESG and sustainability reporting software, with the announcement of an integration with Procore Technologies, a leading global provider of construction management software.  SustainIQ is now embedded w...
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The lowdown on The Beagle Button, the UK’s first browser extension that automatically recommends eco alternatives when you’re shopping online. We’d previously featured The Beagle Button, a startup on a mission to help us all shop more sustainably online, back when it was still in beta.And now that it’s officially been launched, we’re back to take another look at wh...
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