LCA

SuperMeat's Forward-Facing LCA Highlights 50% Decrease in Carbon Footprint of Chicken, the Most Efficient Animal Protein

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Carbon, Meat, Particulates, Research, SuperMeat, FCR, Carbon footprint, LCA, Agriculture

The assessment provides a detailed comparative analysis between SuperMeat's 100% cultivated chicken and the most sustainably produced traditional chicken aspired for the outset of the 2030s.

Key Points: 
  • The assessment provides a detailed comparative analysis between SuperMeat's 100% cultivated chicken and the most sustainably produced traditional chicken aspired for the outset of the 2030s.
  • SuperMeat's cultivated chicken is projected to achieve a carbon footprint approximately 50% lower than the ambitious benchmarks set for conventional chicken production, when integrating renewable energy sources and sustainable production practices in both conventional and cultivated production methods.
  • Even under the reliance on standard grid electricity, a 27% reduction in the carbon footprint of SuperMeat's chicken is achieved, in comparison to the ambitious conventional chicken benchmark.
  • A Highly Efficient Production Process Fuels SuperMeat's Sustainability Milestones:
    SuperMeat's continuous production process will be instrumental in achieving the expected sustainability outcomes for its cultivated chicken.

IND HEMP Earns Prestigious B Corp™ Certification

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Friday, April 5, 2024
Certification, B Lab, Farmer, HEMP, Environment, Recycling, Agriculture, Goodness, Climate, Food, LCA, Professional corporation, IND, Carbon

Fort Benton, Montana, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IND HEMP, a leading environmental and agricultural company, has earned B Corp™ Certification .

Key Points: 
  • Fort Benton, Montana, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IND HEMP, a leading environmental and agricultural company, has earned B Corp™ Certification .
  • IND HEMP joins over 8,000 certified B Corps™ to date from across 96 countries and 162 industries that employ more than 750,000 workers.
  • IND HEMP attained this certification on its first attempt, which is rare, and will hold B Corps™ certification for three years before submitting to a renewal process.
  • IND HEMP joins a prestigious roster of B Corp™ companies including: Arbonne, Athleta, Ben & Jerry's, ButcherBox, C.F.

Aqua Metals Advances Sierra-ARC Lithium Battery Recycling Campus and Secures Offtake Partnership; Reports Full-Year 2023 Financial Results

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Research, EV, MOU, NRE, Growth, ICF, Recycling, Partnership, Risk, Copper, Metal, APEC, Public expenditure, LCA, Nickel, CO2, Lithium, ARC, Economic development, Cobalt, Rare-earth element

RENO, Nev., March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQMS), a pioneer in sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling, today reported financial results for the full-year ended December 31, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • RENO, Nev., March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQMS), a pioneer in sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling, today reported financial results for the full-year ended December 31, 2023.
  • Supplied Dragonfly Energy with battery-grade, sustainably recycled lithium hydroxide, which was used to manufacture and successfully cycle-tested lithium-based battery cell.
  • “Aqua Metals achieved our goal of proving out the pilot plant in 2023, a facility that continues to operate 24x5,” commented Steve Cotton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aqua Metals.
  • The webcast replay will also be available in the “News / Events” section of the Aqua Metals website.

Opus Genetics Announces Completion of Dosing in First Cohort of Phase 1/2 Trial of Gene Therapy OPGx-LCA5 in Patients with Rare Inherited Retinal Disease LCA5

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Opus, Retina, Leber congenital amaurosis, University of Pennsylvania, VR, Genetics, LCA5, University, Patient, Ophthalmology, LCA, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pharmaceutical industry

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opus Genetics, a patient-first, clinical-stage gene therapy company developing treatments for inherited retinal diseases, today announced that the first cohort has completed dosing in its open-label, dose-escalation Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the subretinal delivery of OPGx-LCA5, an adeno-associated virus 8 (AAV8) vector designed to precisely deliver a functional LCA5 gene to the outer retina in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) resulting from biallelic mutations in the LCA5 gene (LCA5).

Key Points: 
  • Based on positive safety and efficacy data from the first cohort of three adult patients, the Company will advance OPGx-LCA5 into the next highest dose.
  • Opus anticipates initiating the next cohort mid-2024.
  • There are also future plans to expand the study population to include subjects 13 years or older.
  • “Based on these early clinical data, we’re excited for the potential of OPGx-LCA5 to transform the lives of patients affected by LCA5,” said Ben Yerxa, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Opus.

EFI Expands Portfolio of Innovation for Sign and Display Graphics at FESPA with New VUTEk Q3h XP and EFI Pro 33r Printers

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Fire, Ricoh, Worldwide, Growth, Nozomi, Printing, CMYK, DFE, LCA, RAI, Convention center, Blockout, Electronics, Life-cycle assessment, Reggiani, POP, XP, EFI, OCC, RSVP, Exhibition, Paper, LED, ISO, GWP, 3D printing

“With a comprehensive portfolio of production printers with the most advanced technology and innovative inks and coatings for the sign and display.

Key Points: 
  • “With a comprehensive portfolio of production printers with the most advanced technology and innovative inks and coatings for the sign and display.
  • The new, 3.3-metre-wide VUTEk Q3h XP hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer, making its worldwide debut, is designed to provide high-quality imaging and production-level printing for faster turnarounds.
  • The printer is available with four (CMYK) or six (CMYK, lc, lk) colours and optional white and clear inks.
  • EFI is also exhibiting the 3.5-metre-wide EFI VUTEk Q3r roll-to-roll LED printer that provides a complete print-to-finished graphic workflow, from RIP to finished product.

EFI Completes Life Cycle Assessment for Nozomi Digital Direct-to-Corrugated Printer

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
GM, EPR, Printing, Carbon accounting, Partnership, Global warming potential, Building material, History, Carbon footprint, LCA, JIT, Life, Electronics, Volatile organic compound, CO2, EFI, OCC, Water, Paper, ISO, LED, Organic compound, GWP, 3D printing

LONDONDERRY, N.H., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Electronics For Imaging, Inc ., today reported it has completed a life cycle assessment (LCA) of Nozomi single-pass digital print technology in partnership with award-winning sustainability consulting firm Clean Agency .

Key Points: 
  • LONDONDERRY, N.H., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Electronics For Imaging, Inc ., today reported it has completed a life cycle assessment (LCA) of Nozomi single-pass digital print technology in partnership with award-winning sustainability consulting firm Clean Agency .
  • According to the LCA, printing corrugated materials on an EFI Nozomi digital press reduces global warming potential (GWP) by approximately 50% when compared to analog printing technologies.
  • Because of their Nozomi investment in EFI digital printing, in 2023, Caps Cases avoided approximately 300,000 kilograms of CO2e when compared to analog methods.
  • EFI Nozomi LED inks emit virtually no volatile organic compounds (VOCs), meeting the GREENGUARD Gold standard and requiring no vapor recovery.

Americhem has earned the EcoVadis Silver Medal for Sustainability

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Friday, April 5, 2024
Other Manufacturing, Environment, Textiles, Climate Change, Chemicals, Plastics, Manufacturing, Alternative Energy, Sustainability, Energy, Carbon, PCR, Solar energy, Cold, Biophysical environment, Silver, Human rights, PET, Guarantee of origin, LCA, Wind, Life-cycle assessment, Water, Safety, Sustainable procurement, Certification

Americhem, a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds, and performance technologies, has been awarded the Silver EcoVadis Medal.

Key Points: 
  • Americhem, a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds, and performance technologies, has been awarded the Silver EcoVadis Medal.
  • EcoVadis is a globally recognized assessment platform that rates businesses' sustainability in various categories.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240404483358/en/
    Americhem has earned the EcoVadis Silver Medal for Sustainability (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The EcoVadis rating also covers a broad range of non-financial management systems including Environmental, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement impacts.
  • Americhem would like to thank EcoVadis for their commitment to ensuring that companies remain conscious in their efforts toward a more sustainable future.

NILIT Goes Circular with SENSIL® Flow

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Retail, Chemicals, Plastics, Recycling, Manufacturing, Consumer, Environmental Issues, Supply Chain Management, Department Stores, Environment, Sustainability, Other Consumer, Specialty, Textiles, Fashion, Partnership, Flow, LCA, Life, CO2, Plastic, Water, Elasticity, Multimedia, Collection, Engineering, Clothing

(Graphic: Business Wire)

Key Points: 
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “Our mission to create a more sustainable textile industry requires a shift in mindset throughout the value chain,” says Ilan Melamed, NILIT General Manager.
  • “SENSIL® Flow represents an out-of-the-box approach that directly enables yarn and fabric recycling and lays the groundwork for apparel recycling and is part of a broader circularity mission for NILIT.
  • Engineered to provide inherent elasticity and recovery properties, SENSIL® Flow creates comfortable, stretchable performance fabrics for the casual and lifestyle segments.
  • Certificates will validate circularity and provide transparency and accountability for partners committed to building a circular textile economy.

H2O Innovation Sells Eco-Friendly Antiscalants to Over 25 Desalination Plants

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Monday, March 25, 2024
Environment, Engineering, Utilities, Chemicals, Plastics, Sustainability, Manufacturing, Green Technology, Other Natural Resources, Energy, Natural Resources, Carbon, Partnership, ESG, Corporation, Transport, LCA, United, CO2, Tree

H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) is proud to announce that it has sold its super-concentrated antiscalants with reduced CO2 footprint to over 25 desalination plants, including 7 mega plants, around the world since 2021.

Key Points: 
  • H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) is proud to announce that it has sold its super-concentrated antiscalants with reduced CO2 footprint to over 25 desalination plants, including 7 mega plants, around the world since 2021.
  • Two H2O Innovation antiscalants are leading the way with greener solutions.
  • Moreover, in line with its ESG objectives and its desire to contribute to the United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals, H2O Innovation continuously implements ways of effecting positive change on the environment.
  • Since the beginning of this partnership, H2O Innovation contributed in four projects around the globe.

DMEGC Solar joins the United Nations Global Compact

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Carbon, CDP, Annual report, Climate change, Environment, BBB, ESG, MSCI, SA8000, United Nations Global Compact, LCA, EPD, Renewable energy

DONGYANG, China, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this month, DMEGC Solar announced that it has officially joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), claiming that this is part of its 2024 ESG plan and proof of its faithful practice of sustainable development.

Key Points: 
  • DONGYANG, China, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this month, DMEGC Solar announced that it has officially joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), claiming that this is part of its 2024 ESG plan and proof of its faithful practice of sustainable development.
  • DMEGC Solar has become well-known in the photovoltaic industry for its advantages on green production.
  • In another rating result released by the Global Environmental Information Research Center (CDP), DMEGC Solar achieved B in both climate change and water security, which is also an outstanding result in the photovoltaic industry.
  • In the company's annual report released earlier, DMEGC Solar's module shipments in 2023 exceeded 10GW, a year-on-year increase of 24.27%.