Taking on the retail market with a fresh perspective, By Rotation, has raised €2.7 million in seed funding. The funding for the UK-based platform was led by Redrice Ventures with additional investors including Closed Loop Partners, True Global, Magnus Rausing, Bill Holroyd CBE, DL, June Angelides MBE, Dinika Mahtani (Principal at Cherry VC) and Riccardo… …
Young people in Canada, Mexico, or the United States – aged between 18-30 – are being urged to submit their solution for the Youth Innovation Challenge ahead of this week’s Thursday deadline. Led by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Council, the Challenge is seeking innovative proposals for kickstarting the COVID recovery phase. Up for …
People are being urged to cast their vote for nature by picking their favourite finalist in Europe’s Nature 2000 Award. The projects going head-to-head in the Citizens’ Award category are making an impact in safeguarding Natura 2000 sites, located in what is the ‘largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world’. The sites offer …
The fashion industry is a major polluter in need of an urgent makeover. Responsible for up to 10% of global emissions, it has been a disaster for people and the planet. A new fashion world is emerging though, one that is designed to be circular and transparently fair to all those working across the industry. At …
Climate change is a disaster for millions of people right now and is likely to trigger ever more devastating consequences in the near future unless urgent action is taken. Scientists have been saying this for a very long time and today’s IPCC report is just the latest to scream DO SOMETHING – AND FAST to …
The Rebound Plastic Exchange platform launching this summer has been described as ‘an intervention that will transform the world’s plastic recycling industry’. Set up by the International Holding Company (IHC), it is a global marketplace for recycled plastic feedstock that aims to trigger growth in the circular economy, while reducing toxic plastic pollution. “We’ve developed …
Fairown, founded in 2018, is on a mission to empower more brands to shift from a linear to a circular economy, and in doing so put sustainability as a core part of business models. The young company bootstrapped to €1.2 million revenue, becoming profitable and has been expanding across eight countries independently. In the past… …
Innovators Magazine was a media partner with this month’s CIVITAS Forum – Europe’s premier sustainable mobility conference – held in Aachen. One of the highlights of the event was the CIVITAS Awards. This year’s winners were Parma, which picked up the Climate-Neutral award, Aachen – winner of the Transformation award, and Gdynia, winner of the …
Switzerland’s Circular Economy Transition initiative is dedicated to supporting startups that can accelerate the country’s transition to circularity. It has put more than 50 startups through its Circular Economy Incubator programme, with the latest cohort of 33 set to start the three-month hybrid incubator next week. They include Mission Mycelium, which transforms waste products into …
A European investment fund committed to accelerating circular economy solutions has raised €110m. The Rubio Impact Ventures fund says it expects to support more than 30 companies through this second funding round, across its three impact themes: circular solutions, people power, and healthy living. Fair-coffee brand Wakuli, cultivated meat headliner Mosa Meat and Litterati, a free app that inspires people …