The European Commission recently announced the establishment of a ‘right to repair’. The right is being considered with a view of saving costs for consumers and facilitating the development of a circular economy. It includes repair during the legal guarantee, the right to repair after the legal guarantee has expired, and the right for consumers …
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 sorely missed writer, traveller and chef Anthony Bourdain once said ‘we all have blood on our hands’. When it comes to the clothes on our back, can many of us say otherwise? Responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions and numerous human right violations of garment workers worldwide, the fashion industry has long been …
On a mission to make smartphone consumption circular, Swappie has just secured €108 million. The round was led by growth equity firm Verdane, specialising in tech-enabled, sustainable businesses, alongside existing investors Lifeline Ventures, Inventure, Reaktor Ventures and TESI. Co-founded by Sami Marttinen (CEO) and Jiri Heinonen (CMO) in 2016, Swappie has the aim to provide… …
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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 …
Fashion for Good has launched the D(R)YE Factory of the Future initiative in a bid to clean up one of the most polluting processes in the industry. It is in the pre-treatment and colouration phases of textile production that the highest emissions of the fashion value chain are generated. To combat this, the new global …