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B2B Industrial Solutions Provider Magma Raises $5 Million Series A Led by Capria Ventures
Magma enables factories to access high-quality customized raw materials, power their operations with green energy and biomaterial solutions, and manage waste responsibly by converting them into recyclable inputs.
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- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- manufacturing, MSMEs, recycling, renewable energy, waste
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Pack2Zero Raises $5.7 Million to Scale Sustainable Packaging Innovation
Pack2Zero is transforming the packaging industry by offering plant-based, compostable alternatives to conventional plastic packaging.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Pioneer Facility to Fundraise $6 Million for Climate Enterprises in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh
Fund Manager Nexus for Development has 15 years of experience in financing climate entrepreneurs, leveraging expertise in debt finance and carbon finance to create lasting change.
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- Global
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New Battery Recycling Process From China Recovers 99.99% Of Lithium
What sets this method apart from other battery recycling methods is its use of a neutral solution environment.
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- Energy, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- innovation, recycling, renewable energy, research, waste
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Colombia’s EV Sales Soar, but Battery Recycling Startups Struggle to Keep Pace
A surge in electric vehicle sales has helped drive a boom in battery recycling, but the startups face major challenges.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation, WASH
- Region
- Latin America
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$1 Billion Investment Gets IKEA Closer to Being ‘Fully Circular’ by 2030
The retailer's venture capital arm backs three recyclers and a software firm.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Disrupting Waste Management in Emerging Markets: Four Lessons for Strengthening Businesses While Empowering Women and Communities
Early-stage companies in emerging markets whose workforces and value chains are dependent on women face several common challenges. According to Yaquta Fatehi at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and John F. Akwetey, these issues are especially relevant in the waste management sector. They share insights from a study of waste management businesses and practices in Kenya, which show the impacts of treating women’s empowerment and community engagement as integral elements of business strategies rather than peripheral concerns.
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Press Release: New ActionAid Report Reveals Rich Polluting Countries Owe Africa US $36 Trillion in Climate Debt
The findings reveal that Africa alone is owed at least US$36 trillion, far exceeding the continent’s total foreign debt.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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