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Promoting investment in sustainability: Green Funds
13/11/2012
Promoting investment in sustainability: Green Funds
Thousands of projects – from environmentally-friendly greenhouses and wind turbines, to organic farming and afforestation – have been implemented in the Netherlands with the support of a private investment scheme: the Green Funds Scheme. Launched in 1995, the scheme is an innovative way of...
Netherlands
UK Energy Entrepreneurs' Fund opens for business
01/10/2012
UK Energy Entrepreneurs' Fund opens for business
Low-carbon entrepreneurs, in particular innovative individuals and small and medium-sized companies, could benefit from a £16 million (€20 million) call for proposals published by the British government at the end of August. The funding is available for projects that will largely be conducted in...
United Kingdom
Let the train take the strain
14/09/2012
Let the train take the strain
The Dutch railway operator is retrofitting its intercity train fleet to make it more efficient. Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the railway operator in the Netherlands, is improving the environmental performance of 50 of its intercity trains through a retrofitting programme that will be completed...
Netherlands
UK retailer declares financial benefits from eco-innovation
14/09/2012
UK retailer declares financial benefits from eco-innovation
A top British retailer says that sustainability and eco-innovation are boosting its bottom line. One of the United Kingdom’s best-known high street retailers has said it benefited by £105 million (€134 million) in 2011-12 thanks to a range of eco-innovation and sustainability measures,...
United Kingdom
One eco-innovation enables another
14/04/2012
One eco-innovation enables another
The scaling-up of sustainable, high-tech dyeing technology is the focus of an ongoing European Commission funded project aimed at strengthening SMEs in the colour textile industry. A consortium of universities, small companies and large players in the energy and transport sectors from five...
Eu
Industrial-scale transformation of CO2 to micro-algal biomass
13/02/2012
Industrial-scale transformation of CO2 to micro-algal biomass
Austrian company SEE Algae Technology (SAT) has developed technology for the industrial-scale transformation of CO2 emissions into a commercially viable micro-algal biomass. SAT’s innovative production system employs a special feature to match light and nutrient supplies optimally to the algae...
Austria
Chronic water shortages spur innovation in Cyprus
13/02/2012
Chronic water shortages spur innovation in Cyprus
A cost-effective, decentralised system in Cyprus that enables individual households to reuse their spent water offers dramatic fresh water savings to the drought-stricken country. Water has always been a valuable commodity in Cyprus. But droughts of increasing frequency and intensity have left...
Cyprus
Driving eco-innovation: New insights from the UK
14/12/2011
Driving eco-innovation: New insights from the UK
British researchers shed new light on what drives some companies more than others to pursue eco-innovation. The findings are instructive to policy makers and business leaders alike. In recent years, more and more manufacturing firms have turned to eco-innovation to reduce their environmental...
United Kingdom
New tool to boost eco-innovation in SMEs
12/12/2011
New tool to boost eco-innovation in SMEs
The EU-funded LiMaS project has developed a web-based tool to facilitate eco-innovation in SMEs, leading to the development of products with an improved environmental performance. Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a limited knowledge about environmental regulations or tools...
Europe
Biodegradable inks enable eco-friendly printing
24/11/2011
Biodegradable inks enable eco-friendly printing
A Delhi-based company is at the forefront of eco-innovation in ink production. Its biodegradable inks allow for eco-friendly printing and high-efficiency recycling of printed paper. When university graduates Sidhartha Bhimania and Krishna Gopal Singh set up EnNatura in 2007, their ambition was...
Eu

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