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08/04/2015
New alliance seeks to boost the EU bioeconomy
New alliance seeks to boost the EU bioeconomy
A group of business federations active in agriculture and bio-based industries has established a new platform to call on the European Union to establish a more long-term policy framework that will foster the emergence of the bioeconomy. The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EBA) was launched in...
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24/03/2015
Rare earth recovery offers opportunities for the EU's high-tech SMEs
Rare earth recovery offers opportunities for the EU's high-tech SMEs
There are potentially major business opportunities in the European Union for high-tech small and medium-sized companies that specialise in the “technospheric mining” of rare earth elements, according to a recent study for the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE...
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11/03/2015
Responsible research and innovation push seeks to broaden societal involvement
Responsible research and innovation push seeks to broaden societal involvement
Eco-innovation could be boosted by a call for “responsible research and innovation” (RRI) in Europe, which is defined as “societal actors work[ing] together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and...
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17/11/2014
Study examines financing barriers facing circular economy business models
Study examines financing barriers facing circular economy business models
Companies with circular economy business models currently struggle to raise investment because of a lack of information about financial risk and because investors are generally unfamiliar with the concept of the circular economy, according to research scheduled to be published by the Ellen...
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04/11/2014
Resource efficiency lessons from south-east Europe
Resource efficiency lessons from south-east Europe
A recently-concluded project involving partners from Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia has published a library of guidance on resource efficiency policies and implementation for municipalities. The guidance is primarily intended for cities in the 16...
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04/11/2014
Sustainability of production/consumption systems needs a global focus, report argues  
Sustainability of production/consumption systems needs a global focus, report argues  
The European Union cannot fully move to a green economy based on resource efficiency unless it starts to address the impact that EU production and consumption has beyond its borders, according to the The report notes that “around half of some pressures from EU consumption are exerted outside...
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07/10/2014
GreenITNet examines greening by IT in cities  
GreenITNet examines greening by IT in cities  
A collaborative project that brings together a number of European municipal authorities is actively exploring the transfer of good practice in green information and communications technology. In terms of the greening of IT, the project notes that information and communication technologies now...
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23/09/2014
Supply chains and the circular economy: debate summary published  
Supply chains and the circular economy: debate summary published  
Western companies with long supply chains - especially those that involve the extraction of resources in developing countries - can never be sustainable unless their supply chains are sustainable. For companies, therefore, working with their supply chains on sustainability is a key task in an...
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23/09/2014
Sustainable usage practices for sustainable buildings  
Sustainable usage practices for sustainable buildings  
An EU-funded project involving partners from Belgium, France and the United Kingdom has secured a one-year extension to build awareness about how to optimally use highly energy-efficient buildings. The first stage of the The REGAIN project started in 2008, with backing from the EU INTERREG...
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15/07/2014
DYNAMIX project maps future resource use pathways  
DYNAMIX project maps future resource use pathways  
The EU-backed DYNAMIX, which brings together researchers from eight institutes in seven EU countries, is a large-scale initiative to study resource-use pathways that the EU could follow. The project's work encompasses three basic scenarios. The first two are “conventional decoupling” scenarios...
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