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INTERREG IVC eco-innovation analysis offers handy hints to regional policymakers  
18/06/2014
INTERREG IVC eco-innovation analysis offers handy hints to regional policymakers  
Regional policymakers seeking the best way to boost eco-innovation in the context of the implementation of European Union cohesion policy from 2014-2020 - and the associated European Structural and Investment Funds - could benefit from a recent analysis of eco-innovation projects that were carried...
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INNEON project sets out to galvanise financing for eco-innovation  
18/06/2014
INNEON project sets out to galvanise financing for eco-innovation  
A new project that aims to make it easier for eco-innovative companies to secure financing is getting underway. The INNEON's objective is to improve access to finance for eco-friendly companies. There are three current barriers to this, according to the project:  Investors tend to look at...
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West France's eco-innovation production line
30/06/2014
West France's eco-innovation production line
A mentoring programme aimed at eco-innovation entrepreneurs in the western French Eco Innovation Factory is aimed at projects in their earliest stages. Candidates will be project creators, start-up companies under two years old or researchers based in Loire Atlantique or Vendée. The innovation...
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Eco-Innovation Scoreboard points to continued EU green economy divide  
30/06/2014
Eco-Innovation Scoreboard points to continued EU green economy divide  
The The 2013 version of the scoreboard, made public in May 2014, finds that the top ranking EU countries for eco-innovation are Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom, which score, relative to the EU average (=100), 138, 138, 132, 129 and 122 respectively. Least eco-...
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Blue innovation plan
15/07/2014
Blue innovation plan
In any discussion about eco-innovation, a vast territory is usually left uncharted: the oceans. The bounty of the seas, including food and valuable minerals, is commonly over-exploited, causing in some cases extensive damage. There is huge scope to make the existing marine economy more resource...
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DYNAMIX project maps future resource use pathways  
15/07/2014
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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Wallonia's green cluster
10/09/2014
Wallonia's green cluster
A competitiveness cluster in Belgium's southern region of Wallonia is showing how researchers and companies can collaborate to develop new eco-innovative projects that should ultimately pay dividends in terms of green economic growth. The GreenWin cluster brings together about 150 members,...
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Sustainable usage practices for sustainable buildings  
23/09/2014
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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Supply chains and the circular economy: debate summary published  
23/09/2014
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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GreenITNet examines greening by IT in cities  
07/10/2014
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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