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The Global Industrial Bioeconomy Opportunity: Is Canada Going to Get Serious?

The Global Industrial Bioeconomy Opportunity: Is Canada Going to Get Serious?

March 22, 2021 |

By Jeff Passmore, CEO Passmore Group Inc.; Chair, Scaling Up Special to The Digest If you heard Canada is sitting on an untapped $200 billion/year sustainable economic development opportunity for forestry, agriculture and municipal solid waste, would you not want to hear more? In its May 2020 report “The Bio Revolution: Innovations transforming economies, societies, […]

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People and Profit: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste Part 2

People and Profit: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste Part 2

March 22, 2021 |

In The Digest’s Part 2 of Neste’s 2020 Annual Report highlights, we look at people and profit as a follow up to yesterday’s focus on planet. From human rights and safety to key performance figures for 2020, financials for specific operating segments like renewable products, investments in associates and joint ventures like Alterra Energy, and […]

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Carbon Neutral by 2035: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste Part 1

Carbon Neutral by 2035: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste Part 1

March 21, 2021 |

In The Digest’s Part 1 of Neste’s 2020 Annual Report highlights, we focus on the planet (part 2 tomorrow will focus on people and profit). Here’s a look at Neste’s strategy, businesses, key 2020 events, sustainability, carbon neutral production by 2035 goals and how they are going to get there, sustainable supply chains, and more.

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Checking Your Environmentals: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Wildlife & Natural Resource Considerations in Bioeconomy Projects

Checking Your Environmentals: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Wildlife & Natural Resource Considerations in Bioeconomy Projects

March 18, 2021 |

How to evaluate the economic and biological effects of bioenergy production and potential impacts on wildlife and wildlife habitat? Certified Wildlife Biologist Dr. Susan Rupp shares how to look at the environmental impact of projects, how to succeed at Permitting Your Project ensuring environmental sustainability, and more.

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Mess With Texas: Time for a 2nd look at Electric Vehicles

Mess With Texas: Time for a 2nd look at Electric Vehicles

March 17, 2021 |

  By Burl Haigwood, Advisor to the Clean Fuels Development Coalition Special to The Digest The Great Texas Blackout of 2021 was a travesty, and one we can never repeat. Imagine it is 2050 and Texas gets hit by another winter storm, flood, heat wave, or God forbid, a physical or cyber terrorist attack on […]

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NEFI, ABFA ink partnership to drive adoption of low-carbon heating oil

NEFI, ABFA ink partnership to drive adoption of low-carbon heating oil

March 16, 2021 |

In Washington, the National Energy & Fuels Institute and the Advanced Biofuels Association signed a partnership to jointly promote government policies and industry initiatives in support the use of advanced biofuels in the home energy market. They will seek opportunities to work with the Biden Administration and Congress to leverage the potential for dramatic GHG […]

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9 Ways to Establish an Ethical Framework – Part 1 of The Importance of Ethics in ESG Investing

9 Ways to Establish an Ethical Framework – Part 1 of The Importance of Ethics in ESG Investing

March 16, 2021 |

By Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO Special to The Digest In an exclusive Special to the Digest, Cynthia Thyfault, Global BioFuture Solutions, Founder and CEO shares a 2-Part Series on ESG Investing and the Bioeconomy. In this first part, we look at the importance of ethics in ESG investing and how to […]

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Sustainable Biochem at Scale: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Circa

Sustainable Biochem at Scale: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Circa

March 16, 2021 |

We’ve got the latest Circa presentation that dives into the world’s only scalable production process for several high value biochemicals. Yesterday’s top story was about Circa’s landmark IPO, and today this slide guide talks tech of converting biomass into high value biochemicals, the current global chemicals market, the ReSolute project, targets for 2030, and more.

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CIRCA’s Landmark IPO: What does it mean for renewable chemicals, and the IPO market for bioindustrials?

CIRCA’s Landmark IPO: What does it mean for renewable chemicals, and the IPO market for bioindustrials?

March 15, 2021 |

Late last month, we reported that Circa Group had completed a €56 million (about USD$66 million) IPO and is now trading on the Euronext Growth Oslo exchange where it is trading roughly at the IPO price (16.75 NOK – about $1.98 per share), for the month it has traded in a 14.77-19.75 NOK range — […]

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Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas from Waste: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Greenlane Renewables

Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas from Waste: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Greenlane Renewables

March 15, 2021 |

Decarbonizing natural gas for transportation and utility/pipelines by taking organic waste from landfills, dairy and hog farms, food waste and wastewater treatment plants and converting it to biogas and low-carbon RNG is what Greenlane Renewables is all about. From the renewable natural gas ecosystem, market drivers, Greenlane’s key projects, the tech, and more.

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