By Matt Lipscomb, CEO, DMC Bio Special to The Digest The globalization trend of the last 20 years focused on driving down the cost of manufacturing at the expense of all other factors. One of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the realization of the fragility of current global supply chains. As consumers […]
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development just published an issue brief as part of a series of interim outputs linked to WBCSD’s current refresh of its Vision 2050. Here are highlights from the report, highlighting 5 business model shifts that impact the bioeconomy, 12 emerging technologies like plants-based meat, genetic engineering, biosensors, artificial intelligence, energy harvesting, […]
I’m as intrigued as I think you will be by a new East Coast-based accelerator based around the convergence of biology and engineering, which goes by the name of Petri, which is a such an obviously right for a bio-based accelerator that I wonder why no one thought of it before. Naturally for a group […]
“Staying resilient as uncertainty continues” is the name of the game for many, including Stora Enso. While they have “exceptional uncertainty and poor demand visibility for the rest of the year,” they are focused on their position as a renewable materials company from biocomposites to biobased chemicals, lignin and more. From their triple bottom line to […]
Chemicals, catalysis, additives – At ABLC Digital this July, Clariant shared how they are working on advancing biofuels globally and details on their sunliquid technology to decarbonize transportation. A fully integrated and carbon negative process, sunliquid is a platform for sustainable biobased products too like cosmetics, lubricants, plastics and more. This slide guide has details on […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Global Biofuture Solutions, Founder and CEO and Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD., Co-Founder and CSO Special to The Digest INTRODUCTION ESG reporting seeks to create a standard way for a range of investors to understand a company’s (or a fund’s or an asset’s) financial and non-financial impacts, as well as the strategy, approach, […]
Using science to deliver disruptive plant-based innovations, Calyxt launched their soybean go-to-market strategy this year and have plans for selling seed to processors who contract with growers and partnering with processors on future product launches and enhancements. Their gene-editing process for plants is just the beginning. A variety of crops are in the pipeline including alfalfa, wheat, […]
There’s great news in the advanced bioeconomy this month. Impossible Foods has secured $200 million in its latest funding round, led by new investor Coatue. Wonder Food The industry-leading food-tech startup has raised about $1.5 billion since its founding in 2011. Impossible Foods will use the funds in part to expand its research and development […]
2019 was a banner year for RSB that saw growing recognition of RSB’s leadership in the circular and bio-based economy, as well as engagement of new sectors and overall expansion of their global footprint. Check out their just released annual report that dives into their exciting projects, certifications and developments to their standard across many sectors – […]
Take genotype + environment + management practices and you’ve got phenotyping, a measurable characteristic or trait of a plant. In this case, we look at sorghum from Purdue University’s Dr. Melba Crawford and how they are using multi-modality sensing and modeling for high throughput phenotyping of sorghum as an energy crop. Field-based phenotyping, RGB imagery-based field phenotyping, […]
