It's sweater weather all around, and with that, a great feature story on how your next jacket might be linked to an underwater invasive species 🌊
News this week ranges from investments in the fields of biorefineries and sustainable adhesives made from bark, innovations in agtech to deal with changing climates 🌻, and Microsoft's latest moves with biochar.
Have a great week everyone.
FEATURE STORY
Invasive fish and pythons find new uses in fashion and feed
The UN warns that invasive species could cost the world at least $423 billion each year as climate change worsens. Although some wild introductions are benign, many pose serious risks to biodiversity and ecosystem health around the world. What makes biomass from invasive species such a rare opportunity for the bioeconomy is that they present an instance where large-scale harvesting is almost guaranteed to bring a net environmental benefit.
Elicit Plant launches ag-tech innovation that increases sunflower yields
BEST-a has rapidly earned its place as a key ally for corn field-crop farmers. Its ability to maintain yields during periods of water stress makes it a unique solution on the market.
OCEANIUM’s mission is to enable and unlock the emerging sustainable seaweed farming industry in the Western hemisphere by extracting maximum value from seaweed.
Carbon Streaming to provide Microsoft with biochar carbon removal
The Waverly Biochar project is expected to deliver up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal credits per year towards Microsoft’s carbon negative target.
Bioeconomy project SuperBark lands EU funding of €4.5 M
SuperBark is a research and innovation project that will develop safe and sustainable adhesives and coatings from pine and spruce bark, which are major industrial side streams of the forest industry.
BASF launches first biomass balance plastic additives
These industry-first solutions support the use of renewable feedstock to replace fossil feedstock and help BASF’s customers meet their sustainability targets.
