India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
A new industrial recycling plant in Bavaria marks a pivotal step for Europe’s battery supply chain, promising to reduce reliance on imports and accelerate the continent’s electrification goals through innovative, cost-competitive recovery of critical materials. Europe’s scramble for critical battery materials has found a practical foothold with the start of…
At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s…
Industry groups and analysts warn that the European Union’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act may fall short of its potential to promote sustainable demand for low‑carbon materials without stronger rules, localisation requirements, and a credible labelling system. A draft of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks falling short of…
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India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and the practical constraints of energy security and financing. The Union Cabinet has adopted updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for 2031–2035 that include a target for non‑fossil fuel sources to comprise 60% of installed electricity generation capacity by 2035, a 47% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions intensity of GDP from 2005…
A new industrial recycling plant in Bavaria marks a pivotal step for Europe’s battery supply chain, promising to reduce reliance on imports and accelerate the continent’s electrification goals through innovative, cost-competitive recovery of critical materials. Europe’s scramble for critical battery materials has found a practical foothold with the start of industrial-scale recycling in Bavaria, a development that could shift supply economics as the continent electrifies transport and industry. According to a report by tech.eu and company statements, Munich-based recycler tozero has commissioned an industrial demonstration plant at Chemical Park Gendorf capable of processing in excess of 1,500 tonnes of end-of-life…
At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s very economics: industry leaders argued the challenge is no longer finding solutions but remaking the model that produces and values clothing. The three‑day event, held at the Grand Palais Éphémère and attended by tens of thousands, featured a dedicated fashion programme that placed circularity, transparency and services at the centre…
Industry groups and analysts warn that the European Union’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act may fall short of its potential to promote sustainable demand for low‑carbon materials without stronger rules, localisation requirements, and a credible labelling system. A draft of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks falling short of its potential to create sustainable demand for low‑carbon steel and other decarbonised materials unless it is strengthened with clearer rules and targeted financing, analysts and industry groups warn. A policy proposal currently under discussion would oblige public procurement and certain support schemes to source a minimum share of low‑emission materials…
The US Department of Energy has announced a $500 million funding initiative to accelerate domestic processing, recycling, and manufacturing of critical battery materials, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign sources and strengthen North American supply chains. The U.S. Department of Energy has opened a $500 million competitive funding round to accelerate domestic capacity for critical minerals processing, battery materials manufacturing and recycling, signalling a major federal push to shorten supply chains for advanced batteries used in energy, transport, defence and grid resilience. According to the Department of Energy, the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), issued by the Office of Critical…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
A new industrial recycling plant in Bavaria marks a pivotal step for Europe’s battery supply chain, promising to reduce reliance on imports and accelerate the continent’s electrification goals through innovative, cost-competitive recovery of critical materials. Europe’s scramble for critical battery materials has found a practical foothold with the start of…
At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s…
Industry groups and analysts warn that the European Union’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act may fall short of its potential to promote sustainable demand for low‑carbon materials without stronger rules, localisation requirements, and a credible labelling system. A draft of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks falling short of…
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At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s very economics: industry leaders argued the challenge is no longer finding solutions but remaking the model that produces and values clothing. The three‑day event, held at the Grand Palais Éphémère and attended by tens of thousands, featured a dedicated fashion programme that placed circularity, transparency and services at the centre…
Advances in digital takeoff tools are transforming early-stage planning, enabling the construction industry to cut emissions and waste by delivering more accurate material estimates, tightening procurement, and fostering a culture of sustainability. Construction’s imbalance , the pressure to deliver more, faster, while conserving scarce resources , is finally being addressed with a practical lever: precision estimating. Once treated as an administrative convenience, takeoff accuracy is increasingly recognised as an emissions and waste-reduction tool that changes decisions made long before plant and labour arrive on site. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, buildings and construction account for roughly 37–38% of…
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Toyota is establishing a large-scale Circular Factory in Wałbrzych, Poland, to intensify vehicle recycling, recover critical materials and support its transition to climate neutrality amidst Europe’s push for sustainable automotive production. Toyota is to establish a large-scale vehicle recycling operation at its Wałbrzych complex in southwestern Poland, expanding its European circular-economy footprint and targeting a tighter supply of secondary materials for decarbonising automotive production. According to a Toyota Motor Europe announcement, the new Circular Factory will occupy about 25,000 square metres and is engineered to handle close to 20,000 end-of-life vehicles each year. The company said the site will prioritise…
Spanish optimisation specialist Optimitive unveils its real-time AI platform, OPTIBAT® 7, aimed at boosting efficiency and reducing emissions in cement manufacturing, backed by €6m in new funding and strategic investments from Cemex Ventures, Titan Group, and Suma Capital. Spanish optimisation specialist Optimitive has released OPTIBAT® 7, a real‑time, closed‑loop AI platform aimed at raising the degree of autonomous control in cement manufacturing while cutting energy use and CO2 emissions. According to Optimitive, the software continuously steers process parameters to boost throughput and efficiency with limited human intervention, presenting itself as a tool for operations seeking incremental gains where margins and…
Lhoist and Air Liquide announce the EVEREST project, a pioneering initiative combining advanced carbon capture and oxyfuel kiln technology to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions from lime production in Germany, with potential for European-wide replication. Lhoist and Air Liquide have unveiled a major industrial decarbonisation initiative centred on Wülfrath, Germany, that aims to demonstrate how conventional lime production can be adapted to meet Europe’s net‑zero targets. According to Lhoist, the EVEREST project will pair a novel low‑carbon lime kiln with Air Liquide’s Cryocap FG cryogenic carbon capture system to remove the vast majority of CO₂ released during calcination and fuel combustion…
INERATEC has delivered a basic engineering study for a pilot Power‑to‑Liquids facility in Chile’s Biobío, aiming to convert biogenic CO₂ and renewable hydrogen into low‑carbon fuels, marking a significant step towards regional e‑fuel production and industrial decarbonisation. INERATEC has delivered a basic engineering study for a pilot Power‑to‑Liquids (PtL) facility to be sited within ARAUCO’s industrial complex in Chile’s Biobío region, advancing a multi‑party effort to convert biogenic CO₂ and renewable hydrogen into low‑carbon transport fuels and specialty chemicals. According to the company, the study lays out modular plant layouts, material flows and utility requirements for a two‑step syngas‑to‑fuel process…
The SAFc Registry, launched in 2023 to enhance transparency in the sustainable aviation fuel market, has achieved a significant milestone by recording the abatement of half a million metric tonnes of CO2e, reflecting growing corporate demand for verifiable and high-integrity climate action in aviation. The SAFc Registry, an independent not‑for‑profit platform set up to improve transparency in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market, has recorded the abatement of 500,000 metric tons of carbon‑dioxide equivalent (CO2e) through certificates issued on its ledger, the registry’s organisers announced on 19 February 2026. The milestone reflects verified displacements of conventional jet fuel and comes…
A new report reveals uneven progress across EU member states in implementing energy storage policies, risking the continent’s ability to meet ambitious capacity targets amid accelerating industry growth. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has concluded that implementation of its recommendation on energy storage across the European Union is uneven, underscoring a gap between ambitious capacity projections and the policy frameworks needed to realise them. According to the JRC report, Member States exhibit a patchwork of progress on legal definitions, planning and regulatory arrangements even as studies indicate Europe will require hundreds of gigawatts of storage this decade and beyond.…
The US government is shifting from policy to action in critical minerals, deploying over $10 billion across multiple agencies to fund domestic processing, reserve mechanisms, and strategic projects, shaping a new industrial decarbonisation landscape. Washington has moved from diagnosis to deployment in the critical minerals arena, shifting sizeable public capital into financing, processing and reserve mechanisms that could materially accelerate projects needed for electrification and industrial decarbonisation. At the centre of the shift is a cluster of large, targeted commitments that treat mineral security as a financing problem rather than a purely policy one. The Export-Import Bank has pledged loan…
Big technology firms led a concentrated surge in corporate renewable power contracts in 2025, highlighting trends of market bifurcation and increasing demand for reliable, firm power sources amid diverging regional dynamics and policy shifts. Big technology companies drove a concentrated surge in corporate clean energy contracting in 2025 even as overall offsite purchasing eased, according to a BloombergNEF analysis that underscores a bifurcated market and a growing appetite among hyperscalers for firm, always-on power. According to BloombergNEF’s 1H 2026 Corporate Energy Market Outlook, global corporate clean power purchase agreement (PPA) volumes fell 10% to 55.9 GW in 2025, the first…
Bahrain is intensifying efforts to decarbonise its manufacturing sector by awarding Green Factory Seals to over 40 sites, aligning industrial growth with climate targets and economic diversification. Bahrain is stepping up efforts to decarbonise its manufacturing base by awarding Green Factory Seals to a growing cohort of industrial sites, a move designed to embed resource efficiency, emissions control and circular practices into factory operations. According to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, more than 40 factories have now received the Green Factory Seal, a certification assessing water management, waste treatment, energy use, adoption of renewables where feasible and compliance with…
The European Commission’s recent investment in Egypt’s green energy projects underscores a strategic shift, emphasising the importance of robust power systems alongside hydrogen production to ensure export success and domestic energy security. The European Commission’s decision to direct €124.3 million into Egyptian clean-energy initiatives underscores a shifting emphasis in Europe’s hydrogen diplomacy: money for molecules must be matched by investment in the power systems that create them. The package splits roughly €34.3 million for the Ain Sokhna green-hydrogen/green-ammonia project and about €90 million for a national grid modernisation and expansion programme intended to accommodate 22 GW of clean generation by…