One of the greatest challenges for farmers today is the increasing volatility in the climate, leading to unpredictable weather patterns, making growing conditions challenging. If farmers can’t grow crops, then our food security is as risk. Gradually, the field of agtech is attempting to address this issue. There are increasing numbers of FaaS (farming as […]
Salesforce reaches Net Zero energy usage, announces updates to Sustainability Cloud
Salesforce has often preached about responsible capitalism, and today at Dreamforce, the company’s annual customer extravaganza, it announced a notable achievement in the battle against global climate change. The company said that it has achieved effective Net Zero energy usage across its entire value chain with 100% renewable energy, while purchasing carbon offsets when that’s […]
volunteering, mistakes, & “when we get the least signaling about it”
“We have to be willing to let someone else make mistakes and do it worse sometimes.” Marissa Lingen reminds us that it’s important to step back from particular volunteer jobs if you’ve been doing them for a long time — for your own sake, and for the h…
Tanso nabs $1.9M pre-seed to help industrial manufacturers do sustainability reporting
The climate crisis is creating massive demand for data capture as industries grapple with how to decarbonize. Put simply, you can’t cut your carbon emissions if don’t know what they are in the first place. This need to gather data is a big opportunity for startups — and a wave of early companies have already […]
Index leads $12.2M seed in Sourceful, a data play to make supply chains greener
Supply chains can be a complex logistical challenge. But they pose an even greater environmental challenge. And it’s that latter problem — global supply-chain sustainability — where UK startup Sourceful is fully focused, although it argues its approach can boost efficiency as well as shrink environmental impact. So it’s a win-win, per the pitch. Early […]
Tech can help solve US cities’ affordability crisis
Maria Rioumine Contributor Share on Twitter Maria Rioumine is the CEO and co-founder of Agora. U.S. cities are in the midst of an affordability crisis. Just between May 2020 and May 2021, home prices saw their biggest annual increase in more than two decades and construction material prices increased by 24%. The cost of renting […]
Are clothing and textiles marketed as “vegan” really sustainable?
“I often hear well-meaning people conflate “vegan” with terms like “ethical,” “sustainable,” or “eco-friendly,” as if they can all be used interchangeably. The unnecessary death of animals is of course a bad thing, but as we can see in the case of the …
Private equity giveth, and private equity taketh away
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris gathered to dig through the week’s biggest happenings, including some news of our own. As a note, Equity’s Monday episode will be landing next Tuesday, thanks to a national holiday here in the United States. And we have something […]
石油会社との関係に終止符？ 米国の広告代理店が迫られる「苦渋の決断」
米国で石油会社やガス会社を相手取った訴訟が相次いでいる。化石燃料の使用が気候変動に与えた影響について国民を欺いたという理由だが、その影響が化石燃料企業をクライアントにもつ広告代理店へも広がり始めた。訴訟の当事者になるリスクも生じるなか、クリエイティヴ業界を中心に化石燃料企業との関係を断つ動きがあるのだ。
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垂直農法は世界を食べさせることができるか？：農業ヴェンチャーInfarmの挑戦（後篇）
瑞々しいレタスに香り高いバジル。いまや垂直農法は自動化や機械学習によって作物の糖度、酸性度、ビタミン、毒性、抗酸化物質を測定し、風味豊かな植物や新しい味を生み出そうとしている。従来の農法に比べわずかな土地や水しか使わない一方、地球上の食糧自給の解決策としてもビジネスとしても、まだまだ機能していない。真の自給自足へと挑戦を続ける農業ヴェンチャーの挑戦を追う後篇。
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