Most of the investment in the clean energy transition has been focused on renewable energy generation, storage, mobility, financing, consumer adoption, and related challenges. But the underlying supply chain needed to support this transition is less well understood.
Vacuumschmelze is an advanced magnetic materials and solutions company that manufactures products playing a key role in end markets driven by the energy transition including EVs, industrial efficiency, alternative energy, and electric flight through its soft magnet and permanent magnet segments.
Brightcore Energy, the clean power optimizer, completed the installation of a 1.5 megawatt solar-powered carport project in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. The 2,800-panel array goes well beyond simple EV charging and is expected to offset 80% of the power consumed by Bancroft’s Raymond & Joanne Welsh Campus, a nonprofit that provides education and support to people with intellectual disabilities, autism and brain injuries. Brightcore President Mike Richter was also interviewed by Canary Media about his trajectory from NHL hockey star to decarbonization entrepreneurship.
Footprint, the single-use plastic replacement company, is teaming up again with the NBA's Phoenix Suns and venue management provider Oak View Group.
Together they’ll provide eco-friendly compostable cutlery, plates, and bowls for the 2023-2024 season at the Footprint Center stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Helper Bees, a leading age-in-place platform for American seniors, has now completed over 30,000 food deliveries with partner NourishedRx. "With integration of The Helper Bees and NourishedRx platforms, we're able to deliver thousands of personalized meals and grocery orders to older adults, even more efficiently and at greater scale than before," says NourishedRX CEO Lauren Driscoll.
SupplyShift, the sustainable analytics platform, was deployed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Switzerland to unlock insights into Swedish responsible fashion retailer Kappahl. The case study (PDF) traced garments all the way back to the organic cotton harvested in the field to uncover powerful supply chain transparency and accountability that goes well beyond marketing hype.