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Cleaning waterways and creating circular solutions

Sustainable Oil Recovery and Remediation (SORR) is a company dedicated to the removal of dangerous hydrocarbons phosphates heavy metal and PFAS from the environment.
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Charcoal bricks of gold!

From woody wastes, we produce a charcoal briquette that replaces coal in steelmaking, a clean burning gas and a liquid biostimulant for agriculture.
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Women in Focus: Tina Funder, Founder of ALT.Leather

Tina Funder leads a specialised team developing an Australian-made plant-based leather that will be infinitely better for the planet than animal and plastic-based leathers.
Events

South Australia Climate Tech Showcase - Feb 8, 2023

South Australia boasts more renewable energy than any other state, but how do we make sure South Australia also becomes the net exporter of climate tech solutions?
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SA Water Supporting Climate Tech Innovation

SA Water supporting climate tech innovation in the region.
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Australian vine health technology set to grow

Deep Planet is helping Australian viticulture adapt to the effects of a changing climate
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Agtuary harnesses satellite and climate data to help transform the Agri+Food sector

Industry Report Partner Agtuary's co-founder and CEO Angus Muffatti highlights the critical role of climate tech in revolutionising our global Agri+Food systems.
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The world-first seaweed bioplastic alternative replacing plastics one bottle at a time

Kelpy is at the forefront of marine materials, working to build a future free of fossil fuels and plastic pollution.

News

Italian plan to ban lab-grown food criticised as misguided

The Italian government has approved a draft law that would ban food grown in laboratories, including artificial meat, as it seeks to “safeguard our nation’s heritage”.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Elephant in the dining room: Australian start-up makes woolly mammoth meatball

An Australian company lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about the hi-tech treat.

April 5, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Climate agrifoodtech bucks global funding decline as sector brings in $29.6bn in 2022

Funding to foodtech and agtech (agrifoodtech) startups reached $29.6 billion in 2022, down 44% year-over-year (YoY), according to a new report from food, agriculture, and climate-tech venture capital firm AgFunder, in collaboration with global ecosystem partner Temasek.

March 22, 2023
Found by:
Olivia Utharntharm
Climate change agtech startup Loam raises $105 million Series B

Decarbonisation startup Loam, which uses microbes to sequester carbon in farm soils, has raised $105 million in a Series B.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Osher Gunsberg tips cash into mushroom start-up

Mushroom protein player Fable has roped in celebrity backers in its push to dive deeper into the US, UK and Asian markets, with Australian media personality Osher Gunsberg investing in the company’s latest funding round.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Gates, Forrest back Perth’s cow methane-buster start-up

Climate change crusader and outspoken cattle industry critic Bill Gates has thrown his support behind an Australian start-up that has developed technology to slash methane emissions from beef and dairy industries.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
New Solar Panels Allow Farmers to See the Light

Researchers harness sunlight to harvest energy and food together, utilizing the full spectrum of light to improve outputs.

February 6, 2023
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Would you eat meat and milk made in a lab? The Australian companies turning science-fiction into reality

Throwing a lamb chop on the barbie is about as Australian as it gets, but many are seeking out alternative sources of protein amid growing concerns over food security, animal welfare and the environment.

November 14, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
How climate change is reshaping Australia’s native food industry

Long touted for their far-reaching health, cultural, environmental and social benefits, Australia’s native foods industry is on the precipice of a boom, but as markets finally wake up to the produce’s potential another global factor is increasingly cause for concern.

August 22, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Seagrass Restoration Project Aims To Help Tackle Climate Change

Cawthron Institute has partnered with Westpac NZ Government Innovation Fund, Port Nelson and forestry company OneFortyOne to launch a seagrass restoration project that aims to fight climate change and improve ecosystem health.

August 22, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Blue Heart: how the Maroochy River catchment could be part of the solution to climate change

A project to restore and protect the Maroochy River catchment as a solution to climate change has received a major grant. The Blue Heart project received $2 million from the Federal Government’s Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants. The project aims to transition the Maroochy floodplain from its former uses as cane farms and other rural activities back to natural estuarine systems.

August 22, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds

Investments in plant-based alternatives to meat lead to far greater cuts in climate-heating emissions than other green investments, according to one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms.

July 26, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
How much is a mangrove forest worth? In some places, $850,000 per hectare.

Thousands of kilometers of shoreline would qualify as cost-effective candidates for mangrove forest and coral reef restoration, thanks to their ability to reduce flooding, new research shows.

July 14, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
European climate investors are under-investing in agrifoodtech's potential

Climate investors may want to take a closer look at emerging opportunities in agrifoodtech, according to new research from AgFunder and Invest-NL

June 24, 2022
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Alex Logan
Research shows native plants can detox PFAS-contaminated water

New research from Australia's national science agency CSIRO, the University of South Australia and the University of Western Australia has found that PFAS chemicals can be removed from contaminated water using Australian plants grown in a floating wetland.

May 16, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
LEAFT FOODS YIELDS PROTEIN FROM THE WORLD'S MOST ABUNDANT SOURCE: LEAVES

Leaft Foods is enabling the extraction of protein from the most abundant commodity of any plant - its leaves. On the back of this breakthrough, the company has raised a Series A round of $15M

May 4, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Seed banks: the last line of defense against a threatening global food crisis

As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity

April 19, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
BBC Follow the Food

Follow the Food examines the biggest challenges facing the world food system, from climate change to malnutrition, and looks at some of the solutions to overcome them.

April 19, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Our food system isn't ready for the climate crisis

The world's farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods – leaving them more vulnerable to the climate breakdown

April 19, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm