Written by Nicole Rimensberger We have seen photos of polar bears hunting on land devoid of ice – shown as insignificant white flecks against black rock. We have seen photos of polar bears balancing on receding, broken ice, their habitat dissolving around them. Through some very iconic wildlife photography, the polar bear has come to symbolise…
Written by Nicole Rimensberger In the wake of the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26), the Glasgow Climate Pact emerges, after weeks of talks, as the tool to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5⁰C. However, whether the Pact will deliver on this depends largely on promises turning into action, namely phasing…
Amsterdam, 29.09.2021: Businesses pilot breakthrough innovation in temperature-controlled transport Four companies have collaborated for a nine-month pilot in the Netherlands, which will see diesel refrigeration systems in semi-trailers replaced by zero-emission battery-electric prototypes: The partnership is between equipment service provider TIP Trailer Services, global consumer goods company Unilever, Greentech experts maxwell+spark, and transport company Daily Logistics Group (DLG).…
Outside a cold store an abandoned forklift is angled crookedly into the road. The body is scratched and dented, the seat up, a tangle of wires exposed. Mess and debris surround it. Smoke still billows from its warehouse in the background. There is something jarring about the lifelessness of a usually productive and busy piece…
LEIDEN, 20th SEPTEMBER 2021: Fairtree Elevant Ventures, a European growth equity fund based in the Netherlands, has announced its investment into Maxwell and Spark, a green energy business producing the first commercial battery electric truck refrigeration system in the world, along with a range of lithium-ion batteries for materials handling equipment, as well as industrial static power…