Bristol-based CleanTech company Matter is one of 19 companies to have secured funding from Elemental Excelerator, a global nonprofit that invests in climate tech deployment.

Matter, founded by current CEO Adam Root in 2019, provides technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics. First set up in UWE Bristol’s FutureSpace, they produce technology that has...

This article was originally published as a blog piece on cityscience.com

Working with and speaking to many local authorities, it is clear that there is huge ambition to show leadership on decarbonisation and take the action we need to avert a climate disaster. More than a third of local authorities (38%) have now committed to decarbonising their areas as early as 2030 - twenty years...

These days it is all but impossible to avoid being bombarded with news related to climate change or the consequences of global warming. The debate as to the extent to which this has been caused by mankind has raged for decades, but the scientific community has coalesced around a clear consensus: It is happening and it is accelerating.

To slow down or even reverse climate change, it...

Bristol-based startup business initiative, the PyTerra Xchange , is launching a platform designed to offer corporates a simple way to meet their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments by providing much needed investment in local climate change projects.

The PyTerra Xchange is piloting a new investment vehicle called ‘sponsored finance’. It works by creating an investment...

How we can make a difference to reduce our impact on the environment is a topic that is at the forefront of people’s minds – and quite rightly so. We are at a turning point in terms of the health of our planet and it is refreshing to see so many people so keen to make a difference in any way they can.

Recycling, reducing our usage of single-use plastics and minimising our fuel...