News Year: 2024

SET Alliance Webinar Series: Key Takeaways from Event on the Synergies of Product-as-a-Service and Digitalisation

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What are the key advantages of digitalisation in Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) models for scaling energy efficiency and circularity? What challenges do organisations face when integrating digital servitisation? We invited top experts to discuss these crucial questions in our latest webinar. On the 18th of June, the Servitisation for the Energy Transition (SET) Alliance, a project led by … Continued

SET Alliance Webinar Series: Key Takeaways from Event on Product-as-a-Service and Circularity

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On the 21st of May, the Servitisation for the Energy Transition (SET) Alliance, a project led by BASE, brought together experts to discuss how servitisation can accelerate the deployment of circularity in product offerings. This webinar was designed for solution providers, specialists in the built environment, as well as building owners and end customers interested … Continued

E-Bus Webinar Series: Key Takeaways from the Second Session Focused on Asia

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BASE, along with its partners, is leading the way in identifying business models to promote the transition to electric buses with its webinar series, ‘Driving the Change: Accelerating Public Transport’s Transition to E-Buses’. This multi-part deep dive explores the winning strategies and real-world triumphs that are empowering cities globally to ditch diesel and embrace a … Continued

CLIMATE FINANCE INNOVATIONS: 5 TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES – PART 2

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This article is the second chapter of a two-part piece looking into five transformative climate finance innovations poised to play a pivotal role in unlocking new sources of funding for green, blue and, more generally, sustainable projects. The first chapter covering Impact Investment funds, Sustainability-Linked Loans and Bonds and Blue Finance can be accessed here. … Continued

Climate Finance Innovations: 5 Transformative Approaches Catalysing Sustainable Investments – Part 1

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As the urgency to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts intensifies, the world faces a critical challenge: mobilising sufficient capital to finance the ecological transition. This necessitates innovative solutions that can bridge the gap between traditional finance and the unique needs of more climate-conscious projects. This two-part article, collaboratively drafted by BASE’s specialists … Continued

‘Driving The Change’ Webinar Series: Part 2 on Advancing E-Buses in Asia is Here!

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BASE’s webinar series ‘Driving the Change’, exploring how to enable the decarbonisation of bus systems worldwide, hosted its second session, on June 5 at 4 pm CEST!  While the first webinar aimed to highlight the ingredients of implementation successes in Latin America (the event can be (re)discovered here), this second session further explored solutions to … Continued

COLDHUBS: REVOLUTIONISING NIGERIA‘S AGRICULTURE WITH COOLING SOLUTIONS

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Livelihood Challenges posed by Post-harvest Losses Mmasichukwu rises before dawn, pacing softly about her home to prepare food for her family. Once her husband leaves for work, she travels to a nearby farm with her trusty wheelbarrow, gathering freshly plucked Ugu leaves for the market. Her family does not own the farm; they have pooled … Continued

WHITE PAPER LAUNCH: EXPLORING HOW TO EMBED CIRCULARITY IN PRODUCT-AS-A-SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS

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In 2023, the SET Alliance was selected by the Circular Buildings Coalition alongside 9 other organisations to conduct a Blueprint Project dedicated to creating a more circular built environment in Europe. The Circular Buildings Coalition is an initiative of the Laudes Foundation, Metabolic, Circle Economy, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), … Continued

Efficiency-As-A-Service Case Studies: 5 Successful Implementations to Discover

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Today, accelerating the energy transition is an imperative. Businesses of all sizes must be part of the shift, but small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often face unique challenges: significant upfront costs and increasing system complexity are preventing the implementation of cutting-edge energy-efficient technologies, hindering their ability to embrace a more sustainable path. In June 2020, … Continued

Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant Launches Project Video for Nigeria

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In November 2023, the Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant team embarked on a visit to Osun and Delta states in Nigeria to engage with stakeholders integral to the fresh produce cold chain. The impact of climate change on the daily livelihoods of Nigeria’s farmers and traders was glaringly evident: recurring heat waves resulted in crop … Continued