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    Rethinking Materials Summit Announces Winner of Global Innovation Challenge in Partnership with Kraft Heinz

    Rethinking Materials Summit Announces Winner of Global Innovation Challenge in Partnership with Kraft Heinz

    19 May 2025
    Rethinking Materials has crowned Kalpana as the winner of its global innovation challenge launched in partnership with Kraft Heinz.
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    Q&A: Manuel Brunner, Principal - Sustainable Material Innovation & Investments at Minderoo Foundation

    Q&A: Manuel Brunner, Principal - Sustainable Material Innovation & Investments at Minderoo Foundation

    09 May 2025
    How can philanthropy unlock a sustainable materials future? - Ahead of Rethinking Materials summit next week, we sat down with Manuel Brunner, Principal - Sustainable Material Innovation & Investments …
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    Vioneo appoints Wood to design world’s first industrial scale fossil-free plastics facility

    Vioneo appoints Wood to design world’s first industrial scale fossil-free plastics facility

    09 May 2025
    Vioneo has awarded Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, a multi-million FEED contract to deliver the front-end engineering design for its revolutionary plant which will produce fossil- …
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    Rethinking Materials Reveals Finalists for Global Innovation Challenge: Pioneering Sustainable Flexible Packaging Solutions for Food Protection

    Rethinking Materials Reveals Finalists for Global Innovation Challenge: Pioneering Sustainable Flexible Packaging Solutions for Food Protection

    17 Apr 2025
    Kraft Heinz has announced the three finalists for its global innovation challenge seeking food packaging solutions of the future. Hosted in partnership with the Rethinking Materials summit, the challe …
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    Closing the Loop: The Future of Circular Supply Chains

    Closing the Loop: The Future of Circular Supply Chains

    10 Apr 2025
    How Consumer Goods Can Achieve True Circularity Beyond Recycling
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    Meet 20+ Start-Ups Transforming the Future of Materials

    Meet 20+ Start-Ups Transforming the Future of Materials

    27 Mar 2025
    Rethinking Materials is a premier global event that connects scalable solutions with commercial partners, including top CPG brands, investors, and materials producers.
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    Introducing Materiom AI chatbot for bio-based material discovery

    Introducing Materiom AI chatbot for bio-based material discovery

    26 Mar 2025
    Materiom today announced the launch of Materiom AI — a generative AI chatbot that assists users with discovery of biopolymers, ingredients, and additives for bio-based material development. Materiom A …
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    Tackling microplastics: fashion brands explore bio-based alternatives to elastane

    Tackling microplastics: fashion brands explore bio-based alternatives to elastane

    13 Mar 2025
    Material developers are producing novel bio-based stretch fibers from alfalfa, silkworm proteins, and even discarded milk. The challenge is progressing these innovations from the lab to industrial sca …
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    Investor Trends to Watch in 2025 for Sustainable Materials

    Investor Trends to Watch in 2025 for Sustainable Materials

    21 Jan 2025
    The material innovation space is at a critical juncture, driven by mounting sustainability imperatives, rapid technological advancements, and shifting economic priorities.
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    Kraft Heinz Innovation Challenge

    Kraft Heinz Innovation Challenge

    15 Jan 2025
    Rethinking Materials Summit Partners with Kraft Heinz to Launch Global Innovation Challenge, Seeking Food Packaging Solutions for the Future
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        April 28-29. 2026

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