The medals awarded at this year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been made using metals collected from recycled electronic devices. “In the two years between April 2017 and March 2019, 100 percent of the metals required to manufacture the approximately 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals were extracted from small electronic devices contributed by people from all over Japan,” say the organisers. “Every single medal to be awarded to athletes during the Tokyo 2020 Games is made from recycled metals.” More about the project here and below

Glenfiddich delivery trucks are to run on biogas made from distillery waste, as part of a new closed-loop transport initiative announced by the whisky brand, Business Green reports. Glenfiddich estimates each truck could displace up to 250 tonnes of CO2 each year compared to running diesel trucks. Story here

This week’s episode of the FT’s Tech Tonic podcast ads “whether AI's potential in the fight against the climate crisis justifies the massive amounts of energy it takes to run these systems”. Listen to it on Spotify here

This year’s Net Zero Festival will run from September 29 to October 1. With an international line-up of business, science and climate leaders, sessions include ‘Making the Economic Case for New Zero’, ‘How to Deliver Credible New Zero Goals’ and a series of case study and insight sessions. Full details here

“We are not going to simply shop our way to sustainability. So we probably shouldn’t expect brands to hold all the answers to exactly how we reform our broken agricultural system. By investing in powerful concepts like regenerative agriculture, and by collaborating closely with farmers, they are developing models for what a future food system can and probably should look like.” Interesting story on Treehugger about cereal brand Simple Mills and its attempts to support regenerative agriculture. Story here

Falmouth University is staging Reporting Earth, an online event to develop "best practice and generate actionable ideas for reporting the climate crisis for young people". Young writers can submit ideas which could earn a £1500 grant to be developed into presentations at the event. You'll have to be quick though as the deadline is August 8! Details here

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