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Meet the 7 winners of the Taiwan Excellence awards, presented by ShowStoppers and TAITRA

TechCrunch

Taiwan is known for being a tech powerhouse, the headquarter of companies like Foxconn, Pegatron, TSMC, Acer and Asus. But while Taiwan’s tech industry is defined by well-established players, it is also home to a growing startup scene. The seven Taiwan Excellence Award winners are: Advantech’s WISE-2410 vibration sensor.

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Green IT Accreditation Goes International

Tech Soup

EPEAT is essentially the only green IT product accreditation program in the world. The big green IT news this week is that the program has now expanded to 40 countries (PDF) worldwide including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the 27 countries of the European Union.

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TechSoup Taiwan and Greenpeace Talk Email Marketing at Net Tuesday Event

Tech Soup

TechSoup Taiwan. Email Marketing Green IT newsletters' invited Ingrid Lin, the Network Marketing Officer for Greenpeace , to speak at a Net Tuesday event about e-mail marketing. Lin discussed how Greenpeace uses a method called A/B testing to maximize their newsletters. Image via Flickr user HowardLake.

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Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December

TechCrunch

The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding. Taipei, Taiwan), DCVC Bio, Valor Equity Partners, Humboldt Fund, Gruss & Co., Novo Holdings, 8VC, SOSV, AgFunder, Wireframe Ventures and Tony Fadell.

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Gogoro will go public on Nasdaq after $2.35B SPAC deal

TechCrunch

Founded ten years ago in Taiwan, Gogoro’s technology includes smart swappable batteries and their charging infrastructure and cloud software that monitors the condition and performance of vehicles and batteries. They have, for example, a sustainability fund, so our passion for green and sustainability merges well with that.”.

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Indonesia “sea-to-table” platform Aruna hooks $35M led by Prosus and East Ventures Growth Fund

TechCrunch

Its commodities include high-value products like lobster, which are shipped by exporters to markets like Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States. 4 sustainable industries where founders and VCs can see green by going green.

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What to expect from Google’s Pixel 5 event

The Verge

WinFuture claims this is the Pixel 5 in a new green color. The Pixel 5 is Google’s next flagship smartphone, and Google has already revealed a few details: the phone is coming this fall, will support 5G networks, and will be available in the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, and Australia, the company said in August.

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