(IN BRIEF) Schroders celebrates its recognition as the leading financial institution in Global Canopy’s Forest 500 annual assessment, reaffirming its commitment to addressing deforestation in investment operations and supply chains. The report, evaluating companies and financial institutions across key commodities, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, deforestation, Financial, investment, Sarah Woodfield, Schroders, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, has acquired 23,883 hectares of land, including 19,276 hectares of forestland, across Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. This acquisition aligns with their commitment to responsible forest management. The properties contain a … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Neste has achieved Leadership status and an A− rating for its climate actions in the annual assessment conducted by the global non-profit organization CDP. This recognition is for Neste’s environmental transparency and climate performance. The company has consistently … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Eduardo Brondizio, an Anthropologist Professor from Indiana University, Bloomington, has been awarded the 2023 Volvo Environment Prize for his extensive research spanning over three decades on the Amazon region’s environmental challenges. Contrary to common belief, Brondizio highlights the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Environment, Society, Sweden
Tagged Acai, agricultural economy, agroforestry, Amazon, Amazon River, Anthropologist, biodiversity, climate change, climate security, deforestation, Eduardo Brondizio, environmental challenges, food production, Indiana University, Indigenous people, rainforests, sustainability, Volvo Environment Prize, Volvo Environment Prize Foundation
(IN BRIEF) Peru’s cocoa industry, experiencing rapid growth in exports, faces the challenge of complying with new European Union regulations aimed at reducing deforestation in agricultural commodities. Solidaridad, in collaboration with partner organizations and the Peruvian government, is coordinating efforts … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Capgemini has been selected by Prométhée, a French NewSpace operator, to develop the mission center for its first European constellation, JAPETUS. The constellation, supported by CNES, the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Defence, European Union, France, Industrial, Science, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Capgemini, climate change, Cloud, CNES, Defense, deforestation, Denis Dallez, Earth observation, European constellation, European Union, France Relance, French Ministry of Economy, French NewSpace operator, illegal fishing, JAPETUS, Leanspace, mission center, nanosatellite constellations, nanosatellites, NextGenerationEU, Olivier Piepsz, Prométhée, SECURITY
(IN BRIEF) Ecopost, a Kenyan company that recycles plastic waste to create eco-friendly alternatives for fencing, signage, and building materials, has partnered with Borealis to boost waste recycling in Kenya and promote a circular economy. Borealis will fund Ecopost’s activities, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Education, Environment, Industrial, Management
Tagged Borealis, Borealis Social Fund, building materials, circular economy, deforestation, Ecopost, Kenya, Lorna Rutto, Markus Horcher, Nairobi, plastic waste, recycling, solid waste
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) Mitsubishi Corporation et Solidaridad se sont associés pour introduire des foyers économes en énergie pour les petits producteurs de cacao dans les États nigérians d’Ondo et de Cross River. La plupart des ménages ruraux du Nigéria utilisent … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Netherlands, Non Profit, Society
Tagged changement climatique, coques de noix de coco séchées, Cross River, deforestation, Ernest Ita, foyers, granulés, Juliet Enang, Kenechukwu Onukwube, Makoto Saito, Mary Ovat, Mitsubishi Corporation, Nigeria, Ondo, producteurs de cacao, Solidaridad
(IN BRIEF) Mitsubishi Corporation and Solidaridad have partnered to introduce energy-efficient cookstoves to smallholder cocoa farmers in Nigeria’s Ondo and Cross River states. Most rural households in Nigeria use traditional cookstoves made from mud or metal scraps, which require large … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Netherlands, Non Profit, Society
Tagged climate change, cocoa farmers, cookstoves, Cross River, deforestation, dried coconut shells, Ernest Ita, Juliet Enang, Kenechukwu Onukwube, Makoto Saito, Mary Ovat, Mitsubishi Corporation, Nigeria, Ondo, pellets, Solidaridad
(IN BRIEF) A new study led by an international team of scientists from institutions including Brazil’s University of Campinas, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute and the University of East Anglia and Lancaster University in the UK, found that over a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AIMES, Amazon forest, climate change, deforestation, degradation, Dr David Lapola, Dr Rachel Carmenta, human disturbance, IPAM, Jos Barlow, Lancaster University, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, The University of East Anglia, UEA, Unicamp, University of Campinas
(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 17-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Barry Callebaut Group (SWX: BARN), Switzerland-based cocoa processor and chocolate manufacturer, has announced the company, for the first time, made the CDP’s prestigious A List as a leader in corporate action and transparency … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Food & Beverage, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged Barry Callebaut, carbon reduction, CDP, CDP Forests stamp, CDP global climate leader, chocolate, climate reduction efforts, corporate environmental transparency, deforestation, EcoVision Lab, environmental disclosure, ETH Zurich, fight against deforestation, forest protection, Forever Chocolate, Pablo Perversi, Paul Simpson, sustainability, sustainable chocolate, transparency
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has announced its participation in an innovative co-creation project with Planethon, a data-driven, science-based platform and business … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged analytics, biodiversity loss, business transaction data, Carina Johed, deforestation, Ekman Group, green financing, greenwashing, Harri Rantanen, human rights violations, Payments, Planethon, reducing carbon emissions, SEB, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 15-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — French international banking group BNP Paribas announces that it has taken steps to help fight deforestation in the Amazon and the Cerrado. Beef and soybean production in Brazil accelerates deforestation in the Amazon … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, France, News
Tagged agricultural sector in Brazil, Animal Welfare, Antoine Sire, asset management, Beef production in Brazil, biodiversity, BNP Paribas, Cerrado Manifesto, deforestation, fight against deforestation, financial institutions, financial services, forest fires, livestock farmers, positive social impact, soybean production in Brazil, sustainable production, the Amazon, the Cerrado, traceability, traceability criteria
(PRESS RELEASE) ZURICH, 21-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) announces an exclusive reforestation sponsorship in The Atlantic Forest initiative in Brazil. The targeted, sustainable reforestation project will see 1 million trees planted to transform a barren farmland back … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Insurance, News, Society, Switzerland
Tagged 1.5°C Pledge, 2020 UN Global Biodiversity Outlook 5, addressing climate change, Alison Martin, Atlantic Forest initiative, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, Brazil, Brazilian rainforest, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, climate change, conservation, Covid-19 pandemic, curbing climate change, deforestation, ecological conservation, healthy ecosystems, Healthy forests, Instituto Terra, insurance policies, insurer, Lélia, Minas Gerais, monoculture plantations, preventing future pandemics, rainforest, reforestation, reforestation project, reforestation sponsorship, restore biodiversity, Rimba Raya, Sebastião Salgado, tree planting, UN Business Ambition, Zurich, Zurich Insurance Group, ‘green deserts’
ContiLifeCycle plant in Hanover sets new standards in the field of tire recycling Continental to cease importing natural rubber exclusively from the tropics (PRESS RELEASE) HANOVER, 19-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company Continental AG has announced … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Applied Ecology, biology, Christian Kötz, Claus Petschick, Continental, deforestation, leadership, natural rubber, reduce the CO2 emissions, Rubber, sustainability, Tire business, tire plants, “Vision 2030”
(PRESS RELEASE) LA DÉFENSE, France, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ENGIE’s CDP disclosure for 2018 has been recognized by the environmental impact non-profit organization Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). ENGIE has been given an “A” score by CDP, which is the highest in the CDP Climate Change Assessment. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, News, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Carbon Disclosure Project, climate change, CO2 emissions, deforestation, emissions, ENGIE, environmental leadership, environmental risks, Isabelle Kocher, low-carbon economy, mitigate climate risks, water security
New website EarthTime, to launch on World Earth Day (22 April), combines NASA satellite imagery with over 300 free, open-source geospatial datasets to show humanity’s impact on the planet EarthTime uses experts to track and connect patterns between a range of topics from deforestation … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Internet & Online, Society, Technology
Tagged bigdata, deforestation, Earth, EarthDay, EarthTime, humans, Illah Nourbakhsh, Lee Howell, satellite_imagery, space, WEF, World Earth Day
24-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Europe’s leading home improvement retail group, Kingfisher plc, whose UK businesses include B&Q and Screwfix, reports on the progress of Net Positive. Kingfisher plc launched the ground-breaking restorative business programme, which is committed to go beyond zero … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Retail, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged B&Q, deforestation, energy efficiency, home improvement, Ian Cheshire, Kingfisher, Kingfisher plc, net energy generators, Net Positive, reforestation, restorative business philosophy, restorative business programme, retail, Screwfix, sustainable business, zero carbon
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