M&S launches industry-leading bee programme – introducing over 30 million bees to its Select Farms – to boost pollination, improve product quality and produce delicious British honey for its customers M&S raises the bar even further to offer more RSPCA Assured … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Management, News, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged beekeeper, Bees, biodiversity, British bee population, British farming, climate change, David Wainwright, environmental challenges, farm animals, farmers, Farming with Nature, farms, Fresh Market Update, growers, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Joe Bailey, M&S, M&S Food, natural habitat, pollinators, Producers, RSPCA, RSPCA Assured, RSPCA Assured products, RSPCA welfare standards, Select Farm, Select Farms, soil health, Stuart Machin, water usage, wildflower meadows
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 26-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall aims to actively participate in the development of new methods and guidance to protect and restore nature based on science by joining the initiative Science Based Targets Network Corporate Engagement Program. Since … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Science, Sweden
Tagged biodiversity, Climate, climate change, climate science, Emission Reduction, environmental responsibility, Helle Herk-Hansen, Henrik Svensson, initiative, Kering, L´Oreal, Net Positive Impact, NGOs, protect nature, restore nature, SBTi, SBTN, Science Based Targets, Science Based Targets initiative, Science Based Targets Network Corporate Engagement Program, the Coca-Cola Company, Unilever, value chain, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 16-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Total announces partnership with Forêt Ressources Management and Republic of the Congo for a new project which involves planting a 40,000-hectare forest on the Batéké Plateaux. The new forest will create a carbon … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Management, News
Tagged Acacia mangium, Adrien Henry, agricultural production, agroforestery, auriculiformis trees, Batéké Plateaux, Bernard Cassagne, biodiversity, Brazzaville, carbon sink, CCB standard, Climate, forest, Forêt Ressources Management, Kinshasa, natural carbon sinks, Nicolas Terraz, PRONAR, Republic of the Congo, Rosalie Matondo, sustainable wood energy, Total, VCS, Verified Carbon Standard
(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) BERKSHIRE, 2-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone announces that a project run by the Vodacom Tanzania Foundation and the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) plans to improve the lives of around 12 million people in Tanzania (20% of the population) … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, News, Non Profit, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, conservation initiative, desertification, Dodoma Region, droughts, ecosystem, global warming, Ismani Nsamila, reforestation, reforestation programme, Tanzania, Vodacom Tanzania Foundation, World Wildlife Foundation, WWF, ‘Greening Dodoma’
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 29-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Spanish multinational electric utility company Iberdrola to promote ESG criteria to its more than 22,000 suppliers worldwide, from which it makes purchases worth 20 billion euros a year. ESG criteria -environmental, social and … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, environmental, environmental sustainability, ESG criteria, GoSupply, Governance, greenhouse gas emissions, health standards, human rights, Iberdrola, Ignacio Galán, Safety Standards, SDG 14, SDG 15, SDG 3, SDG 6, SDG 7, social, suppliers, supply chain, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 5-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — SUEZ and FERMENTALG, a key French player and expert in the research and bio industrial exploitation of micro-algae, strengthen their cooperation following a five-year partnership, and to address the growing climate emergency through … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, France, Industrial, News, Science, Technology
Tagged air purifier, algae photobioreactors, Animal Health, atmospheric pollution, biocontrol, biodiversity, biomimicry, bioproducts, capturing CO2, carbon sink, circular economy, circular loops, climate emergency, CO2 capture, CO2 emissions, Combin’Air, Diane Galbe, FERMENTALG, global warming, joint venture, micro-algae, microalgae strains, nitrogen dioxide, NOx, Nutrition, Paris Agreement, Philippe Lavielle, PM10, PM2.5, preservation of soils, recovery of CO2 in bioproducts, SUEZ
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 18-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Energy company Fortum announces new biodiversity targets for its entire Group, including Uniper. Fortum commits to implementing more than 12 major voluntary measures that enhance biodiversity in 2021. The biodiversity target was announced … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Båtfors nature reserve, biodiversity, biodiversity crisis, biodiversity targets, carbon-neutral company, Climate, climate targets, ecosystems, energy production, environmental targets, fish migration, Fortum, hydropower, IUCN, oak trees, River Dalälven, sustainability, Ulla Rehell, Uniper, Uppland Foundation, wind power, woodpeckers
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON/ROTTERDAM, 18-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational consumer goods company, Unilever announces new annual global sales target of €1 billion within the next five to seven years, from plant-based meat and dairy alternatives. The launch of The Vegetarian Butcher … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Food & Beverage, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Ben & Jerry, Ben & Jerry’s, Best Vegan Ice Cream, biodiversity, Burger King, children’s ice creams, Coconutterly Caramel’d Dairy-free, compostable, dairy alternatives, deforestation-free supply chain, EAT-Lancet, food loss, food waste, global food chain, global food system, greenhouse emissions, Hanneke Faber, healthier diets, Hellmann’s, Hellmann’s Vegan Mayo, ice cream, Jessica Fanzo, Johns Hopkins University, Knorr, Lipton, Liz Goodwin, Magnum, net-zero emissions, plant-based foods, plant-based meat, Plant-Based Nuggets, Plant-Based Whopper, recyclable, reduce salt intake, reducing food waste, sustainable food, sustainable food packaging, The Vegetarian Butcher, Unilever, Unilever’s ‘Future Foods’ ambition, vegan alternatives, vegan Magnum, Wageningen University, Wall’s
(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’
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 6-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The UN IPBES’ 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is another one in a long line of warnings about the state of our planet. It should be clear that we … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, News, Non Profit, Science, Society, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged biodiversity, Biodiversity Report, climate change, David Korowicz, economy, Environment, Geneva Global Initiative, George Lehner, government, mitigation efforts, nature conservation, resilience, sustainability, sustainable goals, UN IPBES' 2019 Global Assessment Report
The company’s presence was renewed following the second half 2018 review The Group’s subsidiaries Endesa, Enel Américas and Enel Chile were also confirmed in the latest edition of the index ROME, 13-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel S.p.A. (“Enel”) has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, Management
Tagged anticorruption, biodiversity, conservation, Enel S.p.A., environmental, ESG, FTSE4GOOD, Governance, labour, safety, social, sustainability, waste
SWINDON, 12-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NERC would like to congratulate colleagues and members of the environmental science community who have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year honours list 2018. This year’s recipients were honoured for their vital work across a … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity, Dr Phil Trathan, floods, geomagnetism, Maureen Smith, meteorology, Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, Paul Hayden, pollution, Professor Helen Roy, Professor Kathryn Whaler, Professor Richard Thompson, Professor Stephen Sparks, Queen's New Year honours list 2018, the British Antarctic Survey, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Plymouth, volcanology
LEICESTER, 23-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Universities of Leicester and East Anglia lead research to identify biodiversity through satellite data Earth Observation technology can map human settlements to predict where monkey populations have declined through hunting ‘High-throughput DNA sequencing’ can tell … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 16-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Two new financial instruments that aim to encourage greater private sector involvement in schemes that contribute to the twin climate priorities of reducing energy use and conserving natural capital, especially biodiversity, in Europe will be later … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged biodiversity, Climate, EIB, ENERGY, European Commission, financial instruments, Jonathan Taylor, Miguel Arias Cañete
WatchFrog and Veolia will industrialize their testing process to detect the presence of endocrine disruptors in wastewater treatment plants. Paris, France, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — WatchFrog, a spin-off of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, has developed smart biosensors to rapidly … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Management, Science, Technology
Tagged ActifloCarb, biodiversity, emerging micro pollutants, endocrine disruptors, National Museum of Natural History in Paris, Sandrine Guendoul, smart biosensors, Stéphane Galfré, tertiary wastewater treatment technologies, testing process, Veolia, wastewater, wastewater treatment plants, WatchFrog
10-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today proposed new legislation to prevent and manage the rapidly growing threat from invasive species. There are currently over 12 000 species present in Europe which are alien to the natural environment. About 15% of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged Asian hornet, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, coypu, grey squirrels, invasive alien species, invasive species, Janez Potočnik, Joe Hennon, Monica Westeren, natural environment, outcompeting red squirrels, problematic invasive species, protect biodiversity, tiger mosquito
6-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study. Researchers led by the University of Leeds and the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in the Netherlands found evidence … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Environment, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Bee, bee Andrena hattorfiana, Bees, Bill Kunin, biodiversity, bumblebee biodiversity, Dr Luisa Carvalheiro, hoverflies, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, pollinating insects, Professor Koos Biesmeijer, study, University of Leeds, wild flower biodiversity, wild plants