(IN BRIEF) Evonik has inaugurated a new world-scale alkoxides production facility on Jurong Island, Singapore, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year. The investment strengthens regional supply security and supports industries including biodiesel, pharmaceuticals, and chemical recycling. Designed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Alexander Weber, alkoxides, Asia supply chain, Bettina Fanghänel, biodiesel, catalysts, chemical recycling, circular economy, Claus Rettig, Custom Solutions, Evonik, Grace Fu, Hu Song, Jurong Island, Lauren Kjeldsen, Max Preisenberger, partnership, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, Singapore, sustainability, sustainable chemistry
(IN BRIEF) RWE and Siemens Gamesa have begun the large-scale installation of recyclable rotor blades at the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, marking a UK first and a milestone in offshore wind sustainability. A total of 150 blades will be deployed … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cadeler, circular economy, Darren Davidson, Dogger Bank, Hull blade factory, net zero, Offshore wind, partnership, recyclable blades, renewable energy, RWE, SG 14-222 turbines, Siemens Gamesa, Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, sustainability, Thomas Michel, UK energy transition, Wind Peak vessel
(IN BRIEF) Borealis has supplied Bornewables™ polypropylene to STABILO, enabling the integration of renewable-based materials into the iconic Point 88 and Pen 68 pens. The collaboration, facilitated by Gehr, allows STABILO to cut carbon emissions without compromising on performance or … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Borealis, Bornewables, carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, climate neutrality, Gehr, Helmut Gehr, Horst Brinkmann, ISCC PLUS, John Webster, net zero, partnership, Pen 68, Point 88, polypropylene, renewable feedstocks, STABILO, stationery industry, sustainability, sustainable materials, waste and residue
(IN BRIEF) Ingka Investments, part of Ingka Group—the largest IKEA retailer—has made its first Chinese investment in the circular economy with growth capital for Re-mall, a leading recycler of post-consumer packaging waste in China. Using proprietary technology, Re-mall produces transparent … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged China recycling market, circular economy, food packaging waste, IKEA China, Ingka Group, Ingka Investments, Jiangxi province, Lukas Visser, Morssinkhof Rymoplast, partnership, plastic recycling, Pontus Erntell, post-consumer waste, Re-mall, recycled polypropylene, recycling technology, rPP, sustainability, sustainable materials, waste reduction, ZHU Kuan
(IN BRIEF) In H1 2025, BBVA allocated around €63 billion to sustainability initiatives—a 48 percent rise year-on-year—including a record €30 billion in Q2 alone. Climate change and natural-capital projects accounted for 76 percent of the total, with social-impact ventures making … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged agricultural sector, BBVA, circular economy, climate change projects, Commercial Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking, decarbonization targets, digital energy tools, efficient water use, electric vehicle financing, Energy Tech Summit 2025, financial inclusion, Green Bonds, Hydrogen Plant, natural capital, net zero 2050, renewable energy finance, Retail Banking, social bonds, social infrastructure, sustainability, sustainability-linked loans, sustainable financing
(IN BRIEF) Henkel Adhesive Technologies will showcase a carbon-optimized hot-melt adhesive and resource-efficient solutions for end-of-line and fiber-based packaging at FACHPACK 2025 in Nuremberg. A new low-carbon hot-melt product, unchanged in chemistry and performance, debuts in September to support customer … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, end-of-line packaging, FACHPACK 2025, Felicia Forster, fiber-based packaging, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, hot melt adhesive, machinery integration, Nuremberg, Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation, Packaging recyclab, PPWR, regulatory compliance, Resource-Efficient Solutions, sustainability, Transition in Packaging
(IN BRIEF) APM Terminals Nigeria has launched two local sustainability initiatives: in Onne, the WACT-APM Terminals sanitary pad programme trains students to produce reusable menstrual products, improving hygiene, reducing stigma, combating school absenteeism and cutting plastic waste; in Apapa, a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Apapa, APM Terminals Nigeria, Centre for Creative Development Strategies, circular economy, CO₂ emissions reduction, CSR, Dufy Global Enterprise, GIVO, Lagos, menstrual hygiene, Net-Zero by 2040, Onne, partnership, plastic waste reduction, reusable sanitary pads, Rivers State, school absenteeism, solar-powered recycling hub, sustainability, WACT-APM Terminals
(IN BRIEF) Versalis and Acea Ambiente have signed an MoU to collaborate on recycling initiatives aimed at recovering value from post‑consumer and post‑industrial plastics. They will jointly identify waste streams at Acea Ambiente’s facilities suitable for Versalis’s mechanical and chemical … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Acea Ambiente, Adriano Alfani, chemical recycling, circular economy, decarbonisation, Eni, Gabriele Di Cintio, Hoop® technology, low‑carbon transition, Mantua demonstration facility, mechanical recycling, Memorandum of Understanding, partnership, Porto Marghera plant, post‑consumer plastics, post‑industrial plastics, Priolo industrial plant, recycling, secondary raw materials, sorting platforms, supply chain optimization, sustainability, Versalis, waste streams
(IN BRIEF) Marks & Spencer has become the first UK high street retailer to offer a full one‑year quality guarantee on all children’s clothing (excluding footwear and accessories), promising refunds within 365 days if items fail to meet its high standards. … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged adjustable waistbands, Alexandra Dimitriu, Another Life, circular economy, extended returns, family shoppers, growth‑proof hems, hand‑me‑down quality, kids clothing, kidswear, M&S, Marks & Spencer, one‑year guarantee, Plan A sustainability, quality assurance, recycled polyester, responsibly sourced cotton, Rewear, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank and Santander have jointly committed €224 million to Greene Enterprise for the construction of five advanced waste recovery plants across Spain. These facilities will use pyrolysis to convert more than 200,000 tonnes of non-recyclable … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Spain
Tagged A Coruña, As Somozas, circular economy, Climate Action, CO2 reduction, EIB, EU Circular Economy Action Plan, European Investment Bank, Greene Enterprise, job creation, La Selva del Camp, Madridejos, Muel, pyrolysis, raw materials, regional cohesion, San Cristóbal de Entreviñas, Santander, Strategic Roadmap 2024–2027, Tarragona, Toledo, Valogreene, Valogreene CML Madridejos, Valogreene Recinor As Somozas, waste recovery, Zamora, Zaragoza
(IN BRIEF) BASF’s Ultrason® E 3010 nat serves as the foundation for Amberware, a reusable tableware concept by Kyoraku that leverages the material’s natural honey‑amber tint, toughness, and chemical resistance. These lightweight, microwave‑ and dishwasher‑safe plates resist cracking and chipping—backed by a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial
Tagged aerospace components, Amberware, automotive components, BASF, catering applications, chemical resistance, circular economy, dishwasher‑safe, heat resistance, honey‑amber tint, household goods, Koichiro Yoshida, Kyoraku, lifetime guarantee, lightweight, Nami Lohbeck, PESU, polyethersulfone, reusable plastics, Sustainable Design, tableware, Ultrason E 3010 nat, water-filtration membranes
(IN BRIEF) The BIDSF decommissioning project at Bohunice NPP in Slovakia has successfully dismantled two VVER‑440 pressurized water reactors and their supporting systems under a €100 million‑plus contract led by Westinghouse and VUJE; 6,700 tonnes of radioactive structures were safely removed using … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Slovakia, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged BIDSF, Bohunice nuclear power plant, circular economy, EBRD, environmental protection, EU donors, European Union, international cooperation, JAVYS, Massimo Garribba, nuclear decommissioning, partnership, pressurized water reactor, radioactive dismantling, robotic decontamination, Slovakia, Steven White, VUJE, VVER‑440 reactor, Westinghouse Electric Company
(IN BRIEF) DNV is collaborating with ACCIONA Energía to assess a 1 MW second-life BESS prototype—built from repurposed Silence e-scooter batteries—against EU standards, including the Batteries Regulation (EU 2023/1542). In partnership with integrator Beeplanet, ACCIONA Energía’s pilot system aims to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Industrial, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged ACCIONA Energia, battery energy storage, Beeplanet, circular economy, DNV, electrical design, energy transition, EU Batteries Regulation EU 2023/1542, EU benchmarks, repurposing process, safety concept, Santiago Blanco, second-life BESS, Silence electric scooters, sustainable development, Thermal Management
(IN BRIEF) Continental is boosting the share of renewable and recycled materials in its tires from 26 percent in 2024 to over 40 percent by 2030. The company now uses silica made from rice husk ash instead of quartz to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged bio-based carbon black, circular economy, Continental, end-of-life tire recycling, grip performance, Jorge Almeida, mass balance approach, pyrolysis oil, Pyrum Innovations, recycled materials, renewable materials, rice husk ash silica, rolling resistance, sustainability, Sustainability Innovation, tire production, ‘tall oil’
(IN BRIEF) PwC’s latest Protecting People & Prosperity report finds that 32 percent of semiconductor output will rely on copper sources exposed to severe drought by 2035, rising to 58 percent by 2050 without emissions cuts. As semiconductors underpin digital … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI, chip manufacturing, circular economy, climate adaptation, climate disruption, copper supply, desalination, drought risk, ESG, Glenn Burm, global trade, Lynne Baber, material innovation, Protecting People & Prosperity, PwC, renewable energy, Semiconductor industry, supplier diversification, supply chain resilience, sustainability, water recycling
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has been awarded a turnkey contract by KNRN to build a sewage sludge mono-incineration plant at Hildesheim’s port, with the undisclosed order value booked in Q3 2025. The facility will process 33,500 t of dry sludge annually … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AbfKlärV regulation, Andritz, Benjamin Klammer, BFB boiler, circular economy, district heating, Dr. Jens Manthey, EcoFluid bubbling fluidized bed, flue gas cleaning, KNRN, Kommunale Nährstoffrückgewinnung Niedersachsen GmbH, Lower Saxony, partnership, phosphorus recovery, Port of Hildesheim, sewage sludge mono-incineration, sludge drying, steam turbine, sustainability, vapor condensation
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is extending a €20 million venture-debt loan to PulPac to scale its Dry Molded Fiber technology—an innovative, dry-molding process that converts cellulose fibers into rigid, renewable packaging. Funded under the EU’s InvestEU programme, the financing will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged cellulose fiber, circular economy, Dry Molded Fiber, EIB, European Investment Bank, global licensing platform, InvestEU, Niclas Möller, partnership, PulPac, Roderick Sundell, single-use plastic alternative, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, Sweden, Thomas Östros, venture debt
(IN BRIEF) The University of Twente has won €13.6 million in 2024 NWA ORC grants to lead two major consortia: Add-reAM, leveraging 3D printing to enable industrial repair and remanufacturing for a circular economy, and DECIDE, creating transparent, citizen-centric AI … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, Add-reAM, additive manufacturing, BIO-COMPaSS, circular economy, citizen empowerment, Climate Justice, DECIDE, democratic AI, Dutch Research Agenda, Ian Gibson, JUST ART, mental well-being, Mieke Boon, nanomedicine, NanoMedNL, NWA ORC, repair and remanufacturing, STRONGER2GETHER, sustainable manufacturing, transparency, University of Twente
(IN BRIEF) Sweco has signed agreements to purchase Luxembourg consultancies PROgroup and +ImpaKT, adding approximately 40 experts to its existing local team of 110. PROgroup offers comprehensive project management for sustainable real estate and urban developments based on circular economy … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged +ImpaKT S.A., Benelux region, circular economy, CIRPASS, consultancy acquisition, data-driven expertise, digital product passports, Erwin Malcorps, ESG reporting, EU Green Deal, Luxembourg, multidisciplinary team, Onto-DESIDE, organizational transformation, partnership, PROgroup, sustainability, sustainability project management, sustainable real estate development, Sweco, urban development
(IN BRIEF) UniCredit and Rise Europe have entered into a strategic partnership designed to strengthen Europe’s startup ecosystem and drive regional competitiveness. Leveraging UniCredit’s extensive 13-country footprint and corporate networks, the collaboration aims to support Rise Europe’s expansion, help promising … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 13-country footprint, aerospace & mobility, AI, circular economy, climate neutrality, competitiveness, corporate relationships, energy transition, European startup ecosystem, Fiona Melrose, food & agriculture, Healthcare, innovation hubs, knowledge sharing, local startup initiatives, Pan-European Bank, partnership, Prof. Dr. Helmut Schönenberger, quantum computing, resilience, Rise Europe, robotics, scale-ups, startup champions, strategic partnership, sustainability, trans-continental growth, UNICREDIT, Unternehmertum, venture-capital funding
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