(IN BRIEF) Continental has extended its natural rubber sustainability project with GIZ in Indonesia until 2027, aiming to support an additional 1,000 smallholders on top of the 5,000 already trained. The initiative, co-funded by BMZ, has helped increase farmer incomes … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged agricultural training, biodiversity, BMZ, capacity building, Climate Action, Continental, deforestation-free, environmental protection, ethical sourcing, EUDR, forest conservation, GIZ, GPSNR, Indonesia, Michael Radke, natural rubber, partnership, responsible sourcing, rubber industry, smallholder farmers, sustainability, sustainability goals, sustainable supply chains, Tire Manufacturing, traceability, United Nations biosphere reserve, West Kalimantan
(IN BRIEF) Covestro has launched a new PCR polycarbonate material made from end-of-life vehicle headlamps, certified by TÜV Rheinland and now available for commercial automotive use. Developed in partnership with GIZ, Volkswagen, NIO, and Chinese recycler Ausell, the material supports … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Ausell, automotive circularity, automotive sustainability, China EPR, circular economy, closed-loop systems, Covestro, ELV recycling, end-of-life vehicles, EU End-of-Life Vehicle Directive, GIZ, green manufacturing, Mobility Innovation, NIO, partnership, PCR polycarbonate, plastic recycling, recycled plastics, sustainability, sustainable materials, TÜV Rheinland, Vehicle Interior Air Quality, VIAQ, Volkswagen
(IN BRIEF) The Women in Transport (WiT) Network has been launched to support women in the transport industry, aiming to promote gender equality and enhance economic, social, and environmental outcomes. The initiative stems from a report by the World Bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Society, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ADB, Asian Development Bank, career advancement, economic growth, EIB, European Investment Bank, gender equality, gender equity, German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ, INNOVATION, International Transport Forum, ITF, leadership, mentorship, Networking, operational barriers, partnership, recruitment, sustainability, sustainable mobility, training, transport industry, transport sector, transport workforce, WiT Network, Women in Transport, workplace policies, World Bank Group
(IN BRIEF) Sweco, a consultancy firm, is participating in a project under the EU4Sevan program to assess the potential impact of raising the water level of Lake Sevan by over 6 meters. Lake Sevan is vital for Armenia’s irrigation, freshwater … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, European Union, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Armenia, biodiversity, BMZ, CULTURE, environmental protection, EU4Sevan programme, European Union, freshwater source, freshwater supply, GIZ, hydropower, irrigation, Lake Sevan, Sweco, TOURISM, UNDP
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is investing €40 million in Wingcopter, a European drone delivery technology company. Wingcopter’s electrically powered unmanned aircraft have already been successfully used in small-scale commercial and humanitarian projects, including delivering medical supplies in … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Banks, Business, European Union, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged BM, Drones, EIB, electric cargo drones, European Investment Bank, Expa, Garrett Camp, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ, InvestEU, Itochu, logistics, medical supplies, medicines, Paolo Gentiloni, REWE Group, Tom Plümmer, UNICEF, unmanned delivery drone, Wingcopter GmbH, Xplorer Capital
Volkswagen Group, BASF, Daimler AG, and Fairphone fund the initiative at its inception GIZ to initiate a participatory process, inviting all relevant actors in the Salar de Atacama to work on a joint action plan Focus on protection of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Society, Technology
Tagged BASF, batteries, Chile, Daimler AG, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, digitization, e-mobility, Fairphone, GIZ, human rights, human rights due diligence, lithium, lithium mining, lithium reserves, natural resource management, raw material sourcing, raw mineral, Responsible Lithium Partnership, Salar de Atacama, Salar de Atacama watershed, Salar watershed, Volkswagen Group
The building was constructed in line with the latest environmental standards. Bonn/Eschborn, 30-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is celebrating the inauguration of its new office building in Bonn known as the ‘Meander Building’. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Management
Tagged Angelica Schwall-Düren, GIZ, Hans-Joachim Preuß, Jürgen Nimptsch, Tanja Gönner, ‘Meander Building’
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