(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 3-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading sensor, software and autonomous solutions company Hexagon announced it has released its 2019 Annual and Sustainability reports. Both reports are made publicly available on the company’s web site at hexagon.com. Hexagon’s intention … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged autonomous solutions, City Conference Center Stockholm, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hexagon, Hexagon 2019 Annual report, Hexagon 2019 Sustainability report, Hexagon AGM 2020, Hexagon autonomous future, Maria Luthström, Norra Latin, sustainability
The RE firm will establish a 2°C roadmap for its Full Service Centers aimed at reducing carbon emissions (PRESS RELEASE) SCHIPHOL, 13-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Real estate investment firm Wereldhave active in the Netherlands, Belgium and France said it will … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Environment, France, Netherlands, News, Real Estate, Society
Tagged 2°C roadmap, Brian Shaw, carbon emissions, CDP, Climate, CO2, corporate emissions reduction targets, CSR, Dennis de Vreede, Full Service Centers, metabolic, Paris Climate Agreement, real estate investment firm, reducing carbon emissions, Ruud van Maanen, SBTi, Science Based Targets initiative, science-based climate targets, sustainability, the United Nations Global Compact, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Wereldhave, World Resources Institute (WRI)
(PRESS RELEASE) SCHINDELLEGI, Switzerland, 27-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading transport and logistics company Kuehne + Nagel has reported, once again, considerably improved results in 2019, despite current state of the global economy and the unknown scope of the Coronavirus. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, News, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 2019 financial results, air logistics, airfreight, contract logistics, dividend, Dr. Detlef Trefzger, Dr. Joerg Wolle, earnings growth, EBITDA, financial statements, Free cash flow, integrated logistics solutions, Kuehne + Nagel-Group, logistics, net turnover, overland, road logistics, sea logistics, seafreight, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) BAAR, Switzerland, 26-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Sika announces its membership in ‘Together for Sustainability’ (TfS) initiative. TfS, founded in 2011, aims for the advancement of chemicals industry’s sustainability practice within the supply chain. Sika’s growth strategy focuses on … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 14-Feb-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — SEB announces the appointment of Niklas Magnusson as new Group Press Officer. Niklas is the former Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News in Stockholm. He will report to the Head of Communication, Frank Hojem. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, News, Sweden
Tagged appointment, Bloomberg Stockholm, Entrepreneurship, financial industry, financial sector, Frank Hojem, Group Press Officer, Media, Niklas Magnusson, SEB, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 23-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom-Munksjö has just announced it is joining the newly launched initiative called SEAM (from Sustainable European Abrasive Manufacturers) aimed at improving the sustainability of the abrasive industry. SEAM was announced on January 21, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace, Construction, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Finland, France, Industrial, News
Tagged abrasives, abrasives manufacturers, Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Business Continuity, employee safety, Energy management, Estelle Seibert, Federation of European Producers of Abrasives, Nikita Mulard, SEAM, sustainability, Sustainable European Abrasive Manufacturers, sustainable growth
After years of unwavering commitment to quality and safety in the use of abrasives and production processes, European abrasive companies are again joining forces to implement sustainability measures industry-wide, thanks to SEAM. (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 21-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Construction, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, France, Industrial, News
Tagged abrasive manufacturers, abrasive products, abrasives, aeronautics, Anne Hagen, automobile, construction, DIY market, electronics, Environment, European abrasive companies, FEPA, glass, Hermes Abrasives, Jan Cord Becker, optical activities, production processes, SEAM, sustainability, Sustainable European Abrasive Manufacturers, the Federation of European Producers of Abrasives
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 25-Oct-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS presented with the Building Public Trust Award 2019 for the Best Integrated Report in Switzerland at the PwC awards ceremony in Frankfurt on October 22, 2019. These awards endorses companies that are … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Germany, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged Awards, Building Public Trust Award, Frankie Ng, Integrated Report, PwC, reporting, SGS, sustainability, transparency
(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK, 23-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Iberdrola‘s ongoing commitment to the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Principles for responsible business has today been recognized as the company has been named as a Global Compact LEAD participant. Iberdrola was … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, News, Society, Spain
Tagged Climate Action, Global Compact LEAD, Iberdrola, Ignacio Galán, Juan Llobell, leadership, Lise Kingo, responsible business, SDGs, sustainability, sustainability performance, Sustainable Development Goals, UN Global Compact, UN Global Compact Leaders Week
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 4-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — In this year’s ranking on sustainability reporting by The Governance Group consultancy and BI Norwegian Business School, Orkla has scored third place. The report reviews and ranks the sustainability reporting of the hundred … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Society
Tagged BI Norwegian Business School, Borregaard, Bærekraft på børs 2019, CDP ranking, climate risk management, climate risk reporting, DNB, Elisabeth Aandstad Ekheim, Ellen Behrens, Entra, Equinor, Gjensidige Forsikring, Grieg Seafood, Mowi, Norsk Hydro, Orkla, Sparebank 1 Østlandet, Storebrand, sustainability, sustainability reporting, Telenor, The Governance Group, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Veidekke, Yara International
The initiative aims at transforming the way companies are valued (PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 22-Aug-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Bank has announced it is joining the value balancing alliance e.V.. Established as a non-profit organization the alliance was founded … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, News, Society
Tagged accounting, artificial-intelligence, BASF, Berthold Fürst, Bosch, capital markets, Christian Sewing, company valuation, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, digitalisation, EY, globalisation, KPMG, LafargeHolcim, Novartis, OECD, Philip Morris International, PwC, SAP, SK, sustainability, value balancing alliance
(PRESS RELEASE) UTRECHT, 19-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Rabobank has always been interested in projects that contribute to the acceleration of the energy transition in the Netherlands. Such a project is the sale of the energy company Eneco (Eneco Holding N.V.). … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 18-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The quick service restaurant industry can now make a use of a new fiber-based solution that will help them meet the demanding sustainability needs of the food market. It is Ahlstrom-Munksjö‘s newly launched … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, News
Tagged Addie Teeters, Ahlstrom-Munksjö, compostability, eco-friendly food packaging papers, fast food industry, food market, greaseproof technologies, papers, paraffin wax free food packaging papers, paraffin wax free papers, paraffin-free, ParaFree™ Papers, ParaFree™ Wax Alternative Papers, recyclability, resistance to oils and condiments, restaurants, Robyn Buss, specialty paper, sustainability, trulyNatural, water repellency, wax alternative technologies, wax papers
(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 27-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SEAT has been recognised for its commitment to natural gas as an alternative fuel by the Sedigas, the Spanish Gas Association. The recognition is in the form of the “Energy and Sustainability” award, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, News, Spain
Tagged Alternative fuel, Arona, Award, biogas, biomethane, Blanca Marco, circular economy, CNG, CNG powered SUV, CO2 emissions, compressed natural gas, Cristina Vall-Llosada, Emissions Reduction, energy efficiency, Ibiza, José Domínguez Abascal, Leon, Luca de Meo, Martorell factory, mobility, natural gas, pollution, recognition, Reina Sofía National Museum of Art, renewable gas, SEAT, Sedigas, sustainability, sustainable mobility, well to wheel
(PRESS RELEASE) RUEIL-MALMAISON, 20-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Jean-Pascal Tricoire, CEO of Schneider Electric, has made the Glassdoor’s Top CEOs 2019 Employees’ Choice list. Tricoire was ranked #54 on Glassdoor’s list achieving 94% approval rating from employees. Glassdoor’s CEO rating is … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, France, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged CEO, CEO approval rating, Employees, Empowered, Glassdoor, Glassdoor Top CEOs 2019 list, Glassdoor Top CEOs list, HeForShe, Inclusive, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, LifeIsOn, Meaningful, Schneider Electric, SE Great People, sustainability, Tina Mylon
(PRESS RELEASE) ZAMUDIO, 17-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy conditionally received an order from awarding consortium partners Macquarie Capital and Swancor Renewable Energy Co. for the supply of offshore wind turbines for the 376 megawatt (MW) Formosa 2 Offshore … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and Microsoft team up to power new Swedish datacenter locations with renewable energy that will reduce overall carbon footprint from the new datacenters. Microsoft’s future datacenters in Gävle and Sandviken, north of … Read the full press release
(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
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 17-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB President & CEO Henrik Normann spoke at the Norden Association’s (Föreningen Nordens) 100th anniversary seminar on Monday, 15 April, in Christiansborg, the Danish parliament building. The seminar, titled “Nordic responsibility for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Denmark, Financial, Finland, Investment, News
Tagged Henrik Normann, investments, loan assessment, NIB, Norden Association, Nordic, seminar, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 9-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste calls on the next government in Finland to set more ambitious targets for emission reductions for the next four years. Neste believes that transport-related emissions must be reduced immediately and for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Government, Media, News, Society, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged campaign, carbon footprint, climate change, climate debate, emission reductions, emissions, IPCC, Kaisa Lipponen, lie detector test, Neste, Neste MY Renewable Diesel, Pekka Sauri, Peter Nyman, Peter Vanacker, polygraph test, renewable diesel, Riku Rantala, sustainability, totuudenhetki, TRANSPORT, transportation, Tuuli Kaskinen
(PRESS RELEASE) INGOLSTADT, 6-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Audi Environmental Foundation recognised two master’s theses in the Sustainable Resource Management course of study. The 8th SRM Award went to Julia Möbius and Sebastian Heinz of Technical University of Munich. Each of the winners received 1,500 euros prize … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) WOLFSBURG, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Elli, which stands for Electric life, is a newly established company (2018) part of Volkswagen Group that aims to be the first provider on the market to offer a seamless energy and charging experience for … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged charging on the road, charging solutions, charging stations, eco-power plants, eco-power tariff, electric cars, electricity, Elli.eco, emobility, ENERGY, energy management systems, energy transition, Green Energy, Karsten Miede, modular electric toolkit, Salzgitter wind farm, sustainability, sustainable energy solutions, Thorsten Nicklass, Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen ID., Volkswagen Naturstrom®, VW Kraftwerk GmbH, wallboxes
Implementation of Henkel 2020+ well under way Preliminary results 2018: Good performance despite significant headwinds Stepping up investments in brands and innovations to capture growth opportunities in consumer businesses and accelerate digital transformation Outlook for fiscal 2019 reflecting increased growth … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Chemicals, Commodities, Economy, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management
Tagged acquisitions, Adhesive Technologies, adhesives, Beauty Care, capex investments, Commodities, connectivity, currencies, detergents, digital transformation, digitalization, dividends, e-mobility, GROWTH, hair care, Hair Professional business, Hans Van Bylen, Henkel, Henkel 2020+, Industry 4.0, IoT, Persil, sustainability, sustainable profitable growth
(PRESS RELEASE) ROTTERDAM/ AMSTERDAM, 18-jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Eneco has acquired a minority interest in Energie in Huis, an Amsterdam-based company that improves the sustainability of existing homes. The companies also enter into a partnership that will give Eneco customers access … Read the full press release
Natixis has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) Partners Program to support investment towards a low-carbon and climate resilient economy. (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS/LONDON, 14-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Natixis has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) Partners Program, an international network of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Environment, Financial, France, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged BANKING, bond markets, bonds, Climate, climate change, Natixis, sustainability
They have the capacity to treat almost 10,000 m3/d of wastewater. The total value of both projects is around 10 M€. (PRESS RELEASE) SEVILLE, 10-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Abengoa (MCE: ABG/P:SM), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability … Read the full press release
Henkel invests into specialist circular economy fund (PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 09-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Supporting Henkel’s progress in sustainability, the company closed the investment into Circularity European Growth Fund I LP, an impact fund managed by Circularity Capital. With the … Read the full press release
MADRID, 13-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Telefónica, at its ordinary meeting held today, has approved the following organizational changes that will take effect on January 1. Eduardo Navarro, current Chairman and CEO of Telefónica Brasil, has been appointed … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Christian Gebara, comms, Eduardo Navarro, organizational changes, PR, Public Affairs, sustainability, Telefonica
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
For 20 years, the Schneider Electric Foundation has been rallying the Group’s employees to support its partner associations. Its actions are an integral part of the Schneider Sustainability Impact, which measures Schneider Electric’s non-financial performance The Schneider Electric Foundation is … Read the full press release