Strong EU policy is driving climate reporting performance but COP26 pivotal for setting out strategy to accelerate meaningful emissions reductions Nearly all Euro STOXX 50 companies offer low-carbon products and services while over half have set science-based targets which include … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, France, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Atos, Climate Reporting Performance, decarbonisation, DOW 30, EcoAct, emissions reductions, Euro STOXX 50, FTSE 100, Kering, L’Oréal, net zero target, Philips, SAP SE, Schneider Electric, Stuart Lemmon, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) FARNBOROUGH, 21-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — BAE Systems (LON: BA), a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company, has announced it will partner with the University of Nottingham, a top 20 UK university and 8th in the UK for … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged additive layer manufacturing, BAE Systems, Cranfield University, Cripps, digital manufacturing, greenhouse gas emissions, Industry 4.0, lightweight materials, metrology, net zero, power management systems, Professor Andy Schofield, Professor Andy Wright, Professor Svetan Ratchev, sustainability, sustainable energy, sustainable technologies, University of Birmingham, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of Southampton, University of Strathclyde
Minimalist10 concept answers the consumer demand for clean and simple cosmetic products New ingredients: COSMOS-approved, natural texturizing polymer Hydagen® Clean and fucoidan-rich algae extract Seanactiv™ TechFocus Program: presentation of new active ingredients for hair and scalp (PRESS RELEASE) BARCELONA, 20-Oct-2021 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Chemicals, Germany, Marketing, News, Spain
Tagged Barcelona, BASF, beauty routines, biopolymer, BioToLife™, Care Creations®, clean beauty movement, cosmetic brands, cosmetic manufacturers, cosmetic products, Cosmetorium, COSMOS standard, COSMOS-approved, Dr. Kinga Kulon, emulsifiers, Esther Prat, fluids, fucoidan-rich algae, gels, Hair Care Therapy, Hydagen® 558 P, Hydagen® Clean, INCIs, konjac plant, marine algae fucus vesiculosus, minimalism, Minimalist10 concept, natural texturizing polymer, packaging, PeptAIde™ 4.0, personal care, Rheocare® XGN, rheology modifier, rheology modifiers, Scalposine®, Seanactiv™, serums, sustainability, synthetic polymers, transparency, waste reduction
The project forms part of more than €2bn investment in Green Hydrogen announced by INEOS earlier this week. Hydrogen from the new unit would be used in the production of green ammonia. The complete project will result in a reduction … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Axel Goehrt, carbon capture, chemical value chains, chemicals, Currenta, decarbonisation, electrolyser, green ammonia, green fuel production, GREEN HYDROGEN, green hydrogen project, greenhouse gases, Hans Casier, hydrogen, INEOS, INEOS green ammonia production, INEOS Köln site, INEOS Nitriles, INOVYN, low-carbon future, net-zero targets, Power-to-Methanol, sustainability, sustainable methanol, UN, Wouter Bleukx
TotalEnergies will solarize eight of DHL’s sites in Dubai to cover the equivalent of over 46,000m² of photovoltaic panels. As part of their strategic cooperation agreement, a solar energy project is launched Over 14,000 MWh of electricity will be produced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Amadou Diallo, CO2, Deutsche Post DHL Group, DHL, DHL Global Forwarding, Dubai, energy consumption, Hamady Sy, photovoltaic panels, solar energy, solar modules, Solar System, sustainability, sustainable energy, TotalEnergies, zero-emissions logistics
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 13-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, a European energy company with a mission to enable fossil free living within one generation, has announced it set ambitious targets in how the company deals with wind turbine blades at end of life. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged composite waste, decommissioned wind turbine blades, Eva Philipp, fossil-free living, Helene Biström, landfill ban, recycling, reducing environmental impacts, sustainability, Vattenfall, wind energy, wind turbine blades, windfarms
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Société Générale (EPA: GLE), a European leader in financial services with over 150 years of history, has announced it submits a complete dossier to its employee representative organisations setting out in detail the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Investment, Management, News, Retail
Tagged Bernard Gaudin, Courtois, Crédit du Nord, ESG commitments, Florence Amphoux, French retail bank, Jean-Baptiste Froville, Laydernier, MERGER, Olivier-Armand Poly, private banking, retail banking networks, Retail banks, Sébastien Proto, SMC, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, Societe Generale, sustainability, Tarneaud, Wealth Management Bank
The full-line supplier Voith receives the order for the forming, binding and drying sections of a new glass mat production line from Owens Corning. Owens Corning’s new 50,000-square-meter manufacturing facility will sit adjacent to their existing Fort Smith site. Technological … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged Arkansas, automation, building, composites, fastest glass mat machine, Fort Smith, glass fibers, glass mat, glass mat dryer, HydroFormer, industrial materials, IntensaPulper, manufacturing facility, Naomi Keitel, Nicolas Del Monaco, nonwoven products, nonwovens machine, Oliver Crasser, Owens Corning, Papermaking 4.0 solutions, Process Line Package, production machinery, pulping, roofing shingles, sustainability, Voith, Voith FiberDry
(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 7-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — FrieslandCampina, a Dutch multinational dairy cooperative, has announced that it will be using recycled PET bottle from now on for its Friesche Vlag coffee creamers. All single-use glass bottles of the entire coffee … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Retail
Tagged carton packagings, CO2 footprint, coffee creamers, Dutch Plastics Pact, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, environment-friendly packaging, Friesche Vlag, FrieslandCampina, Goudband, Halvamel, New Plastics Economy, Patrick van Baal, PET bottles, recycled PET bottles, recycling, sustainability
USD 2 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility signed Transaction underlines the confidence in Ericsson’s financial and sustainable performance (PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, has announced the signature of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged banks, carbon neutrality, Carl Mellander, climate action targets, credit facility, Ericsson, Heather Johnson, HSBC, KPI, revolving credit facility, SEB, sustainability, sustainability work, sustainable performance, Swedbank
Joint efforts to reduce Inex emissions by 2025 Kuehne+Nagel’s Net Zero Carbon programme core element of the reduction strategy Long-term relationship with the aim of transitioning to low-carbon logistics (PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG, 30-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Kuehne+Nagel (SWX: KNIN), one … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Germany, Industrial, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged carbon neutrality, CO2 footprint, consumer goods chain, Grocery, Inex Partners Oy, Kuehne+Nagel, Lasse Korhonen, logistics, ocean freight logistics, Otto Schacht, overseas ocean freight, reduce carbon emissions, S Group, SOK Corporation, supplier management, supply chains, sustainability, sustainable transport, TRANSPORT, transportation services, Warehousing
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 23-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and the 4th most sustainable company in the world, has announced its Capital Markets Day 2021 held as a … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged biodiversity, Capital Markets Day 2021, chemicals, circular bioeconomy, circular solutions, Climate, climate ambitions, human rights, Neste, Peter Vanacker, polymers, Porvoo, raw materials, renewable aviation, Renewable Chemicals, renewable diesel, Renewable Polymers, Renewable Products, Renewable Road Transportation, renewable solutions, SAF, supply chain, Susanna Sieppi, sustainability, sustainable aviation fuel, sustainable refinery
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 23-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom-Munksjö (HEL: AM1), a global leader in fiber-based materials, has announced the release and patent of a pioneering mono-material oxygen barrier technology made of 100% cellulose fibers in line with its ‘from Plastic … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom-Munksjö, biopolymer, Brian Oost, cellulose fibers, Dr. Noël Cartier, fiber, from Plastic to Purpose, gas barrier, mono-material oxygen barrier, OK COMPOST, OK COMPOST HOME, oxygen barrier, packaging, PureBarrier™, renewable wood pulp, Robyn Buss, sustainability, TÜV
(PRESS RELEASE) SAINT-OUEN, 21-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom (EPA: ALO), the global leader in sustainable railway transportation and Plastic Omnium (EPA: POM), a French automotive supplier and major player in hydrogen mobility, have announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, carbon-free mobilit, Christian Kopp, hydrogen mobility, hydrogen onboard storage solutions, hydrogen rail, hydrogen solutions, hydrogen storage solutions, hydrogen storage systems, Plastic Omnium, railway, sustainability, sustainable railway transportation, Thierry Best, trains, zero emissions alternative
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 10-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Yara International, Norwegian chemical company, announces that it has been ranked among the top performers in a new report from The Governance Group evaluates and ranks the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 6-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — GSK Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH), the world-leading consumer healthcare business, whose brands include Sensodyne, parodontax, Voltaren and Advil, has announced it is raising sustainability standards in the oral care industry with its first carbon … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Healthcare, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Advil, carbon impact, carbon neutral toothbrush, ClimatePartner, Consumer HealthCare, Dr.BEST GreenClean toothbrush, fossil fuels, Gareth Rudduck, GSK Consumer Healthcare, GSKCH, Nielsen, oral care, oral care products, parodontax, recycling, renewable castor oil, renewable cellulose, renewable raw materials, Sensodyne, sustainability, sustainable, Voltaren, wood-based bioplastic, ‘tall oil’
Innovative battery technology allows for hybrid operation on or off-wire Sustainable technology preserves city’s historic district S700s were manufactured in Sacramento, CA (PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 31-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Mobility, redefining mobility with intelligent infrastructure, sustainability, passenger experience and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged automation systems, battery hybrid vehicles, Charlotte Area Transit system, components, Hybrid, hybrid wireless technology, locomotives, Michael Peter, mobility solution, rail vehicles, S70 light rail vehicles, S700 streetcars, Siemens Mobility, streetcars, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 30-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research and one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research, has announced that its Webfest’s second online edition brought together people from 63 … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Internet & Online, News, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged AI Crowd, CERN, CERN Alumni, CERN Fitness Club, CERN openlab, Charlotte Warakaulle, Citizen Cyberlab, Crowd4SDG, ectrodactyly, gluoNNet, hackathon, hardware, Komal Kedarnath, Mehdi Golbaz, Noor Afshan Fathima, Noor K. Kubra, nuclear energy, open web technologies, prototype apps, Quantum FutureX, RemotelyGreen, sustainability, syndactyly, THE Port, The Webfest, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Veertly
Bayhydur® quix makes particularly sustainable water-based PU wood coatings possible (PRESS RELEASE) LEVERKUSEN, 27-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Covestro (ETR: 1COV), a German company leader in polymer materials, and Hesse, a coatings manufacturer, have announced a life cycle assessment study focused on … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged Bayhydur®, Coating, coatings manufacturer, Covestro, CO₂ footprint, Digital Expo 2021, Dr. Berta Vega Sánchez, Dr. Sven A. Thomsen, European Coatings Show Conference 2021, furniture coating, Hesse, life cycle assessment, polyurethane, polyurethane wood coatings, Raw material, sustainability, water-based PU coatings, water-based wood coatings, Waterborne 2K PU systems, wood coating
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 20-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall, a European energy company with a mission to enable fossil free living within one generation, has announced it now delivers 100 percent fossil free hydro power to Orthex’s factories in Sweden and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Sweden
Tagged Alexander Rosenlew, bio-based materials, carbon footprint, electricity, electricity supply, energy transition, environmental impact, EPD, Finland, fossil free, global warming, Gnosjö, household products, hydro power, Lohja, Magnus Westberg, Orthex, recycled, sustainability, sustainable raw materials, Tingsryd, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, 10-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Nutreco, leading company in the field of animal nutrition and aquafeed, has announced it is leading a EUR 21 million financing round together with Aqua-Spark and PFR Life Science, a portfolio company of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Investment, Netherlands, News, Pharma & Biotech, Poland, Technology
Tagged Aeromonas, AHPND, AI, Amy Novogratz, Angel investors, antibiotics, Aqua-Spark, aquaculture, Avian Pathogenic E. Coli, bacteriophages, climate goals, environmental sustainability, farmers, GHG emission, investment, Jarosław Dastych, Laëtitia Gerbe, livestock farming, Mastitis, Matthew Tebeau, Mike Velings, Montis Capital, Nutreco, Paweł Borys, PFR, PFR Life Science, Polish Development Fund, protein production, Proteon Pharmaceuticals, Pseudomonas, Rob Koremans, Salmonella, Seventure Partners, Skretting, soil pollution, sustainability, water pollution, Wojciech Szwankowski
(PRESS RELEASE) PRAGUE, 10-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, the HRAIME Talent ventures launch in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to transform the entire Internet into an employers’ recruitment platform. Leveraging advanced HR Tech and Ad Tech solutions that help … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Environment, Internet & Online, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Ad Tech, cyber security, eCommerce, EMEA, hiring, HR, HR Tech, HRAIME Talent, HRAIME Tree League, job market, job seekers, Ladislav Hadacek, Machine Learning, marketing, recruiting, recruitment, recruitment platform, Robotic Process Automation, Robotic Recruitment Process Automations, RRPA, staffing, sustainability, talent, technology
Agreements were signed to provide tailor-made solutions for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector (PRESS RELEASE) ROME, 9-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel S.p.A. (BIT: ENEL), an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas, and Confagricoltura, representing agricultural enterprises … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Technology
Tagged agricultural, Carlo Tamburi, charging infrastructure, Circular Economy Report, Circularity, climate change, climate neutrality, CO2 absorption, Confagricoltura, crops, ecological transition, electric mobility, electricity, Emissions Reduction, Enel, ENEL ENERGIA, Enel X, energy efficiency, energy transition, environmental sustainability, gas commodities, Green Energy, Massimiliano Giansanti, Photovoltaic Systems, photovoltaic technology, renewable energies, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable energy solutions
(PRESS RELEASE) MADISON HEAIGHTS, MI, Unites States, 4-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel (ETR: HEN3), a German chemical and consumer goods company, has announced its next generation metal pretreatment process for automotive production has been recognized for sustainability contributions winning the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged 2021 Altair Enlighten Awards, 2021 Toyota Tacoma, Altair Enlighten Awards, aluminum, automotive industry, Award, Battery Electric Vehicles, Bonderite®, cut carbon footprint, elimination of heavy metal phosphates, Henkel, lightweighting, manganese phosphate, metal pretreatment, Mike Quail, nickel phosphate, Nihon Parkerizing, paint adhesion, PALLUMINA™, reduce waste, reduction in energy, reduction in water usage, renewable energy, sustainability, Toyota, Tundra, vehicle production, zinc phosphate
(PRESS RELEASE) NAPLES, 3-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Webuild, an Italian industrial group specialised in the construction and civil engineering, formerly Salini Impregilo, has announced the completion of the construction operations of the three arch bridges on the Naples-Cancello section of … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Acerra, Apice-Hirpinia, arch bridges, Bicocca-Catenanuova section, Catania, construction, FS Italiane Group, Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo section, high speed transport, high-speed railway line, Hirpinia-Orsara, Messina, Naples-Bari, Naples-Cancello, Orsara-Bovino, Palermo-Catania high-capacity railway line, railway, railway line, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, steel arched railway bridges, sustainability, The Naples-Bari railway line, Webuild
ECOPact now available in 24 markets across all five regions just one year since global launch ECOPact reduces carbon footprint of concrete by at least 30%, contributing to Holcim’s net zero targets A milestone in Holcim’s transformation to become the … Read the full press release
Fadie Al-Masri to head Brussels political office from August 1, 2021 Desmond A. Collins to retire on July 31, 2021 The political office represents Continental’s interests in its dialog with EU offices, regulatory authorities, government agencies and associations Dr. Felix … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, European Union, Germany, Government, Management, News
Tagged Automotive Technologies, Continental, DAX company, Desmond A. Collins, Dr. Felix Gress, EU institutions, Fadie Al-Masri, government agencies, policymakers, political, regulatory EU offices, Rubber Technologies., sustainability
Clearly defined sustainability targets are an integral part of ŠKODA AUTO’s corporate strategy Environment: Material or thermal recycling of all disposable waste generated in the production process; CO2-neutral production at the Vrchlabí site. Social responsibility: Comprehensive measures to support relief … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Society
Tagged car manufacturer, car-sharing, CO2-neutral energy, corporate culture policies, corporate governance, Covid-19 pandemic, CSR initiative, diversity, ecological footprint, electric scooters, environmental impact, environmental protection, mobility, recycling, restoring forests, ŠKODA AUTO, social responsibility, sustainability, Sustainability Report, sustainability targets
(PRESS RELEASE) BERN, 6-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Swisscom announces that it has been chosen, together with Finnova, to provide the digital foundation for the strategic investment of the Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank. Radicant, a digital financial services provider specialising in sustainability, will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, News, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Armin Schädeli, banking software, banking solution, Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, cloud-based, cloud-based banking solution, digital financial services, Dr. Anders Bally, Finnova, IT Services, payment transactions, personalised financial advice, Radicant, Robert Gebel, sustainability, sustainable financial solutions, Swiss banks, Swisscom
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 6-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall announces its partnership with the Swedish manufacturer of electric motorcycles CAKE for the development of the first fossil-free electric motorcycle. The partners will share expertise and know-how in their respective fields of … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, News, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Annika Ramsköld, CAKE, clean transportation, electric motorcycles, fossil-free, fossil-free electric motorcycle, fossil-free know-how, Henrik Svensson, Stefan Ytterborn, sustainability, Vattenfall, zero emissions