Berlin (ots) - Commission misses opportunity to fully embrace necessary shift to biobased feedstock European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the proposed new rules on packaging and bioplastics adopted today by the European Commission. “We appreciate the Commission’s first comprehensive policy framework on innovative ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrück (ots) - With their considerable ingenuity and entrepreneurial courage, the qualified engineers Friedrich Mewis and Dirk Lehmann have revolutionized the shipping world. With the Becker Mewis Duct (BMD), they have not only saved millions of tons of heavy fuel oil since its market launch in 2008, but have ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence
Brussels (ots BrusselsBrussels) - The People’s Climate Festival (Klimafolkemødet) is an annual event held in Middelfart (Denmark), the European Destination of Excellence 2022, that brings together citizens, stakeholders, and politicians with the express goal of finding a common solution to climate change. On 1 – 3 September 2022 the People’s Climate Festival, or Klimafolkemødet will be held in Middelfart ...
Krombacher Brauerei GmbH & Co.
Berlin & New York (ots) - - Bain & ZINTINUS: “The food sector is at a tipping point, about to grow exponentially” - Transforming the global food sector to a more sustainable industry is important to improve consumer health and reduce the sector’s carbon footprint – it is also a means to secure food supply - The transition of the food system opens enormous opportunity for value creation and thus also for ...
Hamburg (ots) - Scope Hamburg upgrades the issue rating of Solar Chest SA for the Fixed Rate Secured Notes with a total issue volume of EUR 275 million to A- / stable from BBB+ / stable. The repayment of the last tranche of the Notes (EUR 100 million) and the related interest costs are expected on 30 June 2022. ...
Cologne (ots) - - Bayer AG’s MagicTrap automatically detects pest infestations and provides optimum crop protection - 1NCE provides global connectivity for smart monitoring systems To help farmers detect pests early and protect critical agriculture, Bayer AG's Crop Protection Innovation Lab developed the MagicTrap ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - According to new Global Future Pulse survey involving 17,000 citizens across 17 countries worldwide conducted by Kantar and commissioned by the Vodafone Institute - National governments are seen as primarily responsible for tackling climate change - Most respondents agree that their government has ...
Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis
Duesseldorf, Germany (ots) - Superstar Billie Eilish receives this year`s German Sustainability Award for her special commitment to climate protection. The award will be handed over virtually by German astronaut Matthias Maurer (ESA) aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Both Billie and the astronaut will join the ceremony virtually on Friday, December 3, in Duesseldorf. The event will be streamed live online. ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrück/Darmstadt (ots) - With an appeal to our sense of solidarity as a global community, today (Sunday), at the darmstadtium conference centre in Darmstadt, Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for a change of course to conserve biodiversity and stop global warming. At the awards ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrück/Darmstadt (ots) - Today (Sunday) in Darmstadt, the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) honoured exceptional efforts in the fight against climate change and to protect biodiversity with one of Europe’s most prestigious and highly endowed environmental awards. German President Frank-Walter ...
The Transatlantic Sun&Wind Belt
Berlin/Washington (ots) - Sun&Wind Belt is the new transatlantic business initiative on green transformation – driven forward by companies. Sun&Wind Belt brings together businesses on both sides of the Atlantic whose aim is to support politics with plans to ensure decarbonization. On August 16, Sun&Wind Belt hosted a virtual roundtable with a broadly positioned ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - New Study by the Carbon Trust, commissioned by the Vodafone Institute, calculates carbon savings and rebound effects of home office models pre, during and post the pandemic in Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain and the UK - Potential carbon savings aided by hybrid working could save up to 12.2mt of CO2 emissions per year in Germany - ...
Dresden (ots) - Increasing production capacities have stretched the existing wastewater treatment plant at the chemical company DSM Nutritional Products in Switzerland to its limits. Wastewater characteristics of the chemical industry with strict regulations of the beverage and food industry - the experts of German ...
EMD - European Marketing Distribution
Berlin (ots) - Cities and rural areas are facing very different mobility challenges in times of climate crisis, political targets for providing public services, and demands for participation. But how do we reclaim the city for people without losing the comfort of private mobility? How do we empower suburban and ...
