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EU Environment Council adopts new rules for more sustainable batteries

Published on March 19, 2022

Yesterday in Brussels, EU environment ministers unanimously adopted the Council position on the EU batteries regulation. The regulation is intended to ensure more sustainable use of batteries along the entire value chain throughout the EU. To achieve this, a carbon footprint will be introduced for electric vehicle batteries and the replaceability of portable batteries improved. […]

UAE & Kenya complete mangrove reforestation partnership

Published on March 14, 2022

In cooperation between Aqdar, Blue Forest Company and Kenya’s forestry authorities, Khalifa Empowerment Program Aqdar has completed the first phase of the “Fifty Tree” initiative campaign, which was launched at Aqdar World Summit Dubai Expo 2020. It aims to plant 50,000 mangrove trees in the Republic of Kenya in celebration of the UAE’s Year of […]

Mandarin Oriental commits to responsible procurement across all F&B outlets

Published on March 14, 2022

This expansion of commitment reflects stepping away from serving a number of ‘luxury’ seafood items, including bluefin tuna, caviar and abalone, unless they can be certified to the robust standards of the Marine Stewardship Council or Aquaculture Stewardship Council. Hong Kong - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG) has pledged to expand its responsible procurement efforts to […]

Report shows how Amazon drastically undercounts its carbon footprint

Published on March 12, 2022

This is how Amazon washes its hands of the climate impact of most of the things it sells: it simply decides to play by different rules than its peers. For example, for all the packs of Pampers parents grab off the shelf at Target, the big-box retailer tallies the emissions that go into making those […]

Mercedes-Benz to establish pilot lithium-ion battery recycling plan

Published on March 12, 2022

The construction of the plant, which will be located in Kuppenheim in southern Germany, will be in two stages. Initially, a plant for mechanical dismantling will be constructed by 2023. As a second step - subject to promising discussions with the public sector - the facilities for hydrometallurgical processing of the battery materials are to […]

Sheep fleeces offer a sustainable way to repair rural footpaths

Published on March 11, 2022

Sheep fleeces have been used to repair a footpath at a nature reserve in Skye in an attempt to move away from “unsustainable” plastic repair materials. The wool came from local crofts just six miles away and was packed into the ground and layered with stones. This allows the water underneath to drain away naturally. […]

Active commuting an essential for business sustainability reports BCO

Published on March 11, 2022

Businesses are being encouraged by the British Council for Offices (BCO) to put active commuting at the heart of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies. A new BCO research report – The Market Cycles II – highlights that, “ESG policies can shift commuters towards more sustainable forms of travel, improve individual health and wellbeing and help companies […]

Commercial launch of CO2-reduced steel can for Ricola herbal drops range

Published on March 11, 2022

The German tinplate manufacturer thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has launched what it says is the world’s first food can made of CO2-reduced bluemint Steel together with the Swiss companies Hoffmann Neopac and Ricola, the latter of which will sell its herbal drops in the cans. The joint project involves thyssenkrupp Rasselstein suppling the CO2-reduced packaging steel, Hoffmann Neopac producing and printing the […]

Start-ups and scale-ups invited to partner on sustainable beauty solutions

Published on March 10, 2022

The Unilever Foundry, Unilever’s collaborative innovation network, is today launching a new entrepreneurial challenge focused on sustainable beauty solutions, through the Positive Beauty Growth Platform. Unilever is searching for the very best start-ups, scale-ups and academic spinouts to partner with our teams to bring brilliant functional ingredients that work with nature to our Beauty & […]

Sustainability necessary for the hotel industry

Published on March 10, 2022

Barrows (BarrowsHotels.com), the provider of hotel investment and advisory services for hotels in the Middle East and Africa is investing heavily in making the hotel industry more sustainable. A location where many people come together are hotels and hotel resorts. It is not without reason that the hotel industry is known as a major consumer […]

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