News Category: Environment

Twelve member companies of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste [ https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/environmental-sustainability/plastic-waste/key-projects/packaging-design/ ] have today published a letter [ https://www.theconsumergoodsforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LOI_Chemical-Recycling_final-version.pdf ] addressed to suppliers, regulators and investors expressing their demand to procure chemically recycled material produced in line with their environmental safeguards. A wider survey of coalition member companies indicates … Continued

NESCAFE, Nestle’s largest coffee brand and one of the world’s favorite coffees, outlined today its extensive plan to help make coffee farming more sustainable: the NESCAFE Plan 2030. The brand is working with coffee farmers to help them transition to regenerative agriculture while accelerating its decade of work [ https://www.nestle.com/sites/default/files/2021-01/sustainable-journey-ten-years-nescafe-plan-2021-en.pdf ] under the NESCAFE Plan.  The … Continued

Today, Zendure, one of the fastest growing start-ups in the energy tech sector, launched a Kickstarter campaign[ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zendure/superbase-v-first-plug-and-play-home-energy-storage-system] to fund SuperBase V [https://zendure.com/pages/superbase-v ], the first home energy system with semi-solid state batteries. Semi-solid-state batteries boast a 42% higher energy density and greater safety than lithium-ion phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries, providing homes and businesses with more … Continued

– New report points to significant progress on the 5% goal by industry, national governments, and positive developments at the IMO. The shipping industry is working towards full decarbonization by 2050 at the latest and last year anaction plan was launched on which both private and public actors can focus their collective efforts around this … Continued

– The GEL-LYTE(TM) III CM 1.95 is the result of over 10 years’ research and development by ASICS to reduce emissions across all stages of the product lifecycle. – Significantly lighter than the lowest CO2e sneakers currently available on the market[2], the GEL-LYTE(TM) III CM 1.95 is a major leap forward by ASICS in its … Continued

After the recent typhoon Hinnamnor, another typhoon named Nanmadol is bearing down on Japan and South Korea. The Japanese, Australian and European forecast models, which are graphically visualized by Windy.com, agree on the approximate path of the hurricane towards Japan. But Nanmadol will also have a big impact on the weather in South Korea. The … Continued

– Ground-breaking study sets out credible pathways for the industry to become an enabler of a sustainable global economy, double in size and create 29 million new jobs – The industry can reinvent itself as a climate solution – becoming carbon negative by early 2040s and acting as a carbon sink by 2050 – Without … Continued

Arcelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu’s keynote speech urges businesses to innovate for sustainable change to protect the natural world from environmental decline Arcelik, the global household appliances manufacturer and parent company of 12 leading home appliance brands, including two of Europe’s well known brands, Beko and Grundig, keynoted at IFA 2022 calling for sector-wide action to … Continued