Day: 2 August 2024

Henkel publishes Sustainability Report 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Henkel published its sustainability report for the fiscal year 2023 today, reporting on progress in the implementation of its global sustainability strategy, particularly in the use of renewable energies and the promotion of the circular economy. Additionally, the company has continued to work systematically on a more sustainable product portfolio and further expanded its employee engagement program. “Sustainability is a central pillar of our Purposeful Growth Agenda,” said Carsten Knobel, CEO of Henkel. “Especially in challenging times like these, sustainable action is more important than ever. We are therefore working…

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CARBIOS and Hündgen enter supply agreement for world’s first PET biorecycling plant

Stuart Mitchell

CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB), a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and Hündgen Entsorgungs GmbH & Co. KG (Hündgen), a waste management expert in logistics, sorting services and the recycling of recyclable materials from waste mixtures, announce the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding relating to the sourcing, preparation and recycling of 15kt/year of post-consumer PET waste using CARBIOS’ biorecycling technology at its first commercial plant in Longlaville, from end 2026.  The partnership will leverage Hündgen’s expertise and network in…

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Tesco to introduce significant improvement in chicken welfare standards

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has announced all the fresh chicken in its core ranges will be reared to higher welfare standards, providing customers with access to chicken grown with more space to perch and move around, at the same great value.  The improvements, which will be completed by the first half of 2025, will see chicken grown at a reduced stocking density, with birds provided with 20% more space than the industry standard, allowing them additional room to express their natural behaviours. All of Tesco’s fresh chicken is sourced from UK farms, and…

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Channel 4 and ScottishPower partner to showcase greener living

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4’s newly-formed Creative Solutions unit is partnering with ScottishPower for new campaign, George Clarke’s Amazing ‘Green’ Spaces. Featuring Channel 4’s Amazing Spaces presenter George Clarke, ScottishPower’s campaign builds on the popular show to demonstrate the ways people can elevate homes through green,  smart energy solutions,  in turn creating Amazing ‘Green’ Spaces. This campaign builds on ScottishPower’s green journey with its announcement in 2018 that it was the first integrated energy company in the UK to generate 100% green electricity – and continues to showcase its expertise in greener living. From solar panels and…

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As climate change and conflict increase, new IUCN reports says conservationists need to better consider how they engage with migration and displacement of both human and other species

Stuart Mitchell

In a thought-provoking new report titled “Planet on the Move“, IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm shift in global conservation efforts in the face of growing human and other species migration potentially fuelled by climate change, environmental degradation, and conflict. The World Bank estimates that climate-induced internal migration could impact 216 million people by 2050, led by movements in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, North Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Photo: Pixabay Co-authored…

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