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Steps in the right direction – Ferrero Group’s progress towards its sustainability goals

Stuart Mitchell

Ferrero Group is on track to meet its ambitious sustainability goals, including a switch to renewable energy across its manufacturing plants and progress towards targets on sourcing and packaging, the global sweet-packaged food group reports today. Progress is documented in the Group’s 13th Sustainability Report, which highlights the steps taken towards environmental and social targets during 2021 aligned to four key areas of focus: protecting the environment, sourcing ingredients sustainably, promoting responsible consumption and empowering people. The Sustainability Report follows the publication of the Group’s first Human Rights Report, addressing…

En+ publishes 2021 sustainability report

Stuart Mitchell

En+ Group has published its Sustainability Report for the year 2021. The Report is available on the Company’s website at https://enplusgroup.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-report/.  The Report highlights the following Group’s 2021 milestones: The Group invested USD 154.9 million in environmental protection in regions of operation. 2021 saw 12% increase in electricity generation at the hydropower plants (“HPPs”) of the Group’s Power segment (amounting to 78.2 TWh, including Onda HPP). A record 98.77% of the electricity used by Metals segment’s smelters, were generated by HPPs. The Group achieved a 6% reduction in total air…

Global offshore wind industry to increase voltage

Stuart Mitchell

The offshore wind industry is increasing array voltage from 66kV to 132kV, to enable larger turbines, reduce cost and ultimately help meet global climate demands.  This increase in array voltage will:  Enable more efficient power collection for future wind farms globally  Reduce the length of cables in the offshore wind farm   Less cable will lower costs and environmental footprints  Facilitate the next generation of offshore wind turbines.  The industry’s last voltage shift began in 2010, when the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) – Carbon Trust’s flagship research, development and deployment…

New UN Women and CARE report highlights disproportionate impact of the war on women and minorities

Stuart Mitchell

After more than two months of war in Ukraine, which has forced millions of refugees and displaced people to flee their homes, a new Rapid Gender Analysis by UN Women and CARE reveals that women and minorities are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and access to food as a result of the crisis. In Ukraine, women are increasingly becoming heads of households and leaders in their communities as men are conscripted, yet they remain largely excluded from formal decision-making processes related to humanitarian efforts, peace-making, and…

Rhum J.M Launches: The EDDEN Project

Stuart Mitchell

SPIRIBAM officially launched the most significant and ongoing projects of one of their iconic brands to date – Rhum J.M: The EDDEN Project (Engagés pour le Développement Durable de nos Écosystèmes et de notre Nature), marking the revered rum distillery’s monumental progress as a global spirits producer and leader in the sustainability movement. Over the past decade, J.M has made a series of methodical developments to its sugarcane rhum distillery improving production quality in a measurable and effective effort to diminish its impact on the natural environment by utilizing key…