Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The canopy is a shade house suitable for large field crops, standing five meters high and equipped with rotating solar panels fixed on cables, secured in place by poles spanning a width of 27 meters. With its partial and rotating shading capability, the agrivoltaic system has a dual use: it can shield crops from hot […]

As of June, Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) at landfill sites, and PreZero, a leading Spanish supplier of waste treatment and environmental services, have started an RNG production unit at the Can Mata site located at Els Hostalets de Pierola, around 40 km from Barcelona (Catalonia region). The […]

This new technology, applied to steel coating lines, is the first of its kind worldwide and receives EU funding from the Innovation Fund, the EU’s programme for the deployment of net zero and innovative technologies, funded with revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System. The Electron Beam technology and Ultra Violet (EB UV) project produced […]

Many groups are pushing corporations and other large entities to gather and publish data on their carbon emissions. The stated purpose of these efforts is that this data will inform public policy decisions on carbon use and drive investment capital towards carbon reduction efforts.

Trevor Caughlin and co-authors describe how the local impacts of an invasive plant motivated research to understand where it spreads. Biological invasions threaten global biodiversity, motivating studies to control invasive species’ spread. We studied outbreaks of puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris), an invasive species in Western North America. While our team appreciates the global threats posed by […]

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is a series of standards that are used to measure the impact that a business or organisation has on the environment and society. It also measures how accountable the business or organisation is for its actions, as well as how transparent it is.

Ninad Mungi shares recent work, conducted with colleagues, which involved monitoring India’s levels of invasive plant species. This has knock-on effects for apex predators, such as tigers, who rely on their prey being able to access native species. Introduction In a world grappling with drastic ecological challenges, biological invasions have emerged as a pernicious threat […]

The editor’s choice for our October issue is ‘Neighbours matter and the weak succumb: Ash dieback infection is more severe in ash trees with fewer conspecific neighbours and lower prior growth rate’ by David Cracknell et al. Here, Associate Editor Anne Kempel discusses the importance of this research: For nearly three decades, European woodlands have grappled with […]

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) published today the revised 2021 and 2022 EU ETS auction calendars. The published calendars reflect the operation of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) until 31 August 2022. Following the publication by the Commission on 12 May 2021 of the total number of allowances in circulation in 2020, auction volumes from […]

Preparations for the next calls for proposals under the Innovation Fund are well underway. As announced at the Innovation Fund Expert Group meeting on 6 July, the Commission plans to launch the second call for large-scale projects on 26 October, while the second call for small-scale projects is expected to be launched in March 2022. […]