Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

(Seychelles News Agency) – The primary source of plastic debris washing up on the shores of Seychelles’ beaches primarily originate from Indonesia, followed by India and Sri Lanka, a new study by the University of Oxford shows. Called ‘Sources of marine debris for Seychelles and other remote islands in the western Indian Ocean’, the study […]

Innovative farmers are adopting agro-ecological approaches to producing beef which they believe are better for biodiversity and soils. Lisa Norton (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) and colleagues investigated the validity of these claims by comparing their grassland to those across the wider countryside surveyed as part of the national GB Countryside Survey.  Public concerns […]

Received orders from over 300,000 investors for over Euro 10 billion, compared to Euro 1 billion initially offered The strong demand enabled Eni to close the offer in advance in just five days Gross annual nominal interest rate set at 4.30% Eni S.p.A. announces that the gross annual nominal interest rate of its first sustainability-linked […]

U.S. Bank announces the hire of Guillaume Mascotto as the company’s head of Sustainable Finance. In this new leadership role, Mascotto will build and lead a new team focused on identifying sustainable finance opportunities across the entire enterprise. Based in New York, Mascotto is part of the U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation (USBCDC) leadership team […]

Jan 2023 Week-3; WEF launches initiative to unlock $3 trillion for climate and nature; UNEP & S&P launch nature risk profile methodology; Fidelity pledges $250 million to support minority students; UN Chief urges “credible” net zero pledges or risk greenwashing; King Charles redirects £1 billion wind farm profits towards “public good”; NASA to invest $425 […]

Vice President Kamala Harris and Federal officials joined with Arizona and California leaders, members of Lotus Infrastructure Partners, the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO) and other dignitaries yesterday, January 19, 2023, to commemorate the groundbreaking of Ten West Link, a 125-mile high-voltage transmission project that will enhance the western electric grid and bring more than 3,000 Megawatts of renewable energy resources to […]

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting was held on January 16 in Davos, Switzerland. With its sessions offline, Winter Davos can be a hallmark of the world emerging from the shadow of the three-year COVID-19 pandemic. Velvet Slim lipstick World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 Under the theme ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’, Winter Davos brings together more […]

Samsung Electronics has announced its new environmental strategy, a comprehensive effort to join the global movement to tackle climate change. At the heart of the new commitment is achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 by using innovative technologies to implement sustainability throughout its production process, product lifecycle and more — enabling a more sustainable future for all. […]

Kohler Co. has announced that Laura Kohler will be the company’s first Chief Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer, reporting directly to Chair and Chief Executive Officer David Kohler. This new appointment continues the company’s legacy of gracious living and marks a significant step forward in accelerating the incorporation of sustainability, social impact and DEI across […]

The European Union has granted EUR 1.8 billion through its Innovation Fund to 16 innovative projects that will avoid about 125 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in the first 10 years of operation. The projects cover ground-breaking technologies from green hydrogen and synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, to methanol production from renewable hydrogen. After successfully completing […]