Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The urgency to take decisive climate action has never been greater, and at the European Commission we’ve been busy working on that in 2023. Here are some of the highlights of the past 12 months. 1. Fit for 55 climate package adopted! Two years after presenting the Fit for 55, this year the EU adopted […]

by Gael O’Brien Writer, commentator and New York Times columnist David Brooks takes a leap into big purpose with his new book, How To Know A Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. He focuses himself and readers on becoming more skilled in the art of seeing others so that people […]

The published calendars reflect the entry into force of the new delegated Auctioning Regulation on 21 December 2023, allowing the auction calendars to take into account the provisions of the new regulation. In 2024, auctions by the common auction platform will continue to take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on 15 January. Auctions […]

Laura Riggi talks us through the latest research, conducted with colleagues, which confirms that mass-flowering crop cultivation alone is unlikely to be sufficient for maintaining pollinators. However, as part of carefully designed diverse crop rotations or mixtures combined with the preservation of permanent non-crop habitats, it might provide valuable supplementary food resources for pollinators in […]

Aramee Diethelm discusses her article: ‘Herbivores disrupt clinal variation in plant responses to water limitation.’ Factors Shaping Plant Traits Plants, often perceived as static, exhibit remarkable resilience in challenging environments involving rapid adjustments (plastic responses), and evolving (evolutionary responses) to cope with challenges. Research has predominantly focused on single stressors, despite the increasing occurrence of […]

On 18 December, the European Commission published two regulations on the verification by national authorities of CO2 emissions from cars and vans in service: the 1st one outlining the guiding principles and criteria (Delegated Act), and the 2nd one detailing the more technical procedures for in-service verification tests (Implementing Act).  This “in-service verification” is a […]

Interest in rewilding the land has boomed in recent years, especially after the success of the rewilded Knepp Estate in England. But what about rewilding the sea? Esther Brooker tells us about her research on marine rewilding. In the UK, the Knepp Estate has sought to lead the way on rewilding, turning an intensively farmed […]

Featuring the art of Ellie Biggs, F. Curtis Lubbe, Rebecca Buchs, Jude Wild and Vicky Bowskill. Mediums include: pen and watercolour, ceramics and pipe cleaners, ballpoint pen, AI and oils on canvas. These artworks come from Australia, The Czech Republic, Switzerland and the UK. Ellie Biggs On the Jatbula trail, by Ellie Biggs [pen and […]

The newest batch of highly innovative clean technology projects will receive funding from the EU’s Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. Today 36 large-scale projects selected in July 2023 following the third call for large-scale projects and one project from the reserve list of the previous […]

Lenka Kuglerová, John S. Richardson, Timo Muotka, Darshanaa Chellaiah and Jussi Jyväsjärvi talk to us about their latest perspective article which suggests that locally developed and adjusted targets for riparian buffers must move away from vague objectives. A switch towards quantifiable goals that specify what is supposed to be achieved and protected will help to […]