sustainability

"The smarter E Europe 2024" closes with even more visitors, exhibitors and exhibition space

After three eventful trade fair days and inspiring conferences and forums, Europe's largest trade fair association for the energy industry once again set a new record: 3,008 exhibitors from 55 countries, i.e. over 500 more companies than in 2023, presented their latest product developments and applications for a...

BASF and Vattenfall use 15 MW Vestas turbine "V236" for their 1.6 GW offshore wind farm project Nordlicht in the German North Sea

Vattenfall and BASF have signed supply and service contracts with the Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas for 112 "V236-15.0 MW" wind turbines. The state-of-the-art turbines will be used in the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind projects in the German North Sea off the island of Borkum, in which Vattenfall and BASF...

Songwon signs The Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal

Songwon Industrial has signed the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal. Together with 1000 industrial signatories representing 25 sectors across Europe, the producer of polymer stabilisers and a global player in specialty chemicals will strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of...

Net-zero emissions by 2040: Krones has defined more stringent sustainability targets

It has been officially confirmed: Following a resolution by the Executive Board, Krones is aiming to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2040 - along the entire value chain. “In view of the latest forecasts issued by climate researchers, each and every one of us needs to know that our planet has reached...

Armin Wittmann, Exhibition Director Analytica and Susanne Grödl, Deputy Exhibition Director Analytica

Analytica will once again bring the international laboratory industry together in Munich from 9 to 12 April 2024. This year, the trade fair will address more sustainability in the pharmaceutical laboratory, for example with energy-efficient devices, as well as the megatrends of artificial intelligence and data...

Women picking coffee beans

In 2023, Nestlé achieved a net reduction of 13.5 percent in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to its 2018 baseline, while continuing to grow its business over the same period. This includes a reduction of more than 15.3 percent in methane emissions. The company has successfully decoupled its growth from its...

BASF's Monomers division is developing sustainable alternatives for every major product line, for example Lupranate Zero, the first bio-based certified MDI on the market with no carbon footprint

Just one year after announcing its ambitious "Sustainability Roadmap", BASF's Monomers division is celebrating the successful certification of production sites in all regions where it is represented. With the addition of MDI production in Geismar, Louisiana/USA to the ISCC Plus and Redcert2 certified sites, the...

Infineon commits to setting a science-based target and extends its climate strategy to the supply chain

Infineon Technologies announced its commitment to set a science-based target. By that the company expands its climate strategy even further. The semiconductor manufacturer is very well on track towards CO2-neutrality by 2030, relating to its direct and indirect energy related emissions in Scope 1 and 2. After having...

Siemens Chengdu factory

The World Economic Forum (WEF) officially announced the 11th batch of global lighthouse factories Mid of December 2023, and Siemens Industrial Automation Products Chengdu Production and R&D Base, also known as Siemens Industrial Automation Products, Chengdu (SEWC), has been awarded the "Sustainability Lighthouse"....

The PV system can generate around 700,000 kilowatt hours per year and thus cover ten percent of the energy consumption at the Ravensburg site

Vetter has been a member of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) since November 2023. The aim of the companies in the SBTi is to become climate-neutral by 2050. The initiative thus represents the strictest climate protection targets for companies worldwide. The pharmaceutical service provider has thus committed...