The International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Center (ISC3 for short) has launched the application phase for the next ISC3 Innovation Challenge, which is awarded a total of 25,000 euros in prize money. This year, the ISC3 Innovation Challenge asks what sustainable chemistry innovations can improve agriculture....
Symrise once again earned A scores in the yearly sustainability ratings of renowned nonprofit organization CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project. In the categories of forests and water, the Holzminden Group achieved the top grade of A. In the area of forests, only 25 companies around the world achieved...
The chemical company Nobian has been awarded a platinum medal by Ecovadis for its sustainability performance. It is the first time that Nobian has submitted for an Ecovadis rating. Ecovadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. More than 90,000 companies globally have been rated by...
The Hannover Messe is not about a single innovation. Isolated technological solutions will not solve the challenges of industry. Only ecosystems will moving away from individual value capture towards joint value creation. Nowhere is this more urgent than in the fight against climate change. According to the World...
Westfalia Fruit’s business in France, has launched a new range of environmentally and consumer friendly packaging for avocados that dramatically reduces and replaces the use of plastic, eliminating altogether the use of black plastic which is difficult to recycle, whilst successfully maintaining fruit quality. These...
Do you know the environmental impact of the sandwich you had for lunch? Food production requires about 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and is still highly reliant on fossil fuels. In addition, industrial energy use is responsible for over 70% of global CO2 emissions. That sandwich has a high energy...
As numerous industry players prepare to gather in Berlin for fruit logistica (5-7 April, 2022), the world’s leading trade fair for the fresh fruit industry, the Westfalia Fruit Group will be unveiling a collection of innovative initiatives as part of its drive towards sustainable production. In one key initiative,...
The tradeshow K in Düsseldorf always addresses the current challenges of our time and especially of its industry. Thus, topics such as sustainability, resource conservation, circular economy and digitalization, which gained momentum at K 2019, will also be among the hot topics of the trade show at the exhibitor stands...
Freudenberg battery companies Xalt Energy and Freudenberg Battery Power Systems have forged a successful relationship with MacLean, the largest Canadian-based mining equipment manufacturer, to further the use of clean, battery-electric energy to power mobile equipment used in underground mines. Freudenberg Battery...
Sustainability plays a central role for the RKW Group. The RKW Group invests year-round and worldwide in modernizations and innovations in favor of sustainable products and processes. For the second time, the company and its approximately 3,000 employees have now also actively contributed to social commitment in a...
