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Pharmactive Bioactive has unveiled its long-term sustainability program emphasizing fair-trade, boosting local women’s workforces, reducing energy consumption and waste through upcycling, and promoting crops that support biodiversity, and has certified its Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001:2015, according to a press release. “Spain is scattered with rural areas dubbed ‘empty Spain’ due to populations abandoning these towns to seek better employment opportunities within the larger metropolises,” explains Julia Diaz, Head of Marketing for Pharmactive. “Castille is considered an important ancient agrarian cultural heritage site of Spain, yet it has been suffering from this ghost town syndrome. As a result, the government is pushing incentives to attract people to the region, and we have deployed our initiatives to try and help our government reverse the trend.”
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A survey of more than 9,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors has found that 96% want to improve their environmental and social practices – but that most are struggling to deliver this change due to a lack of funding or resources.
Formerly the heart of steel country, the Mon Valley has seen some of the worst economic decline in Western Pennsylvania. Its once bustling main streets fell dormant as factories, companies, and residents left. The hearty soul of the Mon Valley outlasted the factories, and the same spirit of innovation that smelted the steel that built a nation remains. No more is that character exemplified than at DMI Companies, whose main facility in Monongahela is now the first TRUE Silver zero waste to landfill manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania..
Solar photovoltaic energy represented more than 4% of the electricity generated in the United States in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. In the automotive sector, announcements related to solar include Sunrun Inc. and Ford Motor Co. partnering to create energy-charging solutions for the F-150 Lightning electric truck. Worksport Ltd. and its spring release of Terravis, a solar-paneled tonneau cover, using Perovskite panels by Greatcell Italy. And rumors that General Motors Co. is seeking more ways to integrate solar into its new line of vehicles. “Solar accounted for 46% of all new electricity-generating capacity added in the U.S. in 2021, the third year in a row that solar made up the largest share of new capacity,” according to The Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA).
Danish design brand Reform has created a new Everyday classic. This kitchen consists of cuts that are left when Dinesen has supplied floors to places like galleries, restaurants & mansions.
Hardly anyone continues to doubt the relevance of sustainable management. With buildings now accounting for some 39% of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions (even more than the transport sector), there is good reason to consider buildings as the number one focus area for emissions reduction…