Mid-February saw over 500 delegates gather in Copenhagen for the Daikin VRV Summit, where the company outlined the major advances put in place to lower the environmental impact of climate control systems, in support of its goal to achieve CO2 neutrality by 2050. Daikin’s business partners were also introduced to a range of new products...
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Across Europe, the number of new EV registrations increased with an average of 60% between 2018 and 2019. Improvements in EV readiness were due to a combination of the increased availability of public charging infrastructure and to the extension of a wide range of government incentives. Support for environmentally friendly driving is particularly strong in...
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Exclusive CEO Breakfast organized by BASF Hungary As a company investing in making our economy fit for the future, BASF is dedicated to support sustainable development globally, in Europe and also in Hungary. On the sidelines of the visit of former BASF EMEA president, Prof. Dr. Markus Kramer to Hungary on Dec 10th 2019, BASF...
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Our newest member company is Güntner-Tata Hűtőtechnika Ltd., which was established in 1990 and has 1400 employees. The company’s turnover in 2018 was EUR 53 billion. They deal with the production of non-household refrigerators and air conditioners besides, they manufacture evaporators, condensers, air coolers and customized products for industrial companies and plants. Güntner-Tata attaches great...
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After a 4-percent bottle weight reduction in 2018, plastic will be further reduced by 4 percent in production in 2020 by Coca-Cola Hungary. As a result of an investment of HUF 100 million the company will use 600 tonnes less plastic annually corresponding to the weight of 24 million PET bottles. The bottles produced by...
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As a result of the 3-level assessment process Tungsram has won in the “Common affairs,common responsibility” category for it’s  Future Talents training program as well as in the “Soul of CSR-Internal CSR solutions” category awarded for  Volunteer programs and Fittungsram employee health-program. Joerg Bauer the President&CEO of Tungsram has thanked the participants of the programs...
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Waste can become raw material once again, but it requires conscious waste recovery efforts to ensure that items scrapped or thrown away get to the appropriate place and are recycled. Loacker Hulladékhasznosító Kft. is pursuing its activities with the aim of creating raw materials for the future: recycling makes it possible to generate raw materials...
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Syngenta dedicates $2 billion over five years to innovation specifically targeted at delivering a step change in agricultural sustainability CEO Erik Fyrwald announced the market launch of two technological breakthroughs a year at the Sustainability Summit in New York Syngenta will reduce the carbon intensity of the company’s operations by 50 percent by 2030, to...
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To be part of the solution in creating a circular plastics economy, one where plastics are reused and recycled, Dove is accelerating and expanding its actions with renewed force, Dove is making some significant changes to packaging and products. Here’s how. No plastic: According to the plan single packs of Dove’s iconic beauty bar will...
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An average consumer in the European Union generates 4.8 tonnes of waste every year, most of which is plastic packaging. Therefore, the ambition of the EU is to have 65% of all packaging waste recycled by 2025 and at least 25% of plastic bottles made of recycled input materials. But what can an average person...
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The 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index – a leading global benchmark for sustainability in business – has rated Coca‑Cola HBC Europe’s most sustainable beverage company. This is the 6th time in 7 years that the company has been ranked number 1 in the index and the 9th year in a row that it has been...
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In december 2018 ALTEO decided to neutralize the carbon footprint of the Christmas event by planting as many trees as it can to absorb the carbon footprint of the event. Last year it meant 28 trees, which was the equivalent amunt of neutralizing 3.18 tonnes of carbon from food, travel, publications, organization and on-site energy...
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