Storys zum Thema Umwelt

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

The deep Southern Ocean is key to more intense ice ages

Bern (ots) - Over the last million years, ice ages have intensified and lengthened. According to a study supported by the SNFS, this previously unexplained climate transition coincides with a diminution of the mixing between deep and surface waters in the Southern Ocean. The study confirms that the Antarctic region plays a crucial role during periods of climate change. An analysis of marine sediments collected at a depth ...

Lenzing AG

EANS-News: Lenzing AG / Lenzing ranked first by Canopy for sustainable wood sourcing

issuer: Lenzing AG A-A-4860 Lenzing phone: +43 7672-701-0 FAX: +43 7672-96301 mail: office@lenzing.com WWW: http://www.lenzing.com ISIN: AT0000644505 indexes: WBI, ATX stockmarkets: Wien language: English ...

Firmenich

Firmenich in Top 2 Worldwide With CDP Triple 'A' for Climate Change, Water & Forests

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich has been ranked by CDP as a world leader in environmental management, one of only two companies this year to achieve CDP triple "A" status for climate change, water security and forests. This world-class distinction is testament to Firmenich's commitment to conducting its business responsibly, with ambitious sustainability goals ...

Nestlé S.A.

Nestlé Accelerates Action to Tackle Plastic Waste

Vevey, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Nestlé today laid out its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018 commitment (https://www.nestle.com/media/pressreleases/allpressreleases/nestle-recyclable-reusable-packaging-by-2025) to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic-waste. (Logo: ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Joins RE100 and Reaches 100% Renewable Power Across Its European and US Manufacturing Sites

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich is proud to have joined RE100, a global initiative of the world's most influential companies, all committed to 100% renewable power. Today, Firmenich manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Europe are operating with 100% renewable electricity, as the Group gets closer to meeting its ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Preserving soil quality in the long term

Bern (ots) - Spatial planning tools, agriculture and forestry that suit local conditions, nationwide soil mapping, and a more committed and coherent soil policy are the cornerstones of the measures put forward by the National Research Programme "Sustainable Use of Soil as a Resource" (NRP 68) to safeguard soil quality in Switzerland in the long term. By virtue of its properties, soil fulfils a wide variety of functions. ...

Lenzing AG

EANS-News: Lenzing / Lenzing supports industry initiatives to accelerate results in the race against climate change

issuer: Lenzing AG A-A-4860 Lenzing phone: +43 7672-701-0 FAX: +43 7672-96301 mail: office@lenzing.com WWW: http://www.lenzing.com ISIN: AT0000644505 indexes: WBI, ATX stockmarkets: Wien language: English ...

Expomobilia AG

2

Design of Dutch pavilion for Dubai EXPO 2020 unveiled

Earth Trusteeship Initiative

Invitation for the Launch of the Hague Principles and the Earth Trusteeship Initiative

The Hague, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Monday, 10 December 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On this day, "The Hague Principles for a Universal Declaration on Responsibilities for Human Rights and Earth Trusteeship" will be made public in the Peace Palace, The Hague, starting at 9 a.m. An appeal of a wide range of human ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Improving hydropower through long-range drought forecasts

Bern (ots) - Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have developed a complex hydrological model for forecasting dry spells lasting several weeks with high spatial resolution. These predictions make it possible, for example, to operate hydropower plants more profitably. Changing climatic conditions pose extra challenges for hydropower plant operators. As part of the ...

Andritz AG

EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply four 350-MW pump-turbine units to China

issuer: Andritz AG Stattegger Straße 18 A-8045 Graz phone: +43 (0)316 6902-0 FAX: +43 (0)316 6902-415 mail: welcome@andritz.com WWW: www.andritz.com ISIN: AT0000730007 indexes: WBI, ATX stockmarkets: Wien language: English ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Tax incentives reduce energy consumption - if effectively implemented

Bern (ots) - By studying the effects of Basel's electricity levy, researchers at the University of Lucerne investigated how tax incentives work in practice and how their impact on energy consumption could be increased. The National Council and the Council of States decided not to debate the proposals of the Federal Council on the second phase of the Energy Strategy ...

Volvo Trucks

Volvo Trucks to Introduce All-electric Trucks in North America

Greensboro, North Carolina and Gothenburg, Sweden (ots/PRNewswire) - As part of an innovative partnership between the Volvo Group, California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and industry leaders in transportation and electrical charging infrastructure, Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric truck demonstrators in California next year, and ...

WSSCC

India hosts the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention / 29th September to 2nd October 2018, New Delhi

New Delhi (ots) - Ministers and sanitation sector leaders from around the world will convene this month at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) in New Delhi. Hosted by the Government of India, this event will be an opportunity for delegates to exchange sanitation successes and best ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Melting glaciers have a limited impact on Swiss hydropower production

Bern (ots) - A new study quantifies the effect of glacier retreat due to global warming on hydropower production. This detailed analysis of all Swiss water resources shows that only a small percentage is provided by glacier meltwater. Consequently, the reduction of these waters predicted for the end of the 21st century poses no threat to Swiss hydropower production. ...

Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles

Call for Proposals: Liquefied Natural Gas Supplies for the Côte-Nord Region

Québec City, Québec (ots/PRNewswire) - The Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles (MERN) and the Société du Plan Nord (SPN) are launching a call for proposals to identify a supplier able to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Côte-Nord region. The call for proposals was announced in Québec's 2018-2019 Economic Plan and is the first step in a ...

ECMWF Copernicus Services

ECMWF Copernicus C3S monthly update: Hot and dry weather conditions in July

Reading, England (ots) - July 2018 surface air temperature - Many regions around the globe saw much above average temperatures, due in part to sustained heatwaves, for instance in northern Europe, northern China, Korea and Japan. - Europe saw its second warmest July on record, half a degree cooler than the warmest July (2010), - globally it was the third warmest July, ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

A novel antibiotic from weeds

Researchers working on an SNSF project have discovered novel, antibiotically active chemical substances in a previously rarely explored site: the leaf of a common field weed. The just published findings show that this microcosm contains many still unknown natural products that could lead to new drugs. Many of the antibiotics used today were developed from natural products made by ...

KfW

Stabilisation through irrigation: KfW supports Mali in encouraging citizens to stay and attracting them back home

Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - EUR 33 million for irrigation of 22,600 hectares of land in the Niger catchment basin - Around 90,000 smallholder farm families to benefit - Security of food supply for 260,000 people On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Develop-ment (BMZ), KfW signed a ...

KfW

KfW makes record commitment of EUR 9.7 billion: significant rise in support for developing countries and emerging economies

Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - KfW Development Bank: almost 40% of all new commitments go to Africa and the Middle East - More than EUR 3.0 billion committed for projects relating to refugees - EUR 4.7 billion for global urban development - EUR 1.6 billion for business investments by DEG - 1.5 million employees in ...

Tetra Pak GmbH & Co KG

Tetra Pak Achieves 50% Renewable Electricity Consumption in Just Two Years Since RE100 Commitment

Lausanne, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Tetra Pak now obtains half of its global electricity supply from renewable sources, putting the company firmly on course to meet its RE100 commitment of using only renewable electricity across all global operations by 2030. (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/632361/Tetra_Pak_Logo.jpg ) (Photo: ...

KfW

Impact Report on "Green Bonds - Made by KfW" issued in 2015 and 2016

Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Second report on the environmental and social impact of KfW green bonds based on external evaluation provides utmost in transparency and comprehensible calculations - KfW green bonds contribute to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 7 und 13 - Reporting in line with the Green Bond Principles, as revised in June 2018 ...