As environmental journalist, Giorgio Kaldor focuses on water resources and the social impacts of ecological transition.
According to the 2022 Financial Services Disclosure Report, greenhouse gas emissions linked to global financial institutions' investment, lending, and underwriting activities are approximately 750 t...
From Chicago – After three intense days of work, the 2024 edition of Circularity ended on Friday, the 24th of May. This year, however, the story of the premier circular economy conference in t...
The energy transition is accelerating rapidly. In Italy, according to the proposed update to the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (Piano Nazionale Integrato Energia e Clima – PNIEC)...
There is a world of meanings and connections behind two simple words like "food" and "city," spanning across cultures, economies, stories, and social interactions. In urban contexts, food is an elem...
An acronym standing for Per and Poly-Fluorinated Alkylated Substances, PFAS constitute a large family of chemical compounds used in a wide variety of industrial applications and consumer produc...
The need to manage vast quantities of data, simultaneously improving operational and invested capital efficiency, is increasingly driving integrated water service managers to use advanced digital in...
In the past few months, the European Union has made significant advancements towards transparency and comparability of sustainability data. Especially for what concerns the goal of standardising the...
On March 15, ambassadors from European Union member states gathered at the COREPER Permanent Representatives Committee voted in favor of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)....
After being postponed in February, the European Commission has suspended the Water Resilience Initiative. Its submission has, in fact, been withdrawn from the agenda of the upcoming College of Commi...
Raise your hand if you have never heard of ESG ratings. At least since the introduction of environmental, social and governance factors into corporate financial analysis was popularized in 2006 by t...
Action and deterrence, in one fell swoop. On the same day, February 27, 2024, the European Parliament passed two distinct historical measures for nature restoration and combating environmental ...
The fight against anthropogenic climate change can no longer be postponed. How, however, can businesses address that transition period required to move beyond a fossil fuel-based economy and achieve...
The 2nd of February marks World Wetlands Day, in other words, lagoons, bogs, ponds, and lakes. Cradles of often endangered biodiversity covering only 6% of the Earth's surface, and yet these ecosyst...
The list of digital innovations that can be applied to the construction sector, one of the most impactful on the environment, is long and varied. Digital twins, artificial intelligence, materials pa...
A few hours into the start of COP28 – albeit 30 years since small island states began advocating for its creation – the Loss and Damage Fund has been established and will be operational ...
Indestructible, easy to collect and fully recyclable. Aluminium can be reused indefinitely and is suitable for multiple purposes such as mobility, construction, and food&beverage. Characteristic...
Measure their own circularity and double it by 2030 by taking action through ecodesign, reuse, life extension, and asset and material recovery. These are the goals of Enel Group, which during t...
Waste management in Europe, especially when an EPR scheme is involved, is anything but a homogeneous affair. Under the umbrella of EU legislation, over the years member states have found flexible, d...
The first Africa Climate Summit kicks off on September 4. Summoned by the African Union and hosted by the Republic of Kenya in the capital, Nairobi, the summit aims to bring the continent's diplomat...
Technological cooperation, partnership, and finance to enhance the impact and scale-up of initiatives on the matter of circular economy. These are the three pillars guiding the Resource Efficie...
