Maire has announced that its subsidiary Nextchem, through Cirqlar Tech S.r.l., has acquired a 70% stake in the Italian technology company ETEK S.r.l., which fully owns SISEMTEK S.r.l. The transactio...
There is a precise moment, every November, when Rimini stops being an off-season seaside town and becomes the European capital of the circular economy. The exhibition halls fill with optical sorting...
E.ON has announced the launch of BDL Next, a project designed to take bidirectional charging to the mass market. As the name suggests, the technology allows energy to flow both ways, effectively tur...
On 11 June, in Stroppiana (in the northern Italy province of Vercelli), the convention “Le terre d’Acqua” (Lands of Water), hosted by the Marazzato Foundation and moderated by ...
The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), Europe’s biggest annual event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use, was held in Brussels on 9-11 June. Organised by the European Commi...
Shanghai – Circular economy, water security, decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors. A packed agenda of B2B talks and meetings awaited participants at the “Italy-China Circular Ec...
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On 5 June 2026, governments, institutions, businesses and civil society organisations worldwide will mark World Environment Day, one of the United Nations’ most important environmental awarene...
Helsinki – Electrification is an existing competitive advantage for Europe, yet without integrated models for investment, grid development and industrial policy, it is at risk of slowing down ...
Water infrastructure, renewable energy and circular economy projects are becoming increasingly central to the long-term strategies of Italian public utilities. Against this backdrop, Gruppo CAP has ...
“Those who sow utopia reap reality”: this is the phrase that Carlo Petrini often repeated, and it perhaps sums up his life spent turning ideas once considered on the fringes into global ...
Biodiversity is increasingly recognised as one of the most strategic resources for the stability of ecosystems, economies and public health systems worldwide. Yet global biodiversity loss continues ...
Italy’s electricity demand continued its upward trend in April 2026, reaching 23.9 billion kWh, a 1.9% increase compared with the same month in 2025. According to data published by Terna, the ...
The timing couldn’t have been better. Although Vladimir Putin’s visit to China had been planned for some time, the fact that it took place on May 20, just six days after Donald Trum...
Maybe it was the visit to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, a symbol of good harvest and prosperity in the Chinese imperial tradition. Or perhaps it was simply the international situation and economi...
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is undergoing a significant process of innovation. A key part of this process is the introduction of new standards covering ESG issues that had previously not b...
The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) has unveiled the nine finalists for the 2026 European Sustainable Energy Awards, confirming its role as a key platform for recognising excellence in...
Phasing out fossil fuels is no longer just a political or economic choice—it is increasingly framed as a matter of survival. That was the central message emerging from the international confer...
The decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after nearly six decades marks a structural turning point in global energy governance. ...
Brussels – “In times of instability, circular economy is not a choice, it’s a necessity.” With these words, European Commissioner for the Environment Jessika Roswall kic...