Economy

Think Business, Think Hong Kong 2025 lands in Milan

In a challenging phase for transatlantic trade relations, especially for the green economy sector, looking to China and Hong Kong in particular becomes an opportunity for Italian companies to divers...

Renewable Matter launches its new “Features” section

Renewable Matter launches its new Features section, created to offer an important tool for in-depth analysis of a single topic or economic sector. Features also provide real-time updates on news and...

Maire to Build UK Plant Producing 30 Million Liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Maire has taken a significant step in the global energy transition through its subsidiary NextChem. The company, via its business unit MyRechemical, has been awarded a contract by Altalto Ltd. to de...

The US government shut down: this is why it matters

The United States government shutdown is leading to more pollution and announcements of clean energy project cuts. Beginning on October 1, the US federal government ceased all activity after the Rep...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having ex...

Energy transition: NextChem (Maire) expands into the Middle East

NextChem, a company that develops and implements sustainable technological solutions for energy transition, will open a new office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This marks a crucial step...

Babiš’s victory in the Czech Republic is a defeat for Europe

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Andrej Babiš, the billionaire who won the elections in the Czech Republic, is the kind of p...

PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that challenge science and the environment

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Resistant to water, grease and high temperatures. But also indestructible, “silent” an...

Startup, Wovenbeyond: natural fibres for fashion that regenerates the Earth

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Wovenbeyond is a British startup that combines regenerative wool, natural fibres and traceability ...

How Companies Can Achieve Equality and Inclusion

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘If a company wants to be able to compete in an international market, it has to think about ...

China leads the green ranking of Asian central banks

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Some currencies are greener than others, and among the Asian ones, the Chinese yuan is currently t...

Perspectives on the animal world: RM58 interviews

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Think Tank section of Renewable Matter #58, devoted to Animals, explores the complex contradic...

The Animal Kingdom

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Until the age of 18, I was a vegetarian. Veganism existed as a practice, but the word had not...

From plate to policy: how social norms can halve food waste in cities

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Across Europe, cities are rethinking how to tackle food waste. In Bruges, trained residents workin...

ECB, from 2026 a climate factor in collateral

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano At a time when the European Union’s commitment to climate action shows signs of wavering, th...

Heidelberg Materials: A Global Strategy to Reduce the Emissions of Cement

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The cement industry is one of the most hard-to-abate industrial sectors in terms of decarbonisatio...

American Pastoral

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On 4 November 2008, I was among the thousands who gathered in Grant Park, Chicago, to witness the ...

EU Commission gives green light to agreements with Mercosur and Mexico

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The European Commission has taken a decisive step to reshape the European Union’s trade land...

Europe Eyes Billion-Dollar Opportunity in Textile Waste Recycling

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The European textile sector faces a dual challenge: mounting waste volumes and the urgent need for...

Cyclus: A Circular Economy Network for the Automotive Sector

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano According to Eurostat, 6 million end-of-life vehicles are generated annually in the European Union...