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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

Recovering the critical raw materials residing within electronic waste will require investment, and a legal framework to incentivise this will be essential, say the authors (image credit: Steve Janosik , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Support more targeted private investments in new technology research and development.

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'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding boost

Business Green

Government also seeks views on 'biggest shake up of transport laws in a generation' to harness emerging green transport technologies such as electric scooters. This review will ensure we understand the potential impacts of a wide range of new transport modes such as e-scooters, helping to properly inform any decisions on legalisation.

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'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding

Business Green

Government also seeks views on 'biggest shake up of transport laws in a generation' to harness emerging green transport technologies such as electric scooters. This review will ensure we understand the potential impacts of a wide range of new transport modes such as e-scooters, helping to properly inform any decisions on legalisation.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 Rosalind 'Roz' Brewer, COO and Group President, Starbucks.

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? Africa’s inaugural climate summit #165

Climate Tech VC

Leaders sought to position the continent’s renewables potential and mineral resources as climate investment opportunities and get nations on the same page ahead of COP28. World Bank reforms that would funnel hundreds of billions of dollars toward climate investments in the Global South. Disproportionate impacts: Home to 1.3

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 million in Neighborhood Grants.

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'Pace, energy, vision and agility': Government taskforce calls for regulatory overhaul in support of net zero

Business Green

It also calls on the government to undertake a complete audit of EU-derived law and "look for further opportunities to deregulate and lower the burdens on business", arguing that the Taskforce's recommendations "should only be the start of a bigger process" of efforts to cut red tape and costs.