Monday, 31 October 2022
Concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere are the highest they’ve been since systematic measurements of greenhouse gases began almost 40 years ago, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced last Wednesday. Researchers discovered a drastic increase of methane in particular, which is at a record high. Methane is the second-largest contributor to climate […]
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Sustainability Day helps raise awareness of sustainability and learn what can be done to promote a sustainable future.
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
In August, Germany’s Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) issued guidance on the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG). The LkSG requires German companies to carry out human rights and environment-related due diligence on themselves and their suppliers. When it comes into force on Jan. 1, 2023, the act will apply to enterprises with at […]
Thursday, 13 October 2022
A new supercomputer to study climate change was unveiled in Germany in September to play a vital role in climate modelling.
Thursday, 6 October 2022
The European Union has grappling with all-time high energy prices in 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Monday, 3 October 2022
Companies generate vast amounts of digital data. More than half of it is collected, processed, stored and never used again. Outdated spreadsheets, data from Internet of Things sensors, autosaved document backups, cloud pictures. This so-called “dark data” requires huge amounts of energy to power and cool the server farms where it’s stored. But dark data […]
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
An industry group of 37 companies launched a chemical product carbon footprint guideline to help consumers calculate their climate impact.
Thursday, 22 September 2022
A self-appointed ethics watchdog wants an extraction advocate on the Exxon board and is using a new SEC rule to do it.
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
A new media charter to cover the climate crisis more comprehensively may not stop climate change but will raise much-needed public awareness.
Friday, 16 September 2022
September 17 is the annual World Cleanup Day, a day of global social action aimed at combating the world’s solid waste problem.
Friday, 2 September 2022
The Science Based Targets Initiative is conducting a survey on the most important four topics for corporate climate action.
Friday, 2 September 2022
OQ Chemicals will launch a new ester base oil called Oxlube L7‑NPG at the upcoming Lubricant Expo in Essen, Germany. The company optimized Oxlube L7‑NPG for plugin electric vehicles, and applications include e-motor cooling, among others. The company says the ester lets lubricant manufacturers formulate e‑driveline low-viscosity, high-flash point lubricants that are readily biodegradable. “Modern EV fluids must meet […]
Friday, 19 August 2022
According to a new study, German companies are paying more attention to the environmental impact of their business travel.
Monday, 8 August 2022
The best-selling video game and film franchise “Mortal Kombat” is known for its graphic violence and infamous “finishing moves,” whereby characters dispatch their opponents with devastating force. Democrats in the United States Senate may have delivered a finishing move to the Republican Party’s obstructionism in the game of political “Moral Combat.” The world has a […]
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Green investments are booming. Europe accounts for 80% of inflows into green investments, with Germany alone at more than €130 billion.
Thursday, 28 July 2022
Today is Earth Overshoot Day, the day of the year when humans have taken as much from nature as the planet’s ecosystems can replenish in an entire year. According to the Global Footprint Network, EOD is the earliest ever since records began in 1970. EOD reminds us that the overshoot has persisted for more than half a century […]
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
World Population Day connects the dots between overpopulation and climate change, as the global population races toward 8 billion people.
Friday, 8 July 2022
EU lawmakers allowed nuclear and gas in the bloc’s energy mix and can be classified as sustainable in the EU Taxonomy.
Monday, 4 July 2022
Castrol, the U.K. company known for its automotive and industrial lubricants, entered the world of immersive coolants for technology infrastructure. The U.K. company signed an agreement with Spanish firm Submer to develop thermally conductive and dielectric immersion fluids for equipment such as servers. According to a press release, Castrol and Submer will work on the […]
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
One of my longtime dreams has come true. I can bid adieu to the chaos of wires and chargers that fill a whole drawer in my office and sometimes snake around the furniture, making an unsightly mess and posing a trip hazard. European Union lawmakers reached an agreement on a common charger cable for phones […]