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DS Smith, leading provider of sustainable, fibre-based, packaging, today announces the launch of its global Research & Development (R&D) and Innovation Centre, ‘R8’. The new facility is an industry-first and allows DS Smith, its customers, and partners to accelerate the research and development of radically new packaging fulfilment solutions. Located near Birmingham in the UK, […]

JUXTA, the global technology and micro convenience company, launched in August, is seeing rapid take up with businesses in the EV value chain and multiple retail partners ready to adopt the innovative solution across the USA. The first customers to experience the JUXTA Nomad were Renewal 2023 festival goers in Buena Vista, Colorado, last month.

The UK government introduced a nationwide single-use plastic band Sunday 01 October 2023, supported by local councils. Businesses are no longer allowed to supply, sell or offer single-use plastic cutlery, plates, bowls, trays, containers or balloon sticks.  The ban comes as part of the government’s attempt to combat climate change by tackling plastic pollution, littering

The Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) has signed an MOU with the Sustainable Energy Council (SEC) to host the Asia Pacific Hydrogen 2023 Summit & Exhibition at the ICC in Sydney, Australia on 26-27 October 2023. The global event, which convenes over 3,000 attendees to advance hydrogen’s role in the future energy mix, has also announced

The world’s largest business show is back for 2023, returning to the ExCeL London on the 22nd and 23rd of November, with co-located shows Working From Home Live, the Retrain Expo, and Going Global Live. This edition of The Business Show will host an audience of 30,000 SMEs and startups, providing all the help and

UPM Biochemicals has announced that it has selected Brenntag SE, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, as sole distributor of its sustainable bio-monoethylene glycol (BioMEG) UPM BioPura™ in Europe. The new distribution agreement will bring UPM BioPura™ to market, unlocking further commercial opportunities, while accelerating the introduction of sustainable forest-sourced materials into

Klöckner Pentaplast (‘kp’), a global leader in flexible packaging solutions, celebrated its St. Helens site’s full transition to the production of Expanded Polypropylene (EPP)-based kp Infinity® this week, with an exciting open house event. Industry partners, customers and the local media were invited to the event on 21 September, to learn more about the facility’s

Plenitude (Eni) inaugurates today, with the attendance of local authorities and the Ambassador of Italy to Kazakhstan, Marco Alberti, its first photovoltaic plant in the Republic of Kazakhstan, close to Shaulder village in the Turkistan Region. The facility, with a 50 MW installed capacity, further expands Plenitude’s international portfolio and its presence, through its subsidiary

Read the full statement here: By 2030, we plan to sell only fully electric cars and by 2040 we aim to be a climate-neutral company. That clear roadmap towards all-out electrification represents one of the most ambitious transformation plans of any legacy car maker. To underline our commitment to those ambitions, today at Climate Week

Geoquip Marine, a specialist in acquiring, analysing, and reporting global offshore geotechnical data, is getting to work on gathering crucial engineering data to support the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm. MarramWind is a joint venture between ScottishPower and Shell. The partners have chosen Geoquip Marine as their valued marine data specialist for site exploration and