Official data from the United Kingdom released on Friday showed that the country’s economy barely grew in the month of July as the Delta variant of Coronavirus had spread rapidly within the after the lifting of lockdown restrictions. According to… Read More ›
Sustainability
Kuwait starts recycling tires from its world’s biggest tire graveyard
In a significant development, Kuwait has started to address its waste problem and has begun recycling tires from its dump yard where more than 42 million old vehicle tires have been dumped in what is slated to be the world’s… Read More ›
VW to set up venture capital fund in decarbonization push
In a statement Volkswagen AG said, it plans on setting up a venture capital fund, which would initially invest $355.14 million (300 million euros) in startups and in decarbonization projects. “Decarbonization will make many things more affordable, not more expensive,” said… Read More ›
Standard Chartered arranges water supply project worth $1.1 billion for Angola
In a statement Standard Chartered said, it had arranged $1.1 billion in financing to the Angolan government for a water supply project that will serve its capital city Luanda. The funding is made up of two loans – a $910 million… Read More ›
European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights files complaint against German retailers over Chinese cotton
In a significant development, a human rights group has filed a complaint to German prosecutors alleging that several fashion retailers have profited from forced labor camps, a euphemism for modern concentration camps, in China’s Xinjiang region. Berlin-based European Centre for… Read More ›
Blue chip companies don’t make the cut on Britain’s revised best practices code
On Monday, in a statement Britain’s Financial Reporting Council said, 125 companies, including Fidelity, BlackRock, M&G, Legal & General, have endorsed Britain’s tougher best practice code to stop “greenwashing” assets, with 64 companies failing to make the cut. Among the… Read More ›
Euro Zone Recovery Weakened In August Due To Supply Chain Issues
Despite concerns of the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and significant issues of supply chains, business activity in the euro zone remained strong in August, according to a survey which indicated that the euro zone economy could… Read More ›
Kabul Airport becomes operational
In a statement, Afghanistan’s airlines operator Ariana Afghan Airlines said, it has resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday. The development comes in the wake of a technical team from Qatar reopening Kabul’s… Read More ›
11 Ride-Hailing Firms, Including Didi, Summoned By Chinese Regulators Over ‘Illegal’ Practices
Eleven ride hailing companies in Chian were ordered to rectify their non-compliant behaviour by Chinese regulators after representatives of the companies were summoned and interviewed. Interviewing of the companies, including Didi, T3 and Meituan, were conducted jointly by the country’s… Read More ›
Last Stock Of Leaded Petrol Exhausted, Eliminating It From The World, Said The U.N.
According to a declaration by the United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP), the last remaining stocks of leaded petrol have been used by completely last month – eliminating the high pollution causing fossil fuel. This was achieved after the UNEP campaigning… Read More ›