A new report on how Member States manage their municipal waste shows startling differences across the EU. The report grades the 27 Member States against 18 criteria, using green, orange and red flags in areas such as total waste recycled, pricing of waste disposal, and infringements of European legislation. The resulting scoreboard forms part of...

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, together with the Minister of State for Small Business, John Perry TD have launched Managing Out of The Crisis, a simple guide to assist small businesses in difficulty. Developed in response to a recommendation from the Advisory Group for Small Business, Provides simple advice for...

Much of a company’s environmental impact can be traced to its supply chain.  Awareness of the intrinsic risks and opportunities associated with supply chain sustainability enables companies to understand and improve the environmental performance of their supply chains. However few companies Set supply chain sustainability goals Are aware of the best practices Follow the emerging...

Cities can win an award of €10,000 with the European Commission’s newly introduced Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan award. The European Commission recognises that sustainable urban mobility planning is key to creating sustainable urban transport systems which meet people’s needs. The EU’s first award has been launched to encourage the adoption of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans...

In the 20-year gap between the two Rio summits (1992 – 2012), the earth’s population has grown from 5.4 billion to more than 7 billion – a leap of almost 30 %.  This has had a knock-on effect on global use of natural resources, in tandem with increasing per capita consumption levels. Although greenhouse gas...