Words By: Rick Holland, Regional Managing Director APAC – Water Utility & Executive Director Grundfos Australia Our food system is on life support. To feed a population projected to balloon to 9.1 billion by 2050, a 70 percent increase in food production is necessary. Unfortunately, climate change is threatening to push yields down by three to seven percent with every degree of warming. Increasing food production also creates a vicious cycle – the food production system already … [Read more...] about Harnessing solar power for a more sustainable agriculture
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First VCI Plant in Europe to Generate Electricity From Solar Panels: EcoCortec®- Green Anticorrosion Packaging Plant Becomes Solar Powered!
EcoCortec® is an anticorrosion films and bioplastics manufacturer located in Croatia. As a daughter company of Cortec® Corporation, a global corrosion inhibitor manufacturer, EcoCortec® is committed to achieving a fully circular economy model. We are proud to announce that EcoCortec® is the first bioplastics plant in Europe that is now solar-powered. Solar panels have been installed for energy. They are generating electricity by collecting renewable energy from the sun and converting it to … [Read more...] about First VCI Plant in Europe to Generate Electricity From Solar Panels: EcoCortec®- Green Anticorrosion Packaging Plant Becomes Solar Powered!
URC sets goals higher as it releases new sustainability report
Universal Robina Corporation is setting even more ambitious sustainability goals for its human resources, operations, products, and processes. Universal Robina Corporation (URC), one of the Philippines’ largest food and beverage companies, is setting even more ambitious goals for its human resources, operations, products, and processes, as it releases its latest Sustainability Report. The company is looking at reducing the amount of energy and water it uses to manufacture its products by … [Read more...] about URC sets goals higher as it releases new sustainability report
