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article Global Coalition Formed to Standardise Sustainable Building Materials Assessment
October 20th, 2025 • Leading green-building organisations have launched a global partnership to harmonise how sustainable building products are assessed, aiming to simplify data, boost transparency and accelerate circular and low-carbon materials in construction. The initiative targets alignment across major rating systems and seeks to support manufacturers, specifiers and asset owners in meeting net-zero and ESG requirements.
article Australia Advances Gold Recovery With new Cyanide Recycling Process
October 20th, 2025 • Australian national science agency CSIRO has developed a new gold-extraction process that recycles toxic cyanide, improves metal recovery and lowers environmental and transport risks for the gold-mining industry. This innovation offers practical implications for sustainable mining and the net-zero transition of the resources sector.
article Revised EU Waste Framework Directive Enters into Force, Targeting Textile and Food-Waste Streams
October 20th, 2025 • As of 16 October 2025, the updated Directive 2008/98/EC (Waste Framework Directive) becomes binding across the European Union, introducing mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles and the bloc’s first EU-wide food-waste reduction targets. The changes mark a key shift in the circular-economy agenda, with wide-ranging implications for manufacturers, retailers, and waste-management actors.
article Beko Scales Up Circular Appliance Model with “Reduce–Refurbish–Recycle” Initiative across Europe
October 20th, 2025 • Home-appliance manufacturer Beko is advancing its circular economy strategy by transforming returned appliances into high-quality second-life products through its Reduce–Refurbish–Recycle programme. In 2024 alone, the company processed more than 114,000 units while operating zero-waste-to-landfill refurbishment centres in the UK, Italy, and Romania.
article Geothermal Energy Could Supply Up to 15% of Global Electricity by 2050
October 20th, 2025 • Advances in deep drilling and enhanced geothermal systems mean that what is now a niche resource could become a major contributor to clean power. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), geothermal could deploy as much as 800 GW of capacity, enough for the current electricity use of the US and India combined, if investment and policy support scale up.
article UK, EU, and US Advance Key Environmental Regulations in Q2 2025
October 16th, 2025 • A concise roundup of Q2 2025 regulatory developments in the UK, EU and US relevant to businesses and sustainability professionals. Covers UK exposure drafts for sustainability reporting standards, EU CSRD implementation changes and VSME recommendation, and evolving US state-level risk and litigation trends. Highlights practical timelines, enforcement updates and implications for SMEs, advertisers and issuers.
article UN Shipping Emissions Deal Intensifies US–EU Clash Over Global Climate Regulation
October 16th, 2025 • A proposed International Maritime Organization (IMO) measure to introduce a carbon pricing mechanism for shipping is driving a geopolitical standoff between the United States and an EU-led coalition. U.S. threats of retaliatory tariffs, visa restrictions, and port levies against supporters of the deal underscore deep tensions over who bears the cost of decarbonizing global trade.
article Teijin Frontier Debuts THERMOFRONT™ Sustainable Insulation for Apparel
October 16th, 2025 • Teijin Frontier has unveiled a new master brand, THERMOFRONT™, offering sheet insulation materials composed of over 70 percent recycled polyester (ECOPET®) designed to deliver high warmth with lower environmental impact. The initial rollout includes three sub-brands targeting outdoor, sports, and casual wear applications, with plans for global production and sales scaling through 2028.
article EU Launches Four Blue-Economy Innovation Hubs to Scale Sustainable Algae Farming
October 16th, 2025 • The European Union has approved four new projects, backed by €5.7 million in EMFAF funding, to develop innovation hubs, scale algae cultivation and pioneer ocean farming across Atlantic and Mediterranean sea basins. These initiatives aim to strengthen Europe’s blue economy while advancing climate, carbon removal, and biodiversity goals.
article Elkem’s 100% Recycled Silicones Named “Sustainable Product of the Year” by BIG
October 16th, 2025 • Elkem’s SILCOLEASE™ RE, a silicone release coating manufactured entirely from recycled materials, has been named “Sustainability Product of the Year” by the Business Intelligence Group. The innovation delivers strong performance with a carbon footprint substantially below industry norms, marking a milestone in circular silicone technologies.
article Global Platforms Launch Deliver-E Coalition to Scale Zero-Emission Deliveries
October 16th, 2025 • Major food and grocery delivery platforms have formed the Deliver-E Coalition with backing from UNEP to accelerate electrification of two- and three-wheeler fleets worldwide. The alliance aims to share learnings, address common barriers, and track progress toward large-scale net-zero delivery operations.
article L’Oréal Advances Product Innovation to Deliver on Net-Zero and Sustainability Goals
October 15th, 2025 • L’Oréal is elevating environmental ambitions from abstract targets to tangible product-level innovation, embedding ecodesign into new launches. Its latest advances include waterless fragrance extraction, vertical farming of botanicals and stricter screening of formula impacts.
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