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    Nokian Tyres’ Romanian factory earns ISCC PLUS certification

    Nokian Tyres’ factory in Oradea, Romania has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS. With the certification, Nokian Tyres is able to...

    Clean Recycle expects 10 percent growth in packaging waste collection for 2025

    Clean Recycle, one of the leading players in the local packaging responsibility transfer market (OIREP), recorded a turnover of EUR 10 million in 2024, marking an 11 percent increase for non-DRS materials compared to the previous year, and managed 125,000 tons of packaging waste...

    Schengen accession: Romania saves 53 million euros and reduces 95,000 tons of CO2 every year

    Romania’s accession to the Schengen Area with land borders represents, in addition to a...

    Garanti BBVA Forest: 6,200 trees planted across multiple regions in Romania

    Garanti BBVA Forest, a project launched in 2023 to celebrate the bank’s 25th anniversary...
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    Data-driven sustainability: Waste and its impact in ESG reporting

    Text by Raul Pop, Program Director, ECOTECA Association Waste, often seen as a nuisance or...

    Circular economy in retail. Where does the change start from?

    Opinion article by Adrian Teampau, Director, Alina Alecu, Senior Consultant, and Maria Baran, Consultant,...

    The Role of Corporate Boards in Managing Sustainability

    Opinion by Mihaela Croitoru, Sustainability, Climate Risk and ESG Advisor |CEO Sustainability Lens SRL The...

    Romania Eficienta: 7 out of 10 Romanians agree that energy waste contributes to accelerating climate change

    The results of the Healthy Buildings Barometer 2024 show that 1 in 4 Europeans...

    GreenGroup launches first sustainability report

    GreenGroup, a European leader in circular economy, has launched the first integrated sustainability report,...

    Kaufland Romania invested over 63 million euros in ESG initiatives in 2023

    Kaufland Romania has published its latest Sustainability Report and the seventh at the local...

    Romania Eficienta: 7 out of 10 Romanians agree that energy waste contributes to accelerating climate change

    The results of the Healthy Buildings Barometer 2024 show that 1 in 4 Europeans live in homes where indoor air does not meet national...

    GreenGroup launches first sustainability report

    GreenGroup, a European leader in circular economy, has launched the first integrated sustainability report,...

    Kaufland Romania invested over 63 million euros in ESG initiatives in 2023

    Kaufland Romania has published its latest Sustainability Report and the seventh at the local...

    PENNY Romania 2023 sustainability report: 13 percent reduction in CO2 emissions

    PENNY Romania has launched its 2023 sustainability report, a document that reflects the company's...
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    CIRCULAR ECONOMY

    Clean Recycle expects 10 percent growth in packaging waste collection for 2025

    Clean Recycle, one of the leading players in the local packaging responsibility transfer market...

    Rafinor becomes market maker for recycled precious metals in the circular economy

    Romania’s leading precious metal processing company Rafinor becomes market maker for companies operating in...

    Environment Minister: Good start for the DRS system in second year of operation

    Over 340 million packages were returned in January through the Deposit-Return System, and approximately...

    RetuRO: Packaging collection rate reached 69 percent in December 2024

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit-Return System (DRS), the largest circular economy project in...

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    Waste Management

    Electrolux receives Zero Waste to Landfill Certification for its Satu Mare factory

    The Electrolux factory in Satu Mare has achieved Zero Waste to Landfill certification, which certifies that 99.44% of the waste generated by the unit's activity is reused, recycled, composted or sent for energy recovery and no longer ends up in landfills. The Zero Waste...

    Veolia and Schneider Electric, 20-year partnership for the clean water of Bucharest residents

    Schneider Electric Romania is running a project to automate the Roșu drinking water treatment...

    Corina Dospinoiu, Auchan Retail Romania: “We are preparing an AI-based project to optimize fruit and vegetable orders”

    “The deposit-return system meant an extraordinary partnership that we built together with our colleagues...

    Bonapp: Over 350,000 users reduced their food waste whilst saving their budget

    A recent survey conducted by Bonapp (bonapp.eco), Romania's mobile app dedicated to combating food...

    Marius Porojan, Green Pack: “Adaptability, transparency and collaboration can help us achieve our sustainability goals”

    “We are one of the top companies in Romania in the field of waste...

    Investments & Financing

    Tetra Pak launches innovative packaging technology at Simultan, the largest Romanian-owned dairy processor

    Tetra Pak, a global leader in food processing and packaging solutions, announces the successful installation of its latest innovative packaging technology at Simultan, the...

    E.ON: Only 10 percent of customers with photovoltaic panels also opted for an energy storage solution

    E.ON Energie Romania installed, in the first 10 months of this year, over 3,500...

    INATECH Group invested over 180,000 euros in new machines dedicated to the production of technical foam packaging

    INATECH Group, one of the largest suppliers of complete packaging solutions in Romania, is...

    EBRD appoints Gianpiero Nacci as its new climate chief

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced the appointment of Gianpiero Nacci as Managing Director for Climate Strategy and Delivery (CSD), effective 1 January 2025. Gianpiero Nacci, an Italian national, has been one of the driving forces behind the EBRD’s climate ambitions since...

    The Inner Foundation launches grant initiative of up to 100,000 Euro for innovative solutions in youth mental health in Eastern Europe

    The Inner Foundation, a non-profit foundation supporting mental health organizations, announces its open funding call for NGOs and startups that are operating in Eastern...

    Policies

    RetuRO puts Romania on the international map of sustainability at Climate Week NYC 2024

    The Romanian DRS, the local success story with global impact The Romanian Deposit-Return System launched...

    Romania approved the National Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change for 2024-2030

    During the government meeting on August 14, the Government approved, at the proposal of...

    Romania and the World Bank signed a 600-million-euro financing agreement for development policies

    The Minister of Finance (MFP), Marcel Boloș, signed the Loan Agreement (Loan for development...

    EPG: Scenarios for Adoption of Heat Pumps in Romania Until 2030

    EPG's latest study analyzes the prospects for the adoption of heat pumps in Romania...

    Deloitte study: sustainability remains a top three priority for companies globally. 85% of them have increased investments in the “green” transition over the last...

    Sustainability remains a top three priority for management teams globally, slightly behind innovation, including artificial intelligence (AI), and concerns related to the economic outlook, and surpassing topics such as political instability, regulatory pressure and competition for talent, according to the Deloitte CxO Sustainability Survey...

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    Nokian Tyres’ Romanian factory earns ISCC PLUS certification

    Nokian Tyres’ factory in Oradea, Romania has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification...

    Clean Recycle expects 10 percent growth in packaging waste collection for 2025

    Clean Recycle, one of the leading players in the local packaging responsibility transfer market...

    Schengen accession: Romania saves 53 million euros and reduces 95,000 tons of CO2 every year

    Romania’s accession to the Schengen Area with land borders represents, in addition to a...

    Garanti BBVA Forest: 6,200 trees planted across multiple regions in Romania

    Garanti BBVA Forest, a project launched in 2023 to celebrate the bank’s 25th anniversary...

    Rafinor becomes market maker for recycled precious metals in the circular economy

    Romania’s leading precious metal processing company Rafinor becomes market maker for companies operating in...

    US company International Paper completes acquisition of DS Smith

    International Paper (IP) announced the completion of its acquisition of DS Smith. The combined...

    Environment Minister: Good start for the DRS system in second year of operation

    Over 340 million packages were returned in January through the Deposit-Return System, and approximately...

    Romania Eficienta: 7 out of 10 Romanians agree that energy waste contributes to accelerating climate change

    The results of the Healthy Buildings Barometer 2024 show that 1 in 4 Europeans...

    2,000 high school and university students will develop their cybersecurity skills at UNbreakable Romania 2025

    UNbreakable Romania, the largest cybersecurity education program for high school and university students, announces...

    Climate Paths guide launched: strategic tool for researchers, entrepreneurs, and public authorities to accelerate the green transition

    Social Innovation Solutions, in partnership with the Prime Minister’s Office of Romania and Smart...

    SustainEdu: Over 1,700 students and teachers took their first steps towards sustainability

    Over 1,700 students and teachers from 36 schools in Romania learned the basic principles...

    RetuRO: Packaging collection rate reached 69 percent in December 2024

    RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit-Return System (DRS), the largest circular economy project in...