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India, Feb. 7 -- It is crucial that states with significant potential promptly implement bioenergy policies and state-level renewable energy agencies vigorously embrace and implement these policies Pulp and paper [...]

Metso Paper is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, energy, metal recycling and the pulp and paper industries. Metso was created in 1999 through the [...]

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS China-based Huawei Digital Power has released its 2024 White Paper on the Top 10 Site Power Trends, the company said. Li Shaolong, president of Huawei [...]

The falling cost of wind and solar power significantly reduces the need for carbon capture and storage technology to tackle climate change, a new paper has argued. CCS, which removes [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench Sharda University School of Law (SUSOL) is a dynamic and progressive Law School situated in Greater Noida (National Capital Region) About the International Conference In the [...]

PUMPED STORAGE ACCOUNTS FOR over 94% of installed global energy storage capacity, rightfully deserving the accolade of being the world's 'water battery'. The existing 161.000MW of pumped storage capacity supports [...]

E-paper utilizes highresolution display technology to provide transit passengers with real-time information such as rider alerts and route information. Its multi-page displays can be updated remotely, allowing transit agencies to [...]

The pine tree has long been a staple of northwest Florida's paper mill industry, which for many years has been among the region's major air and water polluters. But wood [...]

An Australian company is committing $500 million to Pennsylvania's recycling and green energy infrastructure over the next ten years. The announcement was made by Pratt Industries in central Pennsylvania yesterday. [...]

Resolute Forest Products has been awarded The New Economy Magazine's Clean Tech Award in the Best Forest and Paper Solutions category for 2014. According to a release, now in their [...]

Byline: Lisa Botter CEP Renewables, CS Energy and NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) have converted a former contaminated brownfield into a 17MW solar project in Holland, New Jersey. The fixed-tilt [...]

For a sustainable growth it is imperative for crop protection chemicals manufacturers to adopt green chemistry processes, develop new products which are nearly 100% green and increase their focus on [...]

The Indian crop protection industry is estimated to be USD 4.25 billion in FY14 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12% to reach USD 7.5 billion by [...]

Pesticides are substances that act as medicine for agriculture, hence they need to be used after proper selection and advice. . If not properly used, applied and used, they could [...]

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576524000390?via%3Dihub) A new research paper in the Acta Astronautica journal describes a constellation of mirror satellites to increase the power at the large solar farms on Earth. Among all cases, [...]

"Zain KSA and Huawei have formalized an Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU). This landmark agreement, focused on fosteringcooperation in the realm of environmentally friendly technology, wasofficially signed during Zain KSA's active involvement in the GlobalMobile Broadband Forum (MBB Forum 2023). [Extracted from the article]

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has made its first major commitment to renewable energy with agreements to annually purchase approximately 1,000,000 megawatt hours (245 megawatts - MW) of electricity from two new wind [...]

Purpose: It is necessary to implement green supply chains. But green development needs to be gradual and coexist with ordinary products in the market. This paper aims to study the green and ordinary product pricing and green decision-making under chain-to-chain competition. Design/methodology/approach: This paper considers consumers' multiple preferences and takes two competitive supply chains with asymmetric channels as the research object. Through the construction of the game models involving different competitive situations, this paper studies the pricing, green decision-making and the supply chains' profits, and discusses the impact of consumer green preference, channel preference, green investment and competition on the decision-making and performance. Finally, this paper further studies the impact of the decision structure on the environmental and economic benefits of supply chains. Findings: The results show that consumer green preference has an incentive effect on the green supply chain and also provides an opportunity for the regular supply chain to increase revenue. Specifically, consumers' preference for green online channels improves the product greenness, but its impact on the green retailer and regular supply chain depends on the green investment cost. Moreover, competition not only fosters product sustainability, but also improves supply chain performance. This paper also points out that the decentralization of the regular supply chain is conducive to the environmental attributes of the green product, while the environment-friendly structure of the green supply chain is different under different conditions. In addition, the profit of a supply chain under centralized decision is not always higher than that under decentralized decision. Originality/value: The novelty of this paper is that it investigates the pricing of two heterogeneous alternative products and green decision-making for the green product under the competition between two supply chains with asymmetric channels, in which the green supply chain adopts dual channels and the regular supply chain adopts a single retail channel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aims to examine the evolution of the tourism supply chain (TSC) and its future development factors. To this end, a quantitative bibliometric analysis was conducted to provide insights from a statistical perspective, including the evolution of the TSC and an outlook on current characteristics and future research trends. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents a quantitative bibliometric study of selected papers on the Web of Science. The study of the evolution of the TSC is based on analyses of bibliographic coupling and co-occurrence of keywords. Findings: Bibliographic coupling analysis identified 10 clusters defined by coherent groups of theoretical perspectives. The keyword analysis explains the occurrences in the TSC concept. It also helps to determine the future main drivers of TSC research. In the post-COVID-19 era, the tourism industry needs to focus on green transformation and new technologies to transform TSC, supply chain management and B2B relationships. It also needs to ensure employee retention and policies to attract new talent. Originality/value: This study provides a comprehensive, objective and integrative overview of the evolution of TSC. It is one of the few original works on supply chain development and will be helpful for scholars and practitioners alike to understand the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From cards to candles to wrapping paper, there are many different ways to reduce your environmental footprint during the holidays. Live Christmas trees can be planted after the holiday season is over for a reminder of past years. [Extracted from the article]

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the green innovation evolution in coal enterprises in China and the various driving mechanisms influenced by government regulations, enterprise resource capability and supply chain integration. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses the innovation data of coal enterprises in China for constructing a model to infer how enterprises achieve green innovation (the "hybrid drive effect model"). Findings: This paper shows that various driving modes of green innovation in an enterprise are influenced by government regulations, enterprise resource and capability, supply chain integration and the interaction effects between any two actors. Originality/value: By examining the evolution process of green innovation in a specific industry from the perspectives of exploitative and exploratory innovation, the paper touches a relatively novel view on green innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

YORK, UK -- Biotechnology company Circa Group has received authorization from the European Chemicals Agency to manufacture or import up to 100 tonnes/year of its bio-based solvent Cyrene[TM] in the [...]

Byline: Robert Carr It's no secret that recycling has slumped. Commodity prices are down and communities face fees for a service they had assumed should be free. However, industry experts [...]

Purpose: Green ambidexterity innovation and green competitive advantage are of great significance to enterprises' sustainable development. From the perspective of upper echelons theory, This paper aims to investigate the role of top managers in gaining green competitive advantage and the intermediary effect of the green ambidexterity innovation between them. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses empirical data from heavily polluting enterprises in China for constructing a model to infer how enterprises achieve the green competitive advantage. Findings: The paper shows that (a) top managers' environmental awareness and the green ambidexterity innovation are both positively related to the green competitive advantage of enterprises, while there is a difference between the exploitative green innovation and the exploratory green innovation regarding the heterogeneity; the positive effect of the exploratory green innovation on enterprises' green competitive advantage is greater than that of the exploitative green innovation; (b) the green ambidexterity innovation plays a partial intermediary effect between top managers' environmental awareness and enterprises' green competitive advantage and (c) strategic flexibility positively moderates the relation between the green ambidexterity innovation and the green competitive advantage. The study concludes that top managers' environmental awareness has a significantly positive impact on reinforcing green competitive advantages and adopting the green ambidexterity innovation for heavily polluting enterprises in China. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the green innovation management literature by offering a theoretical framework for examining how top managers' environmental awareness influences enterprises' green competitive advantage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: As Chinese stock market develops and grows, mutual fund plays an increasingly important role for strong financial strength and good social resources. This paper aims to present an overview of fund investment effect, identify the investment preference of institutional investors and explore the socially responsible investment value of mutual fund, especially green fund. Design/methodology/approach: In order to test the green effects in the fund market, especially from the perspective of institutional shareholding, the authors build three panel data models to examine the attention, promotion and network effect respectively. Findings: In general terms, the authors obtain a positive relationship between mutual funds and green firms (attention effect). This positive relationship is conducted by the comparison of institutional shareholding level between green firms and non-green firms by using two-sample t-test. The authors find that although all the coefficients of mutual funds' shareholding variables are positively related to social performance, only the number of mutual fund shareholders shows slight significance. The authors observe a stronger promotion effect of green funds on social performance than the other mutual funds (promotion effect). From a network perspective as well as previous social capital research, the mutual funds shareholding network shows a significant and positive effect on the firm's social performance in the firm–fund network (CFClose) as well as in the firm–firm network (CCClose), while the coefficients of closeness in the firm and green fund network are positive but non-significant (network effect). Research limitations/implications: Although some valuable findings have been documented, there is a great potential to be further explored. For example, how to guide more green funds to solve the finance problem of middle and small-sized firms may be another crucial task for the point of view of government or industry level. While at the mutual fund level, it is essential to positively participate in and fulfill the environment duty of listed firms which can not only satisfy the expectation of environment value investment. Practical implications: The fund market has witnessed unprecedented growth in China and plays an important role in promoting the development of green industries. This indicates the practice of mutual funds as socially responsible investment in China. Some effective measures should be taken to incentive the mutual funds to continually invest in environment-friendly firms, which would benefit to the promotion of social performance driven by financing innovation. Social implications: The ESG issue is a global one that needs the participation of the countries worldwide. As one of the most important emerging markets, regulators in China should consider taking more action in promoting ESG concerns. To some extent, institutional investments can actually reflect how the responsible investments are going in this market. Originality/value: This paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of Chinese fund market in the view of institutional investor preference. Three green effects, namely attention, promotion and network effects, are put forward, which have not been employed in previous studies. Our work is useful for understanding sustainable finance which has been elevating into national strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BY DAVE BROOKS ILLUSTRATION BY SINELAB CATCH SOME RAYS Most festival stages are powered by generators burning diesel fuel, but advances in solar technology now make it possible to store [...]

Recently Kimberly-Clark in partnership with the Illinois Sustainable Technology Centre (ISTC) at the University of Illinois and Purdue University, have initiated a programme called RightCycle that has diverted almost six [...]

Innolux will participate in the global display technology event 2023 SID Display Week (Display Week 2023) in Los Angeles, USA from May 23 to 25, with 'Make for Your Life' [...]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) on corporate cash holdings. This paper also investigates the moderating effects of ownership type and institutional environment between CER and corporate cash holdings. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the data of the most polluting listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange markets over the period 2010–2019. CER data from Hexun.com (a professional CSR evaluation system) are used to measure CER performance. Two proxies are used to measure the level of cash holdings simultaneously, where CASH1 is calculated as the ratio of cash and cash equivalents to total assets, and CASH2 is calculated as the ratio of cash and cash equivalents to net assets (total assets minus cash and cash equivalents). Finally, multiple regression analysis is applied to test the research hypotheses. Findings: The results show that environmentally responsible companies hold substantially less cash, and the result is statistically significant and robust even after using firm fixed effects and applying alternative measures of cash holdings or alleviating potential endogeneity. In addition, the results of cross-sectional tests show that the negative relation between CER and corporate cash holdings is concentrated among non-state-owned enterprises, and firms in provinces with more developed institutions. Furthermore, the result of the analysis of the economic consequence shows CER significantly increases the value of cash holdings. Research limitations/implications: This study focuses on China's institutional context, which limits the generalizability of the findings to other countries. However, the objective of this research can be studied in other institutional settings, so the above limitations provide a springboard for further research. Furthermore, the environmental protection investment, green technology innovation, and even pollutant discharge of companies can also be important indicators to measure the performance of firms in fulfilling their environmental responsibilities, which can be considered in future research. Practical implications: The findings of this study may help company management in China to establish a correct view of environmental responsibility to achieve corporate value creation and corporate sustainability. And our research can also provide the policy reference value for the Chinese government to further improve environmental protection policies and systems, guide enterprises to conduct green production to realize the country's vision of an environmentally friendly society. Originality/value: Based on the current background that countries in the world advocate the development of a green economy, this is the first study to examine the impacts of the environmental responsibility of the most polluting companies on corporate cash holdings and the value of cash holdings in the context of China, an emerging market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of the information sharing of the dynamic demand on green technology innovation and profits in supply chain from a long-term perspective. Design/methodology/approach: The authors consider a supply chain consisting of a manufacturer and a retailer. The retailer has access to the information of dynamic demand of the green product, whereas the manufacturer invests in green technology innovation. Differential game theory is adopted to establish three models under three different scenarios, namely (1) decentralized decision without information sharing of dynamic demand (Model N-D), (2) decentralized decision with information sharing of dynamic demand (Model S-D) and (3) centralized decision with information sharing of dynamic demand (Model S-C). Findings: The optimal equilibrium results show that information sharing of dynamic demand can improve the green technology innovation level and increase the green technology stocks only in centralized supply chain. In the long term, the information sharing of dynamic demand can make the retailer more profitable. If the influence of green technology innovation on green technology stocks is great enough or the cost coefficient of green technology innovation is small enough, the manufacturer and decentralized supply chain can benefit from information sharing. In centralized supply chain, the value of demand information sharing is greater than that of decentralized supply chain. Originality/value: The authors used game theory to investigate demand information sharing and the green technology innovation in a supply chain. Specially, the demand information is dynamic, which is a variable that changes over time. Moreover, our research is based on a long-term perspective. Thus, differential game is adopted in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: To attain green economic efficiency, small, micro and medium-sized firms must follow environmental paradigms. This research aims to discover the relationship between green intellectual capital, green entrepreneurial orientation, green marketing, green organizational culture and competitive advantage strategies to attain sustainable manufacturing business success. Design/methodology/approach: Today, many companies have accepted their responsibilities, that their operations should not harm the environment. This paper aims to discover the relationship between green factors and competitive advantage strategies to succeed in sustainable manufacturing. The employees of the large manufacturing firms in China are the sample population of the present investigation. Through simple random sampling, surveys were distributed via email. The present study was a quantitative analysis. The analytical tool utilized here was structural equation modeling and SmartPLS program applications. Findings: The empirical outcomes find that green intellectual capital positively influences competitive advantages and sustainable success in business. In addition, the impact of green entrepreneurial orientation on competitive advantages and sustainable success is positive and significant. The findings illustrated that green marketing is an essential factor in competitive advantage and sustainable success in business. Another point is that green organizational culture positively affects competitive advantages and sustainable success. Finally, competitive advantages have significantly affected sustainable success in business. Practical implications: The outcomes help specialists enhance their practices to reflect sustainable business efficiency and competitive advantages. Originality/value: This is the first study that examined businesses' sustainable success and green factors in a comprehensive model and using a specific sample of manufacturing companies based on green technologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Green Innovations reported it has promoted Jeff Thurgood, Vice President - Sales, to Chief Executive Officer. According to a release from the company, Thurgood brings 30 years' industry experience including [...]

* Avery Dennison has signed a wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy to offset 50% of the company's US-based greenhouse gas emissions derived from electricity consumption, signaling [...]

Nowadays, the extremely control of the industrial processes is a practice becoming more and more common, leading to the component: green technology processes and products. In the wire drawing process that component is reached specially by the minimizing of the electricity consumption and the number of needed dies. Virtually every die's geometry is composed of five distinct areas. Two have significant implications on the level of the drawing force: the itself deformation area (approach area) and calibration zone (bearing area). Were built concrete cases which consisted in dies with different geometries meaning different values of half approach angle and different values for the length of the bearing area. The comparing of the theoretical results for drawing force level (calculated using Persson's mathematical formula) with the experimental results recorded on an experimental stand, led to conclusions regarding the optimal geometry of the die and actually in this aspect lies the essence of the work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

2024 JUL 6 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Data detailed on Sustainability Research have been presented. According to news reporting [...]

Byline: Our Bureau ProPak Asia 2024, a regional exhibition of processing and packaging technology, surpassed expectations drawing 68,218 attendees from 83 countries. This year's trends showed that smart technology and [...]

The Biden administration unveiled a rule linking clean energy tax breaks to worker pay. Projects must hire apprentices and pay prevailing wages to qualify for increased tax breaks. The credits [...]

Flexible solar panels are a new technology that marks a turning point in solar technology. Unlike their rigid counterparts made from silicon wafers encased in glass, these innovative panels boast [...]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between environmental regulations and green total factor productivity (GTFP) of China's logistics industry. The high-factor input, high-energy consumption, and high-pollution emissions model of the logistics industry developed within China faces challenges from severe resource and environmental constraints. It is generally believed that environmental regulations effectively restrain pollution emissions and help protect the environment. Design/methodology/approach: The authors employ the undesirable slack-based Malmquist Luenberger model to calculate the GTFP across the provincial logistics industry and use the mediation effect model and threshold effect model to explore the effects and mechanics of environmental transmission regulations on the GTFP. Findings: The main results show significant regional differences in the GTFP of logistics industry across China. In the transmission path of the impact of environmental regulations on the GTFP, regional innovation capabilities have mediation effects. Regional innovation capacities have a masking effect on the transmission path of environmental regulations on accumulated technical efficiency changes (AEC) and accumulated technical changes (ATC). The threshold effect test results show a dual-threshold effect between environmental regulations and the GTFP, with environmental regulations as threshold variable. Furthermore, the impact of regional innovation capability on the GTFP has a dual-threshold effect, with environmental regulation as threshold variable. Practical implications: First, it is advisable to plan the environmental regulation policy system thoroughly and add supporting measures to ensure the efficiency and smooth implementation of the nation's environmental policies. Second, it is important to further understand the critical role of innovation capability in improving the GTFP. Third, there is an urgent need to standardize the operating behavior and market order of the leading players in the logistics market and to improve the operational efficiency of logistics enterprises. Originality/value: So far, a systematical study researched on effect of environmental regulation on the GTFP in logistics industry was not published. This study can provide experience for the high-quality development of the logistics industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

2021 FEB 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Data detailed on Energy have been presented. According to news reporting originating [...]

1 NOKIA G22 Nokia's G22 bucks the smartphone trend of disposability. It can be completely disassembled for a straightforward battery swap or screen replacement, its back cover is entirely made [...]

Siegwerk announced that its packaging ink series UniNATURE has won Packaging Europe's Sustainability Awards 2022. The sustainable ink solution with a high Bio-Renewable Content was not only selected as the [...]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of research and development (R&D) investment and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance on green innovation performance. This paper also investigates the moderating effect of ESG performance between R&D investment and green innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses the data of 223 Chinese listed companies over the period 2015–2018. The ESG indices issued by SynTao Green Finance are used to measure ESG performance. Green innovation performance is measured by the total number of green patents, the number of green invention patents and the number of green non-invention patents. Finally, multiple regression analysis is applied to test the research hypotheses. Findings: The results show that R&D investment has a positive impact on green innovation performance and ESG performance can increase the number of green invention patents. In addition, ESG performance moderates the relationship between R&D investment and green innovation performance. Practical implications: The findings may help managers and policymakers in developing countries to make ecological innovation strategies to achieve corporate sustainability. Originality/value: This is the first study to examine the impacts of R&D investment and ESG performance on green innovation performance in the context of China, an emerging market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper discusses the consumer's willingness to utilise solar energy among generations Z in Malaysia. Design/Methodology/Approach: This research was conducted using the data collection method. The surveys/questionnaires were distributed to 112 respondents among generation Z in Selangor and literature reviews to hypotheses development. Findings: The findings support all the hypotheses. The hypotheses measure how the factors influence the willingness of gen Z towards solar energy utilisation. Notably, neighbours' perceptions of participation had a small impact. As a result, generation Z has aware of solar energy but the intention to utilise it in their life is still little. This research suggested recommendations to policymakers to strengthen the policy and the initiatives to increase awareness. Campaign and social media are important to influence generation Z regarding utilising solar energy and the best way to reserve sustainable energy in the future. Research limitations/implications: The research allows industry players to view the willingness to utilise solar energy among generation Z (Gen-Z). Practical implications: The outcome of this paper will provide a significant view of industry players in utilising solar energy. Originality/value: This research provides original data from generation Z in all states. Paper type: Research paper Keywords: Solar energy, Willingness to utilise, Generation Z, Introduction The recent issue that worldwide faced is energy demand it exceeded the capacity of installed generation. This crucial issue needs thorough attention to suit the current situation of energy [...]

ProAmpac has launched its latest sustainable technology in Europe - ProActive Recyclable FibreSculpt. According to a media release, this high-barrier fiber-based solution is engineered for thermoforming applications suitable for various [...]

Byline: Kajal Mehra, Please Enter Your Name Here Explore the dynamic journey of Hynetic Electronics, founded in 1989, as CEO Shashank Donthi discusses the company's evolution from a semiconductor distributor [...]

(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377865839_Survey_of_Space_Based_Solar_Power_SBSP) Here is a paper written by Virtus Solis, Space based solar power startup. (https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/05/global-race-for-space-based-solar-power.html) Virtus Solis is a funded startup working to develop space based solar power. They would [...]

2020 FEB 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Drugs and Therapies - Adrenal Cortical Steroids have [...]

In the background of the significant data era, green power represents the future development direction of ships. It is critical to establish fast-response marine power models to evaluate various green power-driven power components. However, when evaluating a finite model, the calculating often requires re-meshing of the model once the model parameters change, resulting in huge amount computing costs. The reduced-order model can address this issue by rapid calculation of the model responses; however, real-time computing of the reduced-order model is still a challenging task. In this paper, we study the basic principle of the digital twin reduced-order model and propose a digital twin reduced-order model. Firstly, the geometric model of a marine centrifugal pump is imported into ICEM meshing software for calculation domain meshing; Secondly, import the mesh file generated by ICEM software into Fluent for CFD numerical simulation and numerical simulation of the reduced-order model; finally, the reduced-order model is verified: under the rated working condition, the calculated head of reduced-order model is 31.98 m, the maximum speed of impeller edge is 24.4 m/s, and the minimum speed at the impeller shaft center is 0.0475 m/s. The errors are less than 1% compared to the theoretically calculated values. This study provides a proof basis for the high-accuracy model required by the fault detection technique based on the reduced-order model, and also proves that the fault detection method based on the reduced-order model is feasible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]