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MEPs want stricter limits to achieve zero pollution by 2050.

Schneider Electric provides part of the foundational physical infrastructure and software solutions for STACK Infrastructure at their MIL01A facility in Milan, helping the organization to power the path for a more sustainable, digital future in Italy.

70% of jet fuels at EU airports will have to be green by 2050.

Wing has published its second ESG report, providing information about its environmental, social, and governance efforts, as well as its goals, the measures it has taken and the results it has achieved in 2022. The report has been prepared in accordance with the company's first comprehensive ESG strategy, which will be finalised soon.

The total amount of waste generated by Transgaz in 2022 was 648,113 tons, according to the company's Sustainability Report for 2022.

Nuclearelectrica has signed a Letter of Intent with the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund to explore the possibility of collaboration in the renewable energy production sector in Romania, in order to achieve common strategic objectives.

MEPs back plans to boost the use of renewable energy.

PPF Real Estate's two office buildings in central Bucharest - Crystal Tower and Metropolis - are now running partially on solar power after their rooftops were successfully converted into photovoltaic sites.

Botoșani County Council announces that three electric school minibusses purchased through a program of the Ministry of Development, have arrived in Botosani County.

The Copper Beech Urban Development company has received funding of around RON 74 million (€14.8 million), European money through the PNRR.

At the national level, there are about 5.6 million houses where photovoltaic systems can be installed, and the market potential is €24 billion.

The electricity market needs new operating rules to integrate green energy and reach the net zero goal, a PwC report shows.

LG Magna e-Powertrain, a joint venture between LG Electronics and Magna formed in 2021, announced that it is expanding its footprint with a new facility in Miskolc, Hungary, according to the Budapest Business Journal.

A financing contract worth RON 47.5 million (€9.5 million) was signed to support the selective collection of waste in Bistrița-Năsăud County.

Restart Energy has completed the construction and installation of a photovoltaic energy generation system for the Apidava company, a honey producer, as part of a partnership concluded in 2022.

The DS Smith paper factory in Zărnești has inaugurated a new technological water treatment station, an essential component of the investment plan worth €11 million, launched in 2021.

BRD has strengthened its involvement in financing the transition to sustainability with the total volume of new sustainable financing reaching over RON 1.2 billion (€240 million) in the first half of 2023, says Flavia Popa, Secretary General, BRD Groupe Société Générale. She talked to the Green Forum about the target regarding the reduction of water and energy consumption in the BRD offices and also about the social projects that the bank supports.

The Sibiu County Council requests non-refundable money for 13 more electric school minibusses.

Pehart Group has reduced energy consumption by 10% through machinery reengineering for tissue paper production.

The Iasi Airport is the first airport in Romania that will have a renewable energy source.

E.ON Energie Romania has announced that it supports individuals with the E.ON Solar Casa Verde solution, and offers turnkey photovoltaic systems.

e-Mobility Rentals has launched a solution which includes microelectric vehicles that operate on universal batteries that can be exchanged at any swap station within the e-Mobility Rentals network.

The mayors of 16 communes in Dâmbovița County signed 17 financing contracts through which they will modernize the public lighting system in their localities.

Aon Romania, one of the market leaders in insurance brokerage and risk management consulting, and UNIQA, an insurer involved in sustainability actions, have collaborated in a partnership that will offer complete insurance solutions for renewable energy in Romania.

ROCA Industry, the first industrial holding in construction materials in Romania, is launching Industria Faptelor Bune / The Industry of Good Deeds - a platform for projects with real community impact, part of the group's sustainability strategy.

Farmers will be able to build manure collection and utilization systems with money from PNRR.

At Romania's Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, priorities and challenges change from day to day, depending on events and issues, says Mircea Fechet, Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests. He talked to Green Forum about the environmental infringements that Romania currently has about the plastic pollution in rivers and about the plans for accessing PNRR funds.

Focus Estate Fund, a private equity real estate investment fund, has begun a transformational journey to convert its entire shopping center portfolio to solar-powered facilities.

HELLENiQ Renewables, a wholly owned subsidiary of HELLENiQ Energy, has announced the acquisition of solar parks with a total capacity of 180 MW from the UK's Lightsource near Kozani, in northern Greece.

According to the latest EU data, the car market continues its upward trend, with sales surging in July for the twelfth consecutive month of growth.

TeraPlast SA has signed the financing contract for financial support of about RON 5.5 million (€1.1 million) through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

DN Agrar, the largest integrated livestock farm in Romania, and leader in the production of cow's milk, will install solar panels on the roofs of Cut, Lacto Agrar, and Apold farms.

Brasov city hall obtained almost RON 6 million (€1.2 million) non-refundable, from the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), for the modernization of the lighting system.

Simtel Team has built one-third of the photovoltaic power plant capacities of prosumer legal entities in Romania.

By 2030, Romania will be ready to use electric trucks for the transport of goods at the national level, not just at the local level.

SES invests approximately €5.5 million in generating its own power in Slovenia. All Slovenian SES shopping malls to be fitted with large-scale photovoltaic systems from now on.

Etex aims to send 65% less waste to landfills by 2025, compared to the level of 2018, and to reduce the amount of discarded waste to zero by 2030.

7 out of 10 Romanians consider pollution a major problem in Romania, but less than half would be willing to pay more for clean energy sources.

ATP Trucks Automobile, a Romanian company producing road transport vehicles and people, delivered the first batch of 10 ATP Bus electric buses to the city of Vișeu de Sus.

A sustainable building, whatever its destination, can be 15-20% more expensive than an ordinary one, says Marian Ciupitu, General Manager of Terano Construct. He talked to Green Forum about the company's ESG strategy and about the advantages of a sustainable building. He also says that Romania is continually improving its position regarding environmentally friendly constructions, but compared to Western European countries, Romania is still far from being a role model in this aspect. Marian Ciupitu specifies that the company strives to develop sustainable buildings that reduce the impact on the environment, improve the lives of communities, and promote high standards of ethics and transparency in all operational aspects.