The Brazilian O Casulo Feliz produces fabric made out of PET bottles, silk and cotton. The product should be sold in Brazil and abroad.
Browsing: Sustainability
The hotel group returned animals which underwent rehabilitation to the Gulf Sea. A contest was also launched to see which of seven chosen turtles will go the farthest.
Mining company has promised to reduce emissions by 5% until 2020, based on average figures from 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2020, emissions should amount to 33 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Aesthetics professional Claudio Inove will give classes on semi-permanent makeup to correct aesthetical flaws at the World Trade Centre’s Ibis Hotel in August. The lessons will be targeted at Brazilia
The summit held in Rio de Janeiro resulted in a text deemed not ambitious enough and criticized by organizations and governments. Rousseff announced a donation for sustainable projects.
The country’s environment minister said Oman has projects in solar and wind energy, but recognises that renewable energy projects are expensive and that nations tend to make use of their resources.
The country plans to reach this target by 2020. For such, it has projects for wind farms and solar power plants. Mauritania hopes to use oil revenues to make alternative sources viable.
The minister of Regional Development and Planning claims that the country will build a park covering 40,000 hectares and sell the entire production to European countries.
The minister of Regional Development and Planning claims that the country will build a park covering 40,000 hectares and sell the entire production to European countries.
The aim is research to fight desertification in Africa and in arid and semi-arid regions. The project is a partnership between Brazil, France and the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall.
The Brazilian president stated that crisis-ridden nations should not only focus on their own challenges. China promises to aid developing countries.
At Rio+20, representatives of Algeria and Sudan highlighted the need for funding to sustainable development projects. To Ban Ki-moon, little progress has been made since the Rio Earth Summit 1992.
Ambassadors have reached a consensus about controversial themes, but the final decision in talks at the Rio+20 is in the hands of presidents and prime ministers, to meet on Wednesday (20).
Bovespa, Nasdaq and their Egyptian, Turkish and South African counterparts have signed a pledge to promote the practice. The five organizations have a combined total of 4,600 companies listed.
