Environmental preservation has entered the list of priorities for the chemical industry when releasing products. At Rhodia, 32% of global revenues are turned to sustainable products.
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Last year, the Brazilian state-owned oil company invested US$ 286 million on support and sponsorship to initiatives in the social, sports, cultural and environmental fields.
German companies plan to produce solar energy in the North African desert and to transport it from there to Europe. Next month they should sign an agreement in Munich.
Ambiental Expo should take place in São Paulo late this month and should emulate the environmental fairs of Algiers and Abu Dhabi. The fair shows products and services in residues and energy.
Biologist Marcelo Mazzolli went to the Dhofar mountains, in Oman, to study the animal. The conclusion, pointing to smaller numbers of the creature, will be disclosed to the scientific community.
Brasília – Researchers with the National Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Change (INTC-MC) are going to map out the vulnerabilities of ten Brazilian megacities in the face of the impact of climate change. According to the coordinator of the institute, Carlos Nobre, the aim is to identify problems in order to set the
Last Friday, the Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras and the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality presented the first vehicles to receive the label.
A study shows that the impact of devastation of the forest may alter the climate in Brazil and in neighbouring countries. In the last 30 years, Brazil lost 600,000 square kilometres of forest.
Braskem will invest US$ 219 million to manufacture plastic from ethanol, and Petrobras, US$ 263 million to reduce the amount of sulphur in gasoline and diesel, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
The water resource management system in Brazil, decentralized and participative, has been attracting the interest of participants at the meeting, in Turkey, which brought together 20,000 people.
The per capita volume of renewable water resources is decreasing in the Arab countries due to population growth. As a consequence, the region is implementing desalination and reuse projects.
The country will present its system for participative management of water basins at the World Water Forum, this month, in Turkey. Some 150 countries, among them the Arab ones, will be represented.
The United Nations and the Brazilian government will inaugurate, in April, three centres for recovery of CFC gases, which destroy the ozone layer.
The meeting, promoted by Ethos Institute, in São Paulo, should discuss the transformation necessary to build a fairer and more sustainable global economy.
