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6 February 20253 February 2025

Groundbreaking Research Confirms Seaweed Farming’s Potential as a Blue Carbon Solution

The first comprehensive, empirical assessment of carbon burial rates beneath seaweed farms globally

23 September 202417 September 2024

Financing a Sustainable Global Bioeconomy

The changing world is resetting our appreciation of how an equitable and sustainable bioeconomy can play a pivotal role in sustainable development

22 December 202220 December 2022

EU agrees new law to kick deforestation out of supply chains

EU legislators reached an agreement in the early hours of Tuesday (6 December) to pass a new law guaranteeing that products sold in the EU are not linked to the destruction or degradation of forests

Entwaldungsfreie Lieferketten: EU-Gesetz kommt

Die EU-Gesetzgeber haben sich darauf geeinigt, ein neues Gesetz zu verabschieden, das garantiert, dass in der EU verkaufte Produkte nicht mit der Zerstörung oder Schädigung von Wäldern in Zusammenhang stehen

20 December 202227 December 2022

Plastikabkommen: Die Verhandlungen beginnen

Forderungen des WWF für Globales Plastikabkommen

14 March 20228 March 2022

A UN Treaty on plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is rapidly outpacing current efforts to stop it. We need a UN treaty on plastic pollution to amplify existing efforts, through a more coordinated and ambitious approach

3 August 20219 September 2021

Forestry and carbon sinks: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

This article is part of our special report Forestry and climate change. The complex role of forests in regulating the Earth’s climate is set to become one of the most contentious issues in the upcoming revision of Europe’s energy and climate laws.

28 July 202123 July 2021

U.S. Plastics Pact Unveils National Strategy to Achieve 2025 Circular Economy Goals

Holding Accountable More than 95+ Organizations, The U.S. Plastics Pact Roadmap Outlines Specific Actions and Responsibilities to Realize a Circular Economy for Plastics in America

22 February 202117 February 2021

Bundesregierung ebnet Weg für Wasserstoffnetze

Das Bundeskabinett beschließt am Mittwoch wesentliche Regelungen zum Aufbau eines Wasserstoffnetzes. Die Gasnetzbetreiber sind enttäuscht

9 September 20209 September 2021

U.S. Plastics Pact Launches to Ignite Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic

60+ Brands, Retailers, Government Agencies, and NGOs Collaborate to Advance All Plastic Packaging to become Reusable, Recyclable, or Compostable by 2025

3 August 20209 September 2021

Kimberly-Clark Joins WWF’s Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance

Industry collaboration to explore and communicate the sustainability risks and opportunities associated with bioplastic production

6 April 20202 April 2020

Agriculture and biodiversity: A make or break for European Green Deal

The European Green Deal has been called the EU’s man-on-the-moon moment

3 September 201929 August 2019

Applying sustainability to save the Amazon Rainforest

Large-scale agriculture has experienced sizeable expansion and becomes the newest driver of deforestation in the Amazon region

20 August 201919 August 2019

Croda Reduces GHG Emissions

Another example of smart science improving lives

24 June 201918 June 2019

Greenpeace-Report beleuchtet Abholzung für Alltagsprodukte

Die Umweltschutzorganisation fordert Gesetze statt Selbstverpflichtung

19 June 201914 June 2019

Canada to ban harmful single-use plastics and hold companies responsible for plastic waste

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced that the Government is taking additional steps to reduce country’s plastic waste, and promote affordable and safe alternatives

16 May 201912 May 2019

WWF submits request for EU report on climate impacts of CAP

Agricultural ministers need all the facts for their climate discussion on 14 May

14 February 201914 February 2019

Biofuel production in sub-Saharan Africa could be prioritized for aviation

WWF report: "Taking off: Understanding the sustainable aviation biofuel potential in sub-Saharan Africa"

11 February 20196 February 2019

Bioökonomie muss nachhaltig werden

Aktionsforum Bioökonomie sieht Importe von Biomasse aus dem globalen Süden kritisch, ohne damit Rücksicht auf Ressourcenverbräuche zu nehmen

17 December 201815 December 2018

Toy maker Lego to focus on renewable bioplastics

Bistra Andersen, senior product manager for materials at Lego was speaking to delegates at the European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin

12 November 20187 November 2018

‘A line in the sand’ – Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to eliminate plastic waste at source

Global Commitment aims to create ‘a new normal’ for plastic packaging

6 November 201831 October 2018

Alternative Aviation Fuels: A Sustainable Future is Taking Off

RSB publishes report on the future of alternative aviation fuels

17 July 201812 July 2018

Soil ‘completely underestimated’ in EU climate strategy

While climate change takes a toll on agriculture and land use contributes to warming the planet, soils still find little attention from policymakers in their climate strategies

16 July 201811 July 2018

Starbucks to Eliminate Plastic Straws Globally by 2020

Plastic straws to be replaced with new recyclable strawless lid and alternative-material straw options

5 July 20183 July 2018

International Paper and WWF Join Forces to Help Create First-Ever Science-Based Targets for Forests and Scale-Up Forest Restoration in Brazil

What are the ecological tipping points for forests that we need to stay well above?

27 March 201822 March 2018

Starbucks and Closed Loop Partners to develop recyclable, compostable cup solution

Starbucks is committing $10M in partnership to establish a groundbreaking consortium to launch the NextGen Cup Challenge

29 January 201822 January 2018

Wie Brüssel die Plastiklawine stoppen will

EU-Kommission will Recycling profitabler machen

14 November 201710 November 2017

Over 150 organisations back call to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging

Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative has published a statement calling for a ban on oxo-degradable plastic packaging.

Biomasse produzieren, Recht auf Nahrung wahren: Projekt „Food Security Standard“

Im seit Mai 2017 laufenden Vorhaben geht es nun darum, diese Kriterien in regulär laufende Zertifizierungsprozesse zu integrieren und zu erproben

28 August 201724 August 2017

Billionaire builds superyacht to clean up plastic soup

Research Expedition Vessel will be ready to sail by 2020 and to be managed by World Wildlife Fund Norway

5 May 201728 April 2017

Palm oil production, development and the environment

Europe’s well-meaning attempts to improve the sustainability of palm oil production may be having the opposite effect, writes Hiroko Shimizu

12 December 20168 December 2016

Commission under fire over post-2020 biofuels targets

EWABA suggests that Commission's proposal for a new Renewable Energy Directive can still be improved during its legislative passage

2 December 20161 December 2016

Palmöl: Amnesty erhebt schwere Vorwürfe gegen Kosmetik-Hersteller

Große Player wollen Palmöl-Produzenten Wilmar in die Pflicht nehmen

3 June 20162 June 2016

Fibres of the future (1): cotton and its limits

Natural fibres development challenged from the inside by unsustainable production methods, and from the outside by synthetic fibres

14 March 201630 March 2016

EU must put cascading use of wood at the heart of circular economy and the bioenergy strategy

Report looks at how regulation either hinders or promotes what is known as ‘cascading use’ of wood

10 February 20169 February 2016

Finns continue to have more confidence in forest sector

New poll to show: Finns’ attitudes towards forestry issues differ significantly from the rest of Europe

17 December 201516 December 2015

The Future of Lego Bricks is Bio-Based

Forsaking its partnership with Shell, the Lego Group now wants to reduce its environmental impact and use sustainable materials

10 December 20159 September 2021

Umstrittene Technik CCS – So wird die Kohle nicht sauber

CO₂-Abscheidung- und Speicherung (Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)) erfüllt die in sie gesetzten Hoffnungen nicht

7 December 20156 December 2015

Timmermans defends ambition of new Circular Economy package

New legislation is under heightened scrutiny, because Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans promised, the new package would be “more ambitious” than its predecessor

24 November 201523 November 2015

Responsible sourcing is key to growing responsible bioplastics

Multi-stakeholder forum focusing on increasing awareness around the environmental and social performance of potential feedstock sources

10 July 20149 July 2014

New Supply Chain Sustainability Program for U.S. Crops

Field to Market metrics and benchmarks developed through a multi-stakeholder process to become an important platform

19 November 201318 November 2013

Driving innovation: The Coca-Cola Company and Ford Inveil Ford Fusion Energi with Plantbottle Technology interior

PlantBottle Technology™ from The Coca-Cola Company is applied for the first time beyond PET packaging as part of the interior fabric of a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid research vehicle

26 July 2011

Boeing, Embraer and IDB to Fund Sustainability Analysis of Sugarcane-Based Jet Fuels

Brazilian research group ICONE to lead study; World Wildlife Fund to serve as independent reviewer and advisor

12 July 2011

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