Skanska has been named a “Climate Leader” in Europe as the result of a joint initiative between the Financial Times and the data insight company Statista. Existing emissions data from 4,000 companies as well as actions for reducing carbon emissions were reviewed, taking a range of criteria linked to verifiable data into account. Only 10 percent of the companies reviewed qualified for the list.

Extending shared values through transparency, communication and engagement are the watchwords for Akobo in building strong local ties, as practiced in our recent successful multi-stakeholder meeting in Dimma Town, Ethiopia, with federal and local government to artisanal miners, NGOs and Annuak Elders.

EcoVadis is the world’s largest provider of sustainability ratings | Implenia now in top five percent of suppliers | Rating improves from Silver to Gold

• Global survey commissioned by ABB highlights current and future plans of companies to invest in energy efficiency to achieve Net Zero
• 90 percent will increase spending over the next five years while 52 percent plan to achieve Net Zero within the same period
• Growing impact of energy costs on profitability means that energy efficiency is receiving a higher priority, yet cost and downtime are major barriers to investment

Sweco has been commissioned by De Werkvennootschap to plan and design the tunnel under Ghent-Dampoort, including redevelopment of the station environment and the extension of several tram connections. The contract value is EUR 14.3 million.

• Strategic recognition for sand and actions across sectors needed, report urges
• Sand is the world’s second most exploited resource and must be wisely managed
• Legal changes, recycled building material, crushed rock and ‘ore-sand’ from mining, among solutions. 

Approximately 500 km north of the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, a new recreation area is currently being established by The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), at the Red Sea as part of the “Red Sea Islands Project” that will combine nature, culture and adventure.

Implenia builds Norway’s longest railway bridge | high focus on sustainability | fully digital design and construction with BIM | total contract volume of around CHF 190 million

GHH delivered first electric Tembo ELV to India

Geomega Resources Inc., a developer of clean technologies for the mining, refining, and recycling of rare earths and other critical materials, is announces that Innord Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $1.5M funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) towards the construction of a pilot plant and completion of a feasibility study using Innord’s technology which is designed for a sustainable & complete valorization of bauxite residues (BR) (the Project).

Orica Chairman Malcolm Broomhead today announced the appointment of Mr Gordon Naylor as independent, non-executive Director, effective 1 April 2022.

GRI launches new standard to address sustainability challenges facing coal companies

Work 81% complete on one of most complex sustainable mobility projects in Europe

• Implenia improved underlying performance by 24% compared to previous year and significantly exceeded EBIT target of CHF >100 million with CHF 114.8 million
• Execution of transformation far advanced; strong and high-quality order intake
• Equity strengthened; strong cash flow in second half of year; refinancing of maturing convertible bond secured
• Implenia aims for EBIT of more than CHF 120 million in 2022 from further improved underlying performance and a strengthening of the equity base by CHF >80 million
• Leadership Changes on the Board of Directors and Implenia Executive Committee

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is a leader in fluid power sealing, pushing the capabilities of sealing technology for hydraulics to enhance performance, while making fluid power applications more sustainable.

Relay4Nature, an initiative highlighting the inseparable connectivity of the issues affecting the planet and the collaborative solutions that are needed, featured in the closing moments of the One Ocean Summit in France, where it was passed from French President Emmanuel Macron to the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Outokumpu has received the highest Platinum level recognition for the second year in a row from the sustainability rating platform EcoVadis. The Platinum level rating indicates that Outokumpu is among the top 1% of the over 85,000 companies evaluated.

More than 5,000 people, 2,300 companies working round the clock on italy’s biggest sustainable mobility project with 30 tunnelling operations on 12 large work sites

A team of researchers from Lithuania, Cyprus and Germany discovered that at least 4,0 L of transportation fuel and 7,4 kg of carbon dioxide can be saved per hour of remote work per 100 employees.

Femern A/S expects to award a major contract for the supply and installation of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s electrical and mechanical installations to one of the three bidding consortia in the spring of 2022.