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Veolia: "2025, a historic year, driven by the Green Up plan's booster activities" (Estelle Brachlianoff)

"With sustained growth in our revenue, the financial results for 2025 demonstrate the strength of the Veolia Group worldwide and the strategic relevance of the Green Up plan", said Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of the Veolia Group, during the presentation of the Veolia Group's annual results on…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Manufacturers , Production / Construction, …
• Article # 432105
• Published on 26/02/26 at 16:07

Salon de l'agriculture: the winners of the general agricultural competition for agro-ecological practices

The 13 prizes in the Concours Général Agricole des Pratiques Agroécologiques were awarded on 25/02/2026, in the presence of Monique Monique Barbut, the French Minister for Transition, at the Salon International de l'Agriculture, the organisers announced on 26/02. Each year, this competition…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Producers, Circularity, …
• Article # 432107
• Published on 26/02/26 at 15:56

Package and Packaging Waste Regulation: the Commission exempts wrapping and straps from the scope

"The European Commission decided that wrapping and straps used to secure goods on pallets during transport will not have to meet the EU’s 100% reuse requirement under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)", it announced on 25/02/2026. This exemption, introduced through a delegated…

Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 432053
• Published on 26/02/26 at 14:15

FR / Commissariat général du Développement durable : Christophe Strobel, Head of R&I Department

Christophe Strobel has been appointed Head of the research and innovation (R&I) department at the Commissariat général du développement durable (CGDD), for three years, by an order dated 24/02/2026, published in the Journal officiel of 26/02. From 16/03, he will succeed Thierry Courtine, who…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Academic, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 432069
• Published on 26/02/26 at 13:00

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ENVI Committee: approval of the circularity requirements and end-of-life vehicles proposition

The ENVI Committee of the Parliament has adopted the provisional agreement on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, on 25/02/2026, during an joint session with Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee in Brussels. 96 members…

Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 431897
• Published on 26/02/26 at 11:00

Clean energy: The EU "generally 2^nd major knowledge producer on early-stage technologies", behind China

"China consistently leads global scientific and technological output across the detected emerging clean energy technologies", states a news report from the Joint Research Center, released on 25/02/2026. "The EU is generally the second major producer of knowledge, with stronger specialisation…

Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, International bodies, Producers, …
• Article # 431879
• Published on 25/02/26 at 15:35

"Climate inaction is an active driver of prosperity loss" (Sigrid Stagl, University of Vienna)

"Climate inaction is not a zero scenario. It is an active driver of prosperity loss. And EU-wide prevention saves trillions, protects lives and strengthens competitiveness", declares Sigrid Stagl, Professor in Environmental Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Austrian…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Academic, European bodies, …
• Article # 431603
• Published on 25/02/26 at 13:52

Maritime transport: publication of the rules relating to the FuelEU database

"The rules on access rights and the functional and technical specifications, including notification rules and filtering, of the FuelEU database", which is based primarily on the THETIS-MRV system, are set out in an implementing regulation published in the Official Journal of the EU on…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 431872
• Published on 25/02/26 at 11:52

EP: launch of the Exposome Alliance to tackle the environmental and social drivers of chronic disease

"A coordinated effort to tackle the environmental and social drivers of Europe’s growing chronic disease burden and shift EU policy decisively towards prevention"; this is the definition of the Exposome Alliance, launched in the European Parliament on 24/02/2025. The Alliance, convened by MEP…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Associations & NGOs, European bodies, …
• Article # 431735
• Published on 24/02/26 at 16:23

"A critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and stores carbon" (Unesco report)

"The ocean is storing around 25% of global CO₂ emissions. But major blind spots remain in our scientific understanding of this process, with variations large enough to considerably affect how governments plan climate mitigation and adaptation strategies", exposes a new report coordinated by the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, International bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 431717
• Published on 24/02/26 at 16:16