Sustainability
EU’s CSDDD Implementation Stalls
MEPs signalled they would block a vote on the CSDDD, believing it would place too great a burden on SMEs.
Renewable Base Stocks and Lubricants
The Business Case
Nynas Starts Partnership to Recycle Transformer Oil
A December to Remember: EU Agrees on CSDDD
New ISO Sustainability Standards: One Done, One to Come!
December 11, 2023Two ISO sustainability standards have been either launched or are in the pipeline. If widely embraced, both have the pot …
International Standards Organization
December 8, 2023The International Standards Organization is recognized for its catalog of more than 21,500 standards that cover almost …
Oily Wastewater Status Unchanged
December 1, 2023The Environmental Protection Agency has stepped back from reclassifying used oil and wastewater mixtures as hazardous wa …
Defining Sustainability
November 24, 2023Can a steel producer and a wind turbine manufacturer both be considered “sustainable”?
ACEA says EU Truck Carbon Targets Unachievable
October 26, 2023The EU’s new proposal for heavy-duty transport emissions reduction is not fit purpose, says ACEA.
European Union Sustainability Frameworks
October 12, 2023Sustainable development is one of the European Union’s fundamental policy objectives. Over the decades, EU lawmakers …
EU Signs Updated Renewable Energy Directive
October 12, 2023The European Council has adopted a new directive that will increase use of renewables in overall energy consumption. Ac …
California Emissions Disclosure Law First in Country
September 19, 2023California’s new carbon emissions disclosure law is a national first for mandatory reporting.
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
September 19, 2023The GHGP is the world’s most-widely used framework to measure an organization’s emissions.
Batteries Becoming Better
August 28, 2023The EU Batteries Regulation came into force on August 17, 2023. It more stringently regulates the manufacture and recycl …
Infineum to Spend $20 Million on Carbon Reduction
August 15, 2023Infineum says it will spend $20 million a year until 2033 on carbon reduction.
The World Will End Some Day, Not Every Day
August 9, 2023Jim Skea, the new head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), ignores doomsday climate change scenari …
Shell Ready to Make Sustainable Aviation Lubricants
August 4, 2023Shell will start to offering sustainable aviation lubricants.