In the quest for sustainability and social responsibility, banana companies are looking for ways to create efficiencies, conserve resources and improve conditions for workers.
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Global food insecurity is a chronic issue that is likely to affect an increasing number of people worldwide in accordance with climate change, rapid population growth, and the increasing scarcity of arable land due to soil deterioration. To face the current growing challenge of environmental degradation caused by conventional farming practices (including the overuse of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that have immense and adverse effects on humans, animals, and environments) a potential suitable solution is the use of plant-beneficial rhizospheric microorganisms or whole microbiome management techniques to improve plant growth, coupled with the use of entomopathogenic fungi as biological control techniques.
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has shown the importance of sustainable environment for human health, Turkey’s environment minister said on Wednesday. Speaking at a biodiversity policy session of the Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers in the German capital Berlin, Murat Kurum stressed the key importance of a healthy nature for public health during COVID-19 pandemic. Biodiversity loss, along with climate change and pollution, affects ecosystems while also playing a role in emergence of infectious diseases at global level,” he also said during the session on COVID-19 and global biodiversity .
The Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government has launched the second round of Welsh Government’s £6.5m Circular Economy fund for local authorities and publicly funded bodies, including town and community councils, to support a “green recovery”.
Vivobarefoot will be basing collections around three material groups: plant-based polymers, recycled components and natural materials.
The European Commission adopted a communication on sustainable buildings with the aim to reduce the environmental impact of buildings by improving the overall resource efficiency.Level(s) is a voluntary reporting framework to improve the sustainability of buildings…