Map showing every US state that bans single-use plastics

The Future of Emerging Europe programme consists of editorial content published throughout the year, the Summit and Awards (hosted in Brussels) and reports, such as the Sustainability Report you are about to get a copy of. The report analyses the status quo as far as applying ESG principles in emerging Europe is concerned, summarises the discussions with experts, looks at challenges and opportunities and outlines key recommendations for organisations based in the region.

Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., and other Congress members ask President Joe Biden to not exclude the Department of Defense from an executive order that aims to reduce the federal government’s carbon emissions.  The letter, which was issued on Friday, stated that DOD is the largest energy consumer in the U.S., and exempting the department from the order would make it more difficult to achieve the nation’s carbon reduction goals.  The Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability urges a whole-of-government approach with the goal of achieving 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030.