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Tourism Industry Innovation: Liyang Tea Festival Sets Benchmark for the Integration of Experiential Tourism Plus Sustainable Economy
China Liyang Tea Festival and Tianmu Lake Tourism Festival simultaneously kicked off in Liyang, a city in Jiangsu Province in Southeast China on April 10, marking the 30th year since the tea culture was first celebrated in 1991. Celebrations will run for a month, all themed around the “Year of Ecological Quality Consolidation and Improvement”, and to highlight the wonderful vitality, leisure and entertainment of Liyang, a series of tea-related activities will be held focusing on culture, tourism, technology, economy and trade as well as publicity and promotion. The opening ceremony was also innovatively broadcast live across multiple online channels.
Affordable and Clean Energy | AstenJohnson Sustainability Report
< All Initiatives Affordable and Clean Energy LED Lighting AstenJohnson is working to replace all the lights in our plants with LED lights. This will result in 2/3 of electricity savings compared to the original lights. Clinton, SC Project Start: 2017 Project Completion: 2019 Results Energy savings of approximately 194,000 kWh per year. 440 lights replaced “The LED light bulb replacement project is certainly the largest project I have completed at Eagle so far. Moving to LEDs had a huge $25,000 cash incentive from our electric company and the estimated savings of $45,000/year really made it a no-brainer.” Dominic Angelo Badalmenti, Product Engineer at Eagle Nonwovens Solar Panels eupen, belgium In addition to the replacement of old light with LED lights, AstenJohnson Eupen installed solar panels on site in 2017. This initiative enabled AstenJohnson to increase the portion of green energy of total energy consumption. The panels installed can produce...
Ikea pledges to scrap all single-use plastic products by 2020
Ikea has announced a range of sustainability commitments that includes a pledge to remove all single-use plastic products from stores by 2020.
Sustainable supply chain provider Circulor raises $14 million in Series A
CO2 tracker and supply chain traceability provider Circulor announced Thursday that it closed $14 million in Series A funding, according to a release from the firm. The most recent funding round is intended to expand Circulor’s presence in North America and Asia. This funding round was led by The Westly Group, a California-based venture firm focusing on sustainability-minded startups. The venture firm’s founder Steve Westly is also joining Circulor’s board, according to the release.
University of Sheffield to reduce use of single-use drinks cups as part of sustainability commitment – Latest – News – The University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is introducing a trial 20p levy on single-use drinks cups next week in a bid to reduce their consumption on campus and raise awareness of their environmental impact.
Rare diseases need sustainable options
Feb 29 marks Rare Disease Day, an opportunity to reflect on the lives of the estimated 400 million people globally who are affected by one of 6000–8000 rare diseases, most of them genetic. These diseases were long neglected, but large international initiatives such as EURORDIS and Rare As One have…