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In an era where environmental consciousness and sustainability are at the forefront of societal concerns, Alfa Chemistry emerges as a leading provider of biobased pharmaceutical chemicals, plasticizers, and biofuels. These eco-friendly alternatives signify a significant leap toward reducing environmental impact and fostering a sustainable future. Biobased Pharmaceutical Chemicals The realm of ...
Surgical has signed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) climate pledge initiative NewGen in partnership with the White House to mobilize the healthcare sector to reduce carbon emissions. On April 22, 2022, the HHS issued a call to action for healthcare stakeholders to commit to tackling the climate crisis through a new initiative aimed at reducing emissions across the healthcare ...
7th April 2022 marks World Health Day, a key date in the calendar for the World Health Organisation (WHO), and for ION Science. In a decade that has already seen increasing focus and pressure on improving health, protecting the planet, and reducing the impact of emissions, 2022’s World Health Day brings with it the strong but simple message of ‘Our Planet, Our Health.’ WHO have ...
7th April 2022 marks World Health Day, a key date in the calendar for the World Health Organisation (WHO), and for ION Science. In a decade that has already seen increasing focus and pressure on improving health, protecting the planet, and reducing the impact of emissions, 2022’s World Health Day brings with it the strong but simple message of ‘Our Planet, Our Health.’ WHO ...
Group sales rise by 14.3 percent (Fx & portfolio adj.) to 9.781 billion euros / EBITDA before special items increases by 16.4 percent to 2.089 billion euros / Crop Science reports strong increase in sales and earnings / Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Health again post considerable sales growth / Core earnings per share advance by 29.6 percent to 1.05 euros / Net income at 85 million euros / ...
ByBayer AG
The United States will likely take years to return to 2019 levels of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions following the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. economy and global energy sector, according to projections in the U.S. Energy Information Administration's recently released (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO2021). EIA's projections in AEO2021 rely on a Reference case, which serves ...
If some of the many thousands of human volunteers needed to test coronavirus vaccines could have been replaced by digital replicas—one of this year’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies—COVID-19 vaccines might have been developed even faster, saving untold lives. Soon virtual clinical trials could be a reality for testing new vaccines and therapies. Other technologies on the list ...
By doing this, Beaverton lodge is helping to divert foodservice items from being landfilled and is helping to create polystyrene items with up to 70% less Greenhouse Gas generation (“GHG”) as compared to virgin materials. To ensure the safety of Agilyx employees, materials that are received from this program will be quarantined for three days to mitigate any ...
ByAgilyx
Catalytic Products International (CPI) recently installed a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) at a Midwest USA medical products manufacturer for the abatement of volatile organic compounds (VOC). The 10,000 SCFM TRITON-10.95 Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) will control VOC emissions from a single strip coating line and tunnel dryer. In this application the exhaust stream contains solvents ...
Our equipment is also at work meeting energy conservation strategies and minimizing greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
Sterilis On-Site, On-Demand Regulated Medical Waste Disposal Device Recognized for Ability to More Safely and Sustainably Treat Infectious Medical Waste BOXBOROUGH, MA and DENVER, CO, June 7, 2017 -- Sterilis LLC, the innovator in regulated medical waste management, is proud to announce that its innovative device for safe, sustainable remediation of regulated medical waste (RMW) on-site and ...
Healthcare organizations should build a clear business case for action to improve sustainability along the value chain, according to a whitepaper published today by Trucost and BrownFlynn. The whitepaper, entitled What Matters and Where: Managing Sustainability in the Healthcare Sector, finds that many healthcare organizations struggle to make the case internally to incorporate sustainability in ...
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the 2015 Energy Star Battle of the Buildings. With dozens of buildings across the state, the Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management is among 125 teams nationwide competing head-to-head to reduce their energy and water use. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which calls for businesses to cut waste and ...
To achieve a lasting transition towards sustainability, large-scale conversion of our built environment – cities, transport systems, power generation – is key. This is an outcome of a special feature investigating advances in the research on industrial ecology, published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and coordinated by the Potsdam Institute for ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center in North Chicago, Illinois, has won a Federal Green Challenge award for education and outreach. The Challenge encourages federal agencies throughout the nation to lead by example by conserving energy and resources, cutting waste, reducing pollution and saving money. Lovell’s ...
Power management company Eaton today announced it has provided electrical distribution equipment, engineering services and solar inverters for a 6.3-megawatt (MW) solar installation at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, New Jersey. The photovoltaic (PV) solar array annually will generate more than 8 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of sustainable electricity to help the nonprofit health ...
Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMRS) has completed the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification process and has earned one of the most respected sustainability certifications in the world. Amyris, a leading renewable products company, is one of the first commercial-scale second-generation biomaterial producers and is working with a number of partners to deliver products that include ...
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two Texas medical facilities won their categories in the fourth-annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings across the country spent the past year competing to see which one could reduce their buildings’ energy use the most. Metroplex Adventist Hospital in ...
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was honored with an EPA Food Recovery Challenge Achievement Award at this year’s CleanMed Conference in Boston, Mass. This is the first hospital in the country to join and be recognized in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge invites organizations nationwide to save money through reducing, purchasing and lowering ...
These funds will allow the agency to continue utilizing approaches like ENERGY STAR, the Global Methane Initiative, the GHG Reporting Rule, and state and local technical assistance and partnership programs, such as SmartWay. ...