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ABADA President receives IRU Order of Merit

IRU awards Tofiq Nurullayev, ABADA President, the IRU Order of Merit for 20 years of outstanding service to the road transport industry.
 

7th IRU Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference to be held in Amman

The 7th IRU Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference, Ministerial Meeting and Co-ordination meeting of International Organisations and Financial Institutions will take place in Amman, Jordan, on 12-13 June 2013, attracting transport and trade actors from political and business spheres to discuss the theme “Road Transport: Driving Regional and Intercontinental Trade”.
 

A new collaborative report explores the preparedness of the accounting profession to respond to declining natural capital

The key findings of this report are:

Perceptions of Natural Capital as a risk are variable within the accountancy

profession

Current disclosures on Natural Capital, as currently practiced, are too limited

to provide insights into risk management,

A handful of companies in high environmental impact sectors are reporting

substantial detail on aspects of Natural Capital, but the majority are

Greens/EFA Press Conference in Athens Livestream

On the occasion of the Greens/EFA Conference on "Green ways out the crisis: It's about the people" being held in Athens, a press conference will be held today

Exhibition at the European Parliament Tackle Climate Change – Use Wood: The Woodworking Industries and the multiple lives of wood and wood products

Brussels, 29 October 2012.
Wood comes into our lives not only by growing all around us, but by providing us with shelter, by offering us comfort, by drifting toward us. Wood can be a vehicle to immortalize our passage through this world and it reminds us of our personal relation with nature. It now also comes to the European Parliament in
Brussels under the form of art.
I
n this spirit, Mr Gaston Franco, MEP and President of the Club du Bois, hosts an exhibition from 3 to 7 December

Austerity kills! GUE/NGL sends clear message to Merkel

Brussels 07/11/2012

At a special meeting of the European Parliament's Group Presidents and MEPs today, GUE/NGL President Gabi Zimmer told Angela Merkel that austerity policies should come with a danger warning.

The additional gross margin of Spanish farmers that cultivated GM maize during 2012 was over 11 million euros

In accordance to the report accepted by the Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, the additional gross margin associated with the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) maize is 95 euros per hectare.

GM maize cultivation in Spain reached a historical record of 116,306 hectares in 2012

The year of 2012 marked 15 years of sustained growth of GM seeds in Spain

EFETnet Central Matching Service wins Excellence in Risk Mitigation 2012 at the Commodity Business Awards

We are delighted to inform you that the EFETnet Central Matching Service has won the Excellence in Risk Mitigation award at the 2012 Commodity Business Awards. The Central Matching Service (CMS) implemented in September 2011 centralised confirmation matching for 17 organisations, resulting not only in reduced risk through the simplification of processes but also immediate cost savings for end users.

Commerce committed to action on F-gases, but warns of challenges ahead

Today, the European Commission published its proposal on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Companies in commerce have undertaken actions to better identify and control leaks, and have initiated voluntary agreements to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Nevertheless, the proposals remain challenging, especially for smaller companies.

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