Business | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:38:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg Business | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 World Bank: Global Economy Risky Amid High Interest Rates https://ens-newswire.com/world-bank-global-economy-risky-amid-high-interest-rates/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:38:18 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98824 WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2023 (ENS) – Global economic growth has slowed, and the risk of financial stress in emerging market and developing economies, known as EMDEs, is intensifying, hemmed [...]

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]]> Facing Major Lawsuit, 3M to Stop Making ‘Forever Chemicals’ https://ens-newswire.com/facing-major-lawsuit-3m-to-stop-making-forever-chemicals/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:14:33 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98368 CHARLESTON, South Carolina, February 9, 2023 (ENS) – The 3M Company, which developed and manufactured firefighting foams containing per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, called “forever chemicals,” is in a legal [...]

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]]> Hong Kong Issues Green Bonds to Address Tough Challenges https://ens-newswire.com/hong-kong-issues-green-bonds-to-address-tough-challenges/ Sat, 07 Jan 2023 02:43:51 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98163 HONG KONG, January 6, 2023 (ENS) – The Hong Kong government on Thursday announced the successful offering of US$5.75 billion worth of Green Bonds. The triple-currency offering is the largest [...]

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]]> Biden Budgets $50M to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Industry https://ens-newswire.com/biden-budgets-50m-to-develop-floating-offshore-wind-industry/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:47:30 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97754 WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2022 (ENS) – The Biden Administration is launching a fleet of coordinated actions to develop floating offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will [...]

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]]> Asia-Pacific Economic Outlook Down as China’s Growth Slows https://ens-newswire.com/asia-pacific-economic-outlook-down-as-chinas-growth-slows/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 22:08:43 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97541 MANILA, Philippines, August 7, 2022 (ENS) – The Asian Development Bank has lowered its economic growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific to 4.6 percent this year, down from [...]

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]]> Green Means Planet-Healing Investment to EarthDay.org https://ens-newswire.com/green-means-planet-healing-investment-to-earthday-org/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:17:26 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97110 WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2022 (ENS) – “This is the moment to change it all – the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. Now [...]

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]]> 350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech https://ens-newswire.com/350-companies-shut-russia-out-of-energy-food-finance-tech/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:44:42 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96949 WASHINGTON, DC, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – At least 350 companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine, including BP, ExxonMobil and Shell [...]

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]]> GEORGIA: Reptile Dealer Caught Transporting Deadly Vipers https://ens-newswire.com/georgia-reptile-dealer-caught-transporting-deadly-vipers/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:15:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96692 VALDOSTA, Georgia, February 24, 2022 (ENS) – A Georgia man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for illegally transporting and falsely labeling dangerous venomous African snakes and [...]

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]]> ArcelorMittal, France Invest Billions in Low-Emissions Steel https://ens-newswire.com/arcelormittal-france-invest-billions-in-low-emissions-steel/ Sat, 12 Feb 2022 01:07:19 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96465 DUNKIRK, France, February 10, 2022 (ENS) – Steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal, based in Luxembourg, is decarbonizing its factories in France and has attracted the financial support of the French Government to [...]

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]]> Ohio to Host Intel’s New $20 Billion Computer Chip Factories https://ens-newswire.com/ohio-to-host-intels-new-20-billion-computer-chip-factories/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:32:45 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96025 WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2022 (ENS) – Computer chip maker Intel Friday announced plans for an initial investment of more than $20 billion in the construction of two new leading-edge [...]

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]]> World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect https://ens-newswire.com/worlds-largest-free-trade-agreement-takes-effect/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:55:45 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95746 CANBERRA, Australia, January 4, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s largest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, RCEP, entered into force on Saturday, January 1, giving 15 countries [...]

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]]> Unilever Uses 1st Product Bottles Made of Paper, Not Plastic https://ens-newswire.com/unilever-uses-1st-product-bottles-made-of-paper-not-plastic/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:27:34 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95541 LONDON, UK, December 15, 2021 (ENS) – The British multinational consumer goods company Unilever is using a new technology to create the first paper-based laundry detergent bottle made of sustainably [...]

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]]> Bank Alliances Underpin Global Net-Zero Financial Effort https://ens-newswire.com/bank-alliances-underpin-global-net-zero-financial-effort/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:04:06 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95070 OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, October 25, 2021 (ENS) – Canada’s largest banks are jointly taking action to limit global warming. As part of a worldwide, industry-led initiative to accelerate and support [...]

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]]> World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050 https://ens-newswire.com/worlds-biggest-miners-vow-net-zero-co2-emissions-by-2050/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:41:35 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94900 LONDON, UK, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest mining companies signed a pledge on Tuesday to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if not sooner. All [...]

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]]> Europe Funds Pandemic Recovery With Green Bonds https://ens-newswire.com/europe-funds-pandemic-recovery-with-green-bonds/ Fri, 10 Sep 2021 01:02:14 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94539 BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The European Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Green Bond framework, taking a step towards the issuance of up to €250 billion green [...]

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]]> IMF Releases US$650 Billion ‘Shot in the Arm’ for the Global Economy https://ens-newswire.com/imf-releases-us650-billion-shot-in-the-arm-for-the-global-economy/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:29:44 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94332

WASHINGTON, DC, August 11, 2021 (ENS) – To address the global need for financial reserves during the current two-pronged public health and resulting financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund’s Board [...]

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]]> U.S. Invests $60 Million to Train Clean Energy Workforce https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-invests-60-million-to-train-clean-energy-workforce/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:37:59 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94241

WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2021 (ENS) – A total of $60 million will be going to 32 institutions of higher education located in 28 states to set up and operate [...]

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]]> Corporate Giants Set Sustainable Mobility Goals https://ens-newswire.com/corporate-giants-set-sustainable-mobility-goals/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:11:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=93778

PARIS, France, June 6, 2021 (ENS) – Ten global business leaders have joined forces to promote sustainable mobility, and more than 250 other organizations committed to increase the sustainability of [...]

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]]> Tire Makers Drive Global Sustainability Goals With New Roadmap https://ens-newswire.com/tire-makers-drive-global-sustainability-goals-with-new-roadmap/ Wed, 26 May 2021 21:24:01 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=93740

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26, 2021 (ENS) – Eleven of the world’s largest tire companies care about the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. These 17 aspirational goals were adopted by all United [...]

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]]> Toyota Builds Hydrogen-Powered City https://ens-newswire.com/toyota-builds-hydrogen-powered-city/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 06:20:29 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=93358

TOKYO, Japan, April 8, 2021 (ENS) – Toyota is undertaking an enormous project – but on a small scale – a prototype city of the future on a 175-acre site [...]

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