With a rise in the availability of sit-stand desks, recliner chairs and adjustable beds, motorised furniture has become increasingly common, but the use of mechanisms and electrical components in furniture brings with it requirements and ...
Tags: CE Marking, FAQs, Office Supplies
Kohl’s Department Stores said it has been recognised with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2015 ‘Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence’ award. According to a Kohl’s press ...
Tags: future generations, energy use, Apparel
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its approval of Enlist Duo herbicide for use in additional states. Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and North Dakota now join the ...
Tags: Enlist Duo, local approvals, Agriculture
A survey by MasterCard has revealed that consumers in emerging markets across Asia/Pacific are more likely to choose a product based on whether it is perceived as more socially responsible than those in developed markets. Overall, products ...
'One Belt, One Road' initiatives offer hope to firms like Zoomlion amid stagnant sales in domestic market, reports Xu Wei. Plans by China's leaders to revive ancient intercontinental land routes and develop maritime links are being seen ...
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In recent years, environmental protection has become an important issue for the Chinese government and for Chinese citizens from all walks of life, rising to the same status as economic development. According to transport development and as ...
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, has been selected by the city of Szczecin in Poland to renew its street lighting system with LED technology. By September 2015, Philips will replace 5,000 existing street lights with new LED ...
Tags: Philips, LED Technology, Lights
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that six varieties of potatoes genetically engineered by J. R. Simplot are as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts. Simplot's Innate potato varieties including ...
China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Iron Steel
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland jumped 17 percent year on year in the first two months of 2015, settling at 22.48 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday. The pace slowed from a 29.4 ...
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Chinese steelmakers are facing more headwinds this year as economic growth slows and need government support to tackle long-term overcapacity, the chairman of Anshan Iron & Steel Group said. China's steel sector has been struggling with ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Environmental protection is an important growth driver for China and the demand for investment would be huge in the years to come, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining said in Beijing Saturday. [Special coverage] Chen said at ...
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China's Ministry of Environmental Protection on Friday warned leaders of two heavily polluted cities to take concrete actions to strengthen inspections and impose severe penalties on polluters. PM 2.5 refers to fine particulate matter, ...
If you want to buy a refrigerator, first consider, nothing more than the space is enough big, and most can save electricity. Ecological refrigerator Verdant puts forward a new concept, is committed to reduce the waste of food, and ...
CEPI especially welcomes the emphasis put on delivering competitive energy prices, investing in the bioeconomy and establishing synergies between the energy efficiency, resource efficiency and circular economy policies. “This ...