Heracles Group, the Greek building materials producer that is a member of LafargeHolcim, announced on Friday it has established a Directorate for Sustainable Development, led by Charalampos Kouris.
ENVIRONMENT
Authorities will start cleaning up the Seich Sou forest in Thessaloniki, northern Greece as of on Monday ahead of the dry summer season when forest fires are more likely to start.
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The Mediterranean is fast becoming a tropical sea, with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average, a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report warns.
Residents and eco-groups in Florina, northern Greece, are calling on the Environment Ministry to put a stop to plans for wind farms in Nymfaio, saying that licensing procedures overlook the area’s ecological importance and the impact energy development would have on endangered animal species.
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Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy & Openness Kostas Fragogiannis raised the significance of green development for the future of Greece’s economy at the 5th German-Hellenic Economic Forum, held online this week.
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The European Union needs legally binding measures to protect nature and biodiversity, the European Parliament said on Wednesday, warning that previous voluntary plans have failed to deliver.
The European Union’s planned rulebook for green investments faced fresh pushback this week, with Greece, Cyprus and five other countries questioning its use in public spending, while green groups sought to delay approval of the rules.
Twenty-two volunteer divers pose with their ‘loot’ after a weekend cleanup at the fishing port of Vlychada, on the southeastern Aegean island of Santorini.
Turkey’s environment minister pledged on Sunday to defeat a plague of “sea snot” threatening the Sea of Marmara with a disaster management plan he said would secure its future.
The Greek political world marked Saturday’s World Environment Day.
The Greek political world celebrated World Environment Day on June 5.
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The government has put to public consultation what it describes as a “modern and cohesive bill” that brings together regulations about the management of waste, household or otherwise, Environment & Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Thursday.
The Heracles Group has become the first cement company in Greece to obtain Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for all cement types produced in its plants.
On the occasion of World Environment Day on Saturday, WWF Hellas will host a discussion on Friday on the value of the marine environment but also the importance of citizen action to protect it from plastic pollution.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address an event in southern Athens on Thursday evening on a plan to unify the coastal zone from the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus to Sounio, the southernmost tip of the Attic peninsula.
The Greek government and Volkswagen Group kicked off on Wednesday an ambitious project for a switch to e-mobility and the full electrification of the island of Astypalea, in the South Aegean, with the delivery of the first electric vehicles.
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