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A new survey by the British consulting firm Hymans Robertson among 100 asset owners (pension fund trustees and investment managers) yields an interesting conclusion: ESG is today more important for 81 % of them than two years ago, even despite the growing political debate and regulatory changes especially in the USA....

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU ETS reform came into force on January 1, 2026, and for the first time in history they pass CO₂ costs directly onto the prices of European materials. Nordea Bank analyzed the impacts on Nordic companies, and the results are interesting....

The European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) is gradually changing the Czech legal environment in the area of heat consumption measurement. Two key laws introduce specific obligations for property owners and condominium associations:...

A new IndexBox report shows that the global recycled plastics market will grow at a rate of 7.2% per year until 2035. What is behind it?...

A new BloombergNEF report shows that global wind turbine installations reached a record 169 GW in 2025 – 38% more than the previous year. It is the third consecutive year with a new high....

Farmers, hunters, fishermen and wildlife breeders want to discuss with the Ministry of Agriculture (MZe) and the Ministry of the Environment (MŽP) selective protection of certain animal species. Some protected wildlife, according to them, causes damage, reduces biodiversity in nature and can threaten the environment as a whole....

1) Regulation – mandatory minimum recycled content (EU Single-Use Plastics Directive, US state laws)...

The company osapiens, in collaboration with Professor Andreas Rasche from Copenhagen Business School, approached more than 400 senior executives (CSO, CFO, CIO, heads of compliance and supply chain) from European companies with more than 1,000 employees....

This was achieved through large‑scale purchases of certified materials under a mass‑balance regime and segregated materials, thereby reducing dependence on primary fossil resources....

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The British Climate Change Committee (CCC) released an analysis stating that the costs of achieving net-zero are lower than the cost of a single fossil fuel price shock. Moreover, an economy on the path to net-zero would be almost completely protected from future fossil fuel price fluctuations....

According to data from the European Biogas Association (EBA), biomethane production in Europe rose in 2024 to 5.2 billion m³ (54 TWh). At the end of the year, 1,620 biomethane plants were operating in Europe....