The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

07-May-2025 - The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced the top 10 global innovators for the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025. These innovators, known as Tomorrow Shapers, are under 30 and have been recognised for their groundbreaking contributions to sustainability, healthcare, ...

How methane and CO2 can be used to combat plastic pollution

28-Apr-2025 - Every year, Country Overshoot Day marks the day on which a country's annual biocapacity budget would be exhausted if everyone in the world lived as much as its population. In Germany, this day falls on May 3 in 2025 - more than three months earlier than in the previous year. The b-ACTmatter ...

Chemistry as the key to sustainability

GDCh presents "Sustainability Strategy 2030"

25-Apr-2025 - The global sustainability goals can only be achieved with significant support from the chemical industry. Whether energy production, the circular economy or the reduction of greenhouse gases - chemistry provides essential solutions. The German Chemical Society (GDCh) is implementing a ...

Focus on a climate-neutral future: We Do - tesa Sustainability Report 2024 shows impressive progress

Focus on climate-neutral production: 39% CO₂ reduction already achieved in Scope 1 and Scope 2

24-Apr-2025 - tesa is consistently pursuing its sustainability course and presents the results in the Sustainability Report 2024. By 2030, the company will invest around 300 million euros in the transformation of its business with the aim of achieving climate-neutral production (Scope 1 and 2). The investments ...

CHT Group focuses on sustainable growth

Investments at record level

16-Apr-2025 - Based on preliminary figures, the CHT Group, a global supplier of specialty chemicals based in Tübingen, demonstrated its resilience and strategic foresight in the 2024 financial year. Despite volatile global conditions, the company recorded sales growth to EUR 614.3 million (+2%) and a ...

EcoBean: Brewing sustainable chemicals from coffee grounds

Reducing the environmental impact of the chemical and coffee industry: OHAUS as partner

09-Apr-2025 - In the heart of Poland, EcoBean is paving the way for a sustainable future by reducing the environmental impact within the coffee and chemical industry. Coffee grounds are a very valuable raw material, which is currently mostly diverted to landfills. Only 30% of the potential from coffee beans is ...

European chemical companies pessimistic for 2025: recovery not foreseeable until 2026

Green transformation remains one of the top management priorities alongside digitalization and AI

03-Apr-2025 - After a sobering financial year in 2024 ("lost year"), the leading European chemical companies are still not forecasting any significant recovery for 2025. A cautiously positive development is only expected in the second half of the year - provided that a global trade war or a lack of economic ...

ALTANA achieves double-digit growth in 2024 and invests heavily in the future

Sales increase by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros

25-Mar-2025 - The specialty chemicals group ALTANA achieved double-digit growth in the 2024 fiscal year while once again making significant investments in the future. The company increased its sales by 16 percent to 3,169 million euros (previous year: 2,742 million euros). One growth driver was heightened ...

Endress+Hauser maintains Gold status

The Group has achieved 78 out of 100 points in the EcoVadis sustainability rating

20-Feb-2025 - The combined score puts Endress+Hauser among the top 5 percent of the approximately 150,000 rated companies. The EcoVadis assessment is based on several criteria relating to the environment, labor, human rights and ethics. For Endress+Hauser, the rating is a key metric for gauging its own ...

How to save energy in the laboratory

Electricity Saving Challenge: Exploring savings potential in the laboratory

13-Feb-2025 - Various research groups at the University of Basel have optimized their electricity consumption with the Electricity Saving Challenge. Simple measures have made it possible to significantly reduce electricity consumption – without any limitations on the science. In November 2024, employees at the ...