Quaker Chemical receives European Union Grant for introducing new, more environmentally friendly hydraulic fluids

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-183
Author(s):  
Nevin Alija

In its September 13th 2017 decision,1 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided on a request for a preliminary ruling by the Supreme Court of Poland (Sąd Najwyższy) in proceedings between ENEA S.A. (ENEA) and the president of the Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki (Office for the regulation of energy, URE) on the imposition by the latter of a financial penalty on ENEA for breach of its obligation to supply electricity produced by cogeneration. The judgment of the Court of Justice follows many decisions of the European Commission and judgments of the EU courts assessing the involvement of State resources in support schemes in energy, particularly with the aim of switching towards more environmentally friendly sources. This case reaffirms that support schemes may, in certain circumstances, fall outside the scope of the EU State aid rules.


Author(s):  
Hanna Yekel

The article presents the methodology of regulation of environmentally friendly land use. We found that the methodology for regulating environmentally friendly land use will include several levels: international legislation, state regulation, the level of integrated structures, agricultural enterprises. A number of tasks to be solved by the methodology of regulating ecologically safe land use have been identified. It is established that the methodology of agroeconomic research of regulation of ecologically safe land use will include: assessment of natural and ecological properties of land use, economic, technological and social components. In the current conditions of making, a profit is not the only and ultimate goal of the producer. Much more important today is the preservation of the natural environment and the development of the social sphere. In order to integrate into the trade space of the European Union, the manufacturer must think about the quality of manufactured products. It is under such conditions that the production of environmentally friendly products began. For effective business development in the field of this business, it is necessary to establish relations with local authorities and develop a regulatory framework that will contribute to the formation of effective sales channels and promotion of products among the population. In the current conditions of making a profit is not the only and ultimate goal of the producer. Much more important today is the preservation of the natural environment and the development of the social sphere. In order to integrate into the trade space of the European Union, the manufacturer must think about the quality of manufactured products. It is under such conditions that the production of environmentally friendly products began. For effective business development in the field of this business, it is necessary to establish relations with local authorities and develop a regulatory framework that will contribute to the formation of effective sales channels and promotion of products among the population. The methodology of regulation of environmentally friendly land use should solve the following tasks.


2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 102192 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Dean ◽  
Martin R. Greaves ◽  
Jim C. Knoell

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Claudia Gabriela Baicu ◽  

The European Green Deal has re-ignited the imperative of green finance that is called to support the European Union transition to a greener economy. Green finance becomes even more opportune in the context of the economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the paper is to explore green banking practices in the Romanian banking system. The investigation reveals the efforts of banks to be environmentally friendly and to be involved in financing of some green projects, such as the energy efficient projects. Nevertheless, the green banking products are still in the emerging stage and banks in Romania should develop their role in the field, by diversifying the range of green products and services, improving the expertise to assess green projects or intensifying the marketing initiatives to promote green products. In order to encourage banks in Romania to provide green financing several incentives should be conceived; similar to banks, the borrowers seeking green projects should be rewarded. Some mandatory requirements for banks to be involved in green investments may promote green banking in Romania. An essential condition to achieve the development of green banking in Romania is to increase awareness towards environmentally friendly behaviour at all levels.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-33
Author(s):  
Stathis Arapostathis

Abstract The article studies the politics of expertise and the co-production of sociotechnical imaginaries, expertise identities and public policies in agriculture and the use of fertilisers in Greece between the years 1945 and 2000. By applying the concept of the co-productionist idiom, the processes of appropriation will be studied and dynamic processes in postwar Greece are demonstrated. The study argues that experts functioned not only as mediators but as promoters and shapers of sociotechnical imaginaries in Greece, and that they directed specific policies in promoting or controlling the use of fertilisers: particularly nitrogen (N) fertilisers. Until 1990, experts had the power and the authority to politically and socially legitimise the use of intense fertilisation. In the years since 1990, the experts’ role was configured by transnational political pressures from the European Union that shaped the experts’ consensus on the harmful effects of agriculture malpractice and the overuse of nitrogen fertilisers. Yet still while an environmentally friendly agriculture paradigm was sought the dominant public discourse promoted by experts in Greece still prioritised accuracy and rational use.


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