The Converse brand has opened a virtual store on a garbage island in the Pacific Ocean, which consists of 80,000 tons of plastic and is larger than the area of France. The offers of this outlet can be found on the store’s website.
It is reported that the Renew Labs space was developed by Virtue.
The store presents sneakers that meet the ideas of sustainable development. They can be purchased on the Choose Your Own Donation system – for a donation. Proceeds from Converse sales will be used to dispose of ocean debris. The range will be updated until World Oceans Day, which is celebrated on June 8.
“We want to make cult sneakers the most environmentally friendly, but we understand that we can’t do it on our own,” said Converse Marketing Director Miguel Carrillo.
In the first quarter of 2021, the net outflow of foreign direct investment from Ukraine amounted to 301 million dollars. This was reported on the website of the National Bank. At the same time, negative reinvested earnings of $ 141 million were recorded. According to the NBU, investments in equity (excluding reinvestment of income) amount […]
The state enterprise SETAM sold the most expensive lot of seized property on the electronic platform OpenMarket – the building of the hotel of the Military-St. Nicholas Monastery in Kyiv. The SETAM press service reported this. It is noted that the final price of the lot is 307.3 million hryvnias, which is 65 million hryvnias […]
Naftogaz states that in the first quarter of 2021 they received a net profit of UAH 12.6 billion against UAH 3.2 billion a year earlier. The group’s CFO Petrus van Drill said so. “I am pleased to announce that the net profit in the first quarter of 2021 is UAH 12.6 billion (unaudited preliminary result, […]
According to the results of 2020, Ukrenergo’s loss amounted to almost UAH 27.5 billion against UAH 1.86 billion profit a year earlier. This is evidenced by a report in the information disclosure system of the NSSMC. According to him, last year the company’s net income increased 2.2 times (by UAH 31.9 billion) to UAH 58.250 […]
German airline Lufthansa made its first flight to Lviv on April 30, after a one-year break. 79 passengers arrived in Lviv, which is almost 100% of the aircraft load. It is reported that in the first month the airline will fly three times a week, and in June the number of flights will increase to […]
NASA has suspended a contract with SpaceX to build a monthly landing module, which cost $ 2.89 billion. It is noted that the company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Blue Origin and Dynetics have protested the decision to outsource the construction of the SpaceX module to the US Central Audit Office (GAO). SpaceX must now […]
Centerenergo has paid more than 475 million hryvnias to the mines since the beginning of the month and has no debts, according to the company’s website. As you know, Centerenergo – the only consumer of coal from state-owned mines, buys almost the entire volume of their production under direct contracts. “However, the current purchase price […]
Naftogaz announced a return to the practice of manual management of state-owned enterprises after the Cabinet’s decision to dismiss the head of the NAC Andriy Kobolev and the company’s supervisory board. The board of Naftogaz announced this on Wednesday, April 28. The company claims that the government’s decision is a legal manipulation. “The dismissal of […]
Good news from products company Lantmannen AXA was not long in coming! Company asked consumers: “What ingredients do you add most often to granola?” One of the most popular answers is nuts. We launched Super nuts Granola! The design has acquired the corporate style of the AXA Granola line. In combination with oatmeal, crispy honey […]
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There are several factors which will affect trade and economic relations, as well as the investment component between Ukraine and Germany in 2019. POLITICAL FACTOR 2019 is the year of elections in Ukraine. Until the presidential race on March 31, the business environment of both countries will be expecting the elections results which will define […]
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The company will sell its networks in Central and Eastern Europe, which are not profitable, this opinion is shared by the experts on the energy market. The UK-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell, which profit fell 8 times due to the collapse in oil prices may abandon non-core assets and expose their networks […]
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HarvEast Agro, together with the heads of the state district administrations and district councils in the territories of the company will determine the presence of social finance projects for 2016. The parties have agreed this on this year’s first collective meeting, which took place in Mangushevskyi, Volodarskyi and Volnovakhskyi districts, Donetsk region. In the near […]
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As informs investment media of Ukraine InVenture, the European Commission, which is an organ of the executive branch of the European Union and is responsible for the preparation of draft laws, should provide Ukraine € 100 million if the Verkhovna Rada will take on the Energy Efficiency Fund bill. Conditions for EU investment funds in […]
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On December, 23 this year it was a private press conference with the representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing of Ukraine. The meeting was attended by: Lev Partskhaladze (Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing), Oleksiy Honcharuk (head office of effective regulation – BRDO) and Olena Shuliak (Sector Manager of […]
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The computer system of the American medical company Universal Health Services, which has a membership of over 400 medical institutions, has become the object of attack by hackers that demand the ransom. This was reported by CNBC, citing sources from the company’s employees. According to the TV channel, computers in the various institutions of the […]
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On 21 April, Credit Agricole signed the agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and joined the «EU4Business-EBRD Credit Line» Program, within which the bank will get a EUR 25 million loan for 4 years. The purpose of the borrowing is to support micro, small, and medium-sized businesses and to expand their access to […]
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Concern Khlibprom invests 560 thousand UAH in an energy saving project. This information is stated in a message on the website of the company. In 2016 Khlibprom plans to upgrade the gas boiler on Lviv bakery № 1. The plant plans to install energy-saving equipment, which will reduce the consumption of gas in the boiler […]
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The Supreme economic court of Ukraine made the statement on the official site, concerning initiation of Garant-Auto insurance company bankruptcy proceedings on September 21, 2016 . On October, 17, the Economic court of the Kyiv city began insolvency proceeding in this case. Insolvency proceeding is open based on the statement of the creditor: MTIBU (Motor […]
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By the end of this year, the German airline Lufthansa intends to reduce its foreign staff by 20 thousand people, as well as sell its LSG division, which deals with on-board catering, which employs 7.5 thousand people. Lufthansa subsidiaries Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines are reducing the frequency of flights, fleets and staff amid […]
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Respectively to technical documents published on the website of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple engineers suggest using electromechanical materials for protecting electronic devices. The “smart” case will read electric and magnetic fields and change the properties at operation of certain triggers. The case itself will consist of the main body, processor, magnetic circuit […]
NextNationalization of PrivatBank, lawsuits against Apple, and the most interesting ideas from leading industry executives. Only that is really worth your attention 1. Privat is no longer private On December 18 at 23:30 p.m. it was posted the information on the site of the Governmental portal of Ukraine that […]
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In the context of large-scale reformatting of the banking sector in Ukraine, many surviving banks declare responsiveness to credit requests. The experts admit that it is the right time to increase it. Last year the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported a steady decline in total loans however business needs to be pushed to develop […]
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Regulators fined the largest French mobile operator – The Orange Company in the amount of € 350 million. The reason for the fine is the abuse of a dominant market position. The supervisory authorities of France conducted an investigation and determined that since the early 2000, Orange fraudulently suppressed the competition in their field. The […]
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The Hong Kong administration “until further notice” canceled all orders for the purchase of coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, and stopped using it for vaccination in all two dozen locations in the city, according to the South China Morning Post. This happened after the distributor of the drug in the region of Fosun Pharma […]
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