This year the company Nestle has established a venture fund package for $ 260 million, but it is just a part of a wider initiative of $ 2.1 billion for abandonment of primary plastic.
Two years ago, Nestle that will make all its packaging suitable for recycling or re-use and intends to reduce the use of primary plastic by one third to 2025.
For example, in 2018 Nestle has used 1.7 million metric tons of the plastic packaging. Currently, the company consumes an average of only 2% of recycled plastic worldwide. In general, slightly more is used for underwater bottles that contain 5% of the recycled plastic.
Nestle intends to use the investment in Closed Loop, to ensure the supply of environmentally friendly packaging, as the demand for recycled plastics for food increases.
The fund of the Closed Loop Partners aims to increase the level of recycling of the plastic waste in the United States by 25% in areas served by the companies included in the portfolio.
Company representatives, who engaged in the design, construction and equipment for solar power plants, note a significant decline in demand for their services. This is due to instability of the industry and growing debts for “green” electricity. “We are talking about 1260 MW of RES generation that has been launched in the first three quarters […]
German automaker Volkswagen will invest about 73 billion euros over the next five years in electrification, hybrid powertrains and digital technology, the company said in a statement following a meeting of the supervisory board. In particular, about 35 billion euros are planned to be spent on electric cars on battery power, about 11 billion – […]
Shares of Netflix fell after the company released a quarterly report on October 20 with only 2.2 million new subscribers. At the same time, over the last week, stock growth has resumed and since the beginning of the year, the share price of Netflix has risen by 59%. The company’s management and analysts cited the […]
The largest Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will acquire from Auchan Retail International shares of the largest Chinese hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group for $ 3.6 billion, according to the press release from Alibaba. “Alibaba is investing $ 28 billion ($ 3.6 billion) to acquire … 70.94% of Auchan Retail’s stake in […]
Warren Buffett’s US company – Berkshire Hathaway intends to invest more than $ 570 million in Snowflake, a cloud technology company. It was reported after Snowflake announced a price range for its future initial public offering. The company wants to get the estimate of $ 23.7 billion, writes the Financial Times. Snowflake said that during […]
In the second quarter, the Australian economy fell by 7% to the first quarter amid a coronavirus pandemic. In the previous quarter, the decline was 0.3%. Thus, Australia has entered a recession for the first time in 30 years. The quarterly decline in GDP has been the highest since the beginning of observations in 1959. […]
The owner and president of DCH Oleksandr Yaroslavsky is ready to attract $ 1 billion in investments in the restoration of the Kharkiv Aviation Production Enterprise. This statement is published on the official website of the DCH. “The DCH Group is ready to take responsibility for the resumption of domestic aircraft construction and raise $ […]
Shares of Twitter, which rose 28.5% since the beginning of 2021 and 88.3% over the past 12 months, rose sharply by 5% after the publication of quarterly results above analysts’ forecasts. Twitter reported sharp revenue growth of 74% to $ 1.19 billion from a forecast of $ 1.06 billion. The company’s revenue growth in the […]
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Switzerland is an amazing country, and not only in the sense of the unsurpassed beauty of the landscape, but also in the incredible economic performance having ultralow natural resources. Switzerland is a country with almost complete lack of mineral deposits. Most of the territory consists of mountain ranges of the Alps. There is everything you […]
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The international business publication The Financial Times published the news that the public company Alibaba Group of China, experienced e-commerce giant, plans to become the owner of an investment holding company Intime Retail, bought its controlling stake at a price of more than two and a half billion dollars. Intime Retail owns 29 shops and […]
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In the second quarter of 2020, the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas corporation Royal Dutch Shell will write down assets worth up to $22 billion on new oil and gas price forecasts. This was reported in the press release of the company. Shell revised its medium- and long-term price forecasts, reflecting the expected effects of the […]
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Two newest An-132D and An-178 aircraft were excluded from the state register of civil aircraft in Ukraine. The relevant order was published on the portal of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. The decision was made due to the lack of airworthiness certificate for the aircraft for two years, and the State Aviation Service did […]
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What are the risks of medical reform in Ukraine? What it must change? Will the industry be funded as stated? Will insurance medicine work and how the market for medical services will be? Medicine established on authorities VS medicine established on evidence In November 2016, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Concept of […]
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission USA announced the application of penalties in respect of the American division of the oil company Total. The company is accused of fraud in the gas market in the USA, in an attempt to carry out manipulations with the index monthly gas prices in Houston and other markets in the United […]
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At the Tesla Battery Day event, its founder Elon Musk announced the plans to build a budget electric car for $ 25,000 using a much cheaper battery. If the plans will be realized, the new car will be the most budgetable in the Tesla line. Nowadays the company’s cheapest model – sedan Model 3 – […]
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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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On Thursday, Amazon announced the release of its updated smart glasses Echo Frames starting on December 10. Now everyone will be able to buy it. The new product from Amazon for $ 250 will go on sale just before the holiday weeks, which is a good time to start the release. Analysts and market experts […]
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The management of the European Airbus Airline should find solutions to avoid the forced reduction of thousands of jobs. This was stated by Junior Minister of Economy of France Agnes Pannier-Rancher. “There should be no forced dismissals. This means that everyone should be able to choose and receive help, this is our line,” she said. […]
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SoftServe is expanding its presence and opening new office spaces in four cities — Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, and Odesa. They are available for 250 people working in these regions as well as other employees. The coworking in Vinnytsia where SoftServe has around 50 employees is already fully operating. Odesa is the next — office space […]
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TUI will receive another 1.2 billion euros in state aid in connection with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the press service of the travel concern said. “The € 1.2 billion stabilization package strengthens the group’s position, providing sufficient liquidity in an unstable market environment. This applies to both the tourist season of the winter […]
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Tesla met all the criteria, but it was still not included in the S&P 500. Committee of the S&P Dow Jones Indices refused to include Tesla`s shares in the S&P 500. Such decision was made despite the automaker’s fulfillment of the last criterion to be included in the index – Tesla showed a profit for […]
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JPMorgan shares increased because of the announcement of financial results for the 2nd quarter ended on June 30. Since the beginning of the year, JPMorgan shares have lost almost 30% because the global COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy, and the US Federal Reserve has cut rates to zero greatly reducing the profitability of […]
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The London Court of International Arbitration upends the long-term dispute between the Arricano Real Estate and Stockman Interhold in respect of ownership of the Sky Mall shopping center. For a long time the conflict over the asset has been one of the most high-profile cases and negative in the sphere of development of Ukraine. May […]
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