About 64 million people visit McDonald's
every day - that's a stunning number
- and they'll see changes in the year
ahead, some driven by a renewed sustainability
push at the $24bn fast-food giant.
The Minister for the Environment,
Community and Local Government, Mr.
Phil Hogan TD, has published a new
draft Framework for Sustainable Development
for Ireland for public consultation.
The aim of this policy paper is to
provide an overview of developments
in relation to the area of sustainable
banking and assess the potential role
that financial institutions can play
in socio-economic and environmental
development.
Resource efficiency represents an
opportunity to address this unsustainable
path and policy approaches to-date
have focused on decoupling GDP growth
from resource use.
Would you be upset if you walked
into a hotel room to find that the
curtains were drawn, the TV was silent
and the staff were keen not to wash
your towels each day?
Tyndall National Institute, UCC and
the University of Limerick’s Stoke
Institute have begun a contract with
the European Space Agency to find
a green-tech solution for space exploration.
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