Guy Verhofstadt, Liberal and Democrat group leader in the European Parliament, today outlined his assessment of the latest attempts to forge a consensus on economic governance in the EU, during a press conference and summarised in two short papers arguing for a "a new and global economic governance Master Plan" and a concrete proposal for the introduction of a system of Eurobonds.
Embedding sustainability practices in SMEs is achievable, says ACCA
Sustainability requirements will trickle down to even the smallest of businesses, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), in a new SME Committee policy paper called From green to black and white: embedding sustainability in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs).
The bus and coach industry calls for public and private candidates for three global awards for innovation, best practices and excellence in bus operation and coach tourism policy to promote and further facilitate sustainable mobility.
Brussels, 18 January 2011: Glass for Europe welcomes the European Parliament adoption in second reading of a compromise text on the Construction Products Regulation. The package adopted earlier today opens the way for the necessary modernisation of rules governing the CE marking of construction products, including all glass and glazing components of buildings.
The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union received overall praise from MEPs in a debate with Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme in Strasbourg today.
Speaking in the debate, Jean-Luc Dehaene MEP said that the way Belgium interpreted the Council Presidency over the past six months will be defining for future Presidencies.
Brussels – ETNO launched today a new internal organisation, including a repositioning around seven main working groups: Competitive Markets, Digital Society, Research and Innovation, Corporate Responsibility, Digital Single Market, Data Protection, Trust and Security and, Spectrum policies.
The Commission’s main action plan in the field of sport a year after the introduction of sports as an EU competence has been disclosed today.
Sports and the sports betting sector have strong links and mutually beneficial interests. As highlighted by the Communication this is especially true in the fight to preserve the integrity of sport and in the diversification of sports funding.
The Communication clarifies that the possible threats compromising sports integrity are multiple and can be related to illegal betting but also sporting objectives.
A method of attributing a financial value to water is needed to allow individuals, investors, banks and governments to appraise and understand their water resource, according to RICS’ information paper which is launched today.