ESMIG director details Empower Demand education campaign at Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2012
As Europe prepares to adopt Smart Metering, ESMIG director explains how to involve citizens
The European Commission today presented its enlargement strategy and progress reports on the EU candidate countries. The Greens agree with the general line taken by the Commission, whilst urging EU member states not to succumb to enlargement fatigue amid the economic and political crisis within the EU.
The 2012 Turkey Progress Report shows a Turkey with two distinct faces, according to Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP, Rapporteur for the European Parliament on Turkey.
Ahead of the European SME week, EuroCommerce gathered entrepreneurs from all over Europe and from all walks of commerce (retail, wholesale, and international trade) to exchange views among themselves and with the European Commission and Parliament on the major challenges they face in their daily life. On this first SME Day for commerce, EuroCommerce calls on the Commission and the Parliament to have the ‘think small first’ principle more enshrined in EU law-making and to make the regulatory environment more SME-friendly.
Unilever announced yesterday a new project part-funded by the EU which will reduce the distance its trucks drive on Europe's roads by around 200 million kilometres annually by the end of 2014, compared to 2010 levels.
The company's new transport management scheme will help to significantly reduce the
impact that Unilever's supply chain has on the environment and Europe's roads network.
Over one hundred thirty people gathered on Friday, 5 October in Vienna to assess issues surrounding the implementation of European Citizens Initiatives (ECI) which started on 1 of April 2012.
The conference, organised by the Austrian institute for European Law and Politics, is part of the ECAS-led project ‘ECI link’ and is a follow-up of similar events in Barcelona and Paris.
Despite the economic woes, the European retail industry remains committed to achieving more sustainable production and consumption. Grocery stores are going to assist customers in cutting back on food waste. Non-food retailers will focus on making the waste stream of textiles and electronics more sustainable.
COCERAL is the European association representing the trade in cereals, rice, feedstuffs, oilseeds, olive oil, oils and fats and agrosupply. COCERAL is the voice of collectors, distributors, exporters, importers and agribulk storers of the above mentioned commodities.