Sustainability

Gurtam marks Earth day by planting 2,000 trees in Lithuania

Gurtam, a Vilnius-based IoT software developer with a focus on fleet management, marked Earth Day 2025 by planting 2,000 trees in Lithuania’s Molėtai district. Recently named Socially Responsible Company of [..]

Volkswagen plans to expand involvement in European wind, solar parks

Wolfsburg, Germany (dpa) – Despite the slowdown in demand for electric vehicles, German auto giant Volkswagen said on Thursday that it continues to invest in wind and solar power parks [..]

Baltic supporters of circular economy sign co-operation memorandum

Leading advocates of the so-called circular economy from the three Baltic States signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday at the Nordic Circular Summit. They agreed to accelerate the transition [..]

Biggest 3 energy firms took nearly third of €75.6 million 2023 renewables subsidies

Nearly one third of the €75.6 million in renewable energy support paid out in 2023 went to Enefit Wind, Enefit Green, and Utilitas Tallinna Elektrijaam, according to incomplete data from [..]

Switzerland provides EUR 7 mln for conservation innovation in Estonia

An initiative titled “Biodiversity Program,” sponsored by Switzerland and launched on Wednesday, will provide funding for four years of work to improve wildlife monitoring and the effectiveness of biodiversity protection [..]

Tele2 Once Again Among the Top as the Financial Times Names Europe’s Climate Leaders

Tele2 AB (“Tele2”) (Nasdaq Stockholm: TEL2 A and TEL2 B) is ranked number two among 500 European companies on the list Europe’s Climate Leaders 2024 compiled by Financial Times in [..]

Big Cleanup in Riga will take place in more than 750 locations

This year’s Big Cleanup in Riga will take place in more than 750 locations, the annual campaign’s spokeswoman Anna Blaua told LETA. One of the central cleanup sites in Riga [..]

NetZero Pilot Cities CO2 reduction project to be implemented in Riga from May 1

From May 1, Riga City Municipality will participate in the NetZero Pilot Cities project together with several other European cities with the aim to promote reduction of CO2 emission in [..]

KIK to support industrial cos’ resource efficiency investments

Starting April 23, industrial enterprises in Estonia can begin submitting applications to request support for investments aimed at increasing their resource and energy efficiency and reducing the use of natural [..]

Baltic energmins agree on offshore wind farm development

The energy ministers from the eight Baltic Sea region countries have agreed to phase out fossil fuels, further develop offshore wind energy and make critical energy infrastructure more resilient to [..]

Experience of Georgian and Ukrainian students exploring sustainable entrepreneurship topic in Turiba University

21 students from various universities in Georgia and Ukraine arrived at Turiba University for a two-week study mobility. After 2 weeks students say – this was great experience to see [..]

Estonian startups invited to apply for funding for green technology development

The Estonian Environmental Investment Center (KIK) opened a call for applications on Wednesday to support the development of innovative green technologies, and the funding will assist in developing technologies that [..]

Ragn-Sells supporting proposed waste reform

While one of Estonia’s largest waste management companies, Eesti Keskkonnateenused, has been critical of the proposed waste reform, their competitor Ragn-Sells is not, affirming that the goal of the reform [..]

Tallinn Airport GH adds 3 more units to its electric car fleet

At the beginning of 2023, AS Tallinn Airport GH, a subsidiary of state-owned airport company AS Tallinna Lennujaam, introduced the first three electric cars into its car fleet intended for [..]

On the issue of electric trains, Pasazieru Vilciens management board is responsible for everything – Rinkevics

As far as the issue of new electric trains is concerned, the management board of Pasazieru Vilciens rail passenger carrier is responsible for everything, President Edgars Rinkevics said Friday in [..]

Installation of new gas heating systems in Riga will no longer be approved from 2026

The installation of new gas heating equipment in Riga will no longer be approved from 2026, according to the regulations approved today by the Housing and Environment Committee of the [..]

Stopping greenwashing: how the EU regulates green claims

The EU aims to put an end to greenwashing, when companies claim to be greener than they are, and provide more information to consumers on the durability of products they [..]

Tallinn to hand over European Green Capital title to Valencia

This week, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, will hand over the title of European Green Capital to Valencia in Spain. “We used the Green Capital year to make decisions with [..]

Estonian Environmental Board approves environmental impact report of Enefit oil plant

The Estonian Environmental Board declared the environmental impact assessment report of the Auvere Enefit 280-2 oil plant as having met the requirements, after the impact assessment is completed, the authority [..]

Dr. Adelle Thomas: Loss and damage: A moral imperative to act

Dr. Adelle Thomas is a lead author of the IPCC’s 2022 report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, and the Special Report on 1.5°C. The world is falling short on reducing [..]

EUR 8 million worth solar park to be inaugurated in Carnikava next week

Solar park Carnikavas SES, worth about EUR 8 million, will be inaugurated in Carnikava next Wednesday, November 1, at 10 a.m., as Merito Partners representative Agnese Ruberte informed LETA. Investment [..]

SEI: Estonia lacks capacity to recycle textile waste

According to the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Estonia lacks the capacity to recycle textile waste and the corresponding technological solutions. About 16,000 tons of new clothes and home textiles are [..]