Bolt is committed to safety and education of e-scooter users, as well as maintaining close cooperation with the authorities. The Bolt Commitment is comprised of nine major themes essential to safe e-scooter travel.
Tichilesti City Hall in Brăila County was fined RON 20,000 (€ 4,000) by the Environmental Guard, after the commissioners discovered household waste illegally stored on an area of over 1,500 sqm. Also, a van transporting waste resulting from the dismantling of end-of-life vehicles was fined RON 15,000 (€ 3,000).
Aquila has set itself the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2026. The company also applies systems to improve the electricity consumption of warehouses.
The Romanian Government approved today, at the proposal of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, new regulations for sustainable development and to reduce the seismic risk of buildings.
The Romanian Government approved an agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Espoo Convention. A joint Commission on environmental impact assessment in a cross-border context will be established, consisting of four members for each party.
Hidroelectrica, a producer of renewable energy, wants to publish its first sustainability report. Last year, the state-owned company had a net profit of RON 4 billion (€800 million).
The subway transport company from Bucharest, Metrorex, has launched a tender for the purchase of electricity for one year in the electronic public procurement system. It is advantageous who offers more energy from renewable sources.
The Minister of Development, Cseke Attila, announced that cycling routes to be built in Romania in 14 counties of Romania. The cycling routes are aimed at encouraging sustainable and environmentally friendly tourism, as well as increasing the accessibility of tourist areas.
Tuborg Romania invested €525,000 in a system of solar panels with a capacity of 396 KWp that it mounted on the roof of the distribution centre in Pantelimon. The energy will be used for own consumption.
After about 10 years, green energy is once again the star of investments in the energy sector in Romania, says the state secretary of the Ministry of Energy, George Niculescu.
Zuzanna Kurek, Investor Relations Manager and ESG Committee Member of One United Properties, spoke to Green Forum Forum about the ESG agenda of the Romanian developer and its role in growing the value of the company.
Industrial developer CTP Romania will install a photovoltaic power station with a capacity of 1.5 MW in its CTPark Bucharest project as part of its investments in green energy.
Braşov City Hall has blocked the activity of the Stejeris lime factory, which was operating in a residential area of the municipality because there are numerous petitions regarding the pollution in the area. This is the third company forced to relocate its activity, following the actions of the City Hall.
The company Sphera Franchise Group SA presents its sustainability plans and announces that it will implement energy-efficient lighting (LED lighting) in all its locations until 2024.
Stericycle is investing $1.6 million in the company's most modern medical waste processing facility in Oradea, Romania. The technology implemented in the new facility increases speed, efficiency and sustainability in the medical waste treatment process.
The Portuguese real estate investment company Sonae Sierra has set out to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 and announces that it will expand ESG criteria in shopping center contracts.
Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the key European markets rose by 28% in 2022 from the previous year while global BEV sales grew by 70% year-on-year in 2022. It is estimated that electric vehicles beat internal combustion vehicles in terms of total cost of ownership, even at current electricity prices, according to PwC.
EU economy greenhouse gas emissions totalled 854 million tonnes CO2-eq in the third quarter of 2022. Among the EU countries with increased emissions in the third quarter of 2022 were Ireland (+17%), Estonia and Malta (both +8%).
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
ProCredit Bank Romania has launched a CO2 Emissions Calculator to help microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises quantify and understand their carbon footprint. This initiative reflects the Procredit Group's commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with client engagement at the core of its Climate Action Strategy.
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, the world's largest logistics operator, has launched a solar installation at its warehouse in Łozienica, Poland, in partnership with commercial real estate investor Accolade. The installation will meet the energy needs of Poland's first multi-client warehouse equipped with an AutoStore system.
Etem Gestamp, the Sofia-based joint venture between Viohalco Group and Spain's Gestamp Group focused on aluminium extrusion and processing for the automotive industry, and Rezolv Energy, the Actis-backed independent power producer, have signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in Bulgaria. The VPPA will see Etem Gestamp buy electricity from Rezolv Energy's 461MW 'Vifor' wind farm, which is about to come onstream in Buzău County, Romania. It is the first cross-border wind PPA that has been publicly announced in Bulgaria.
DP World has launched a five-year coastal restoration programme to create underwater "forests" of native seaweed to boost marine life near the Constanța South Container Terminal on the Black Sea.