In Romania, indoor air pollution is higher than outdoor pollution, with 10 months of the year where indoor air pollution exceeded outdoor air pollution.
New Year's fireworks pollute the air and are a disaster for birds and wild or domestic animals, according to ANPM.
More than half of Romanians (57%) show a reduced willingness to consume sustainably and declare that they think about sustainability "from time to time".
The European Commission has asked Romania and 11 other member states to comply with EU legislation regarding air pollution and to reduce their emissions of several pollutants.
The Mayor of the Capital Nicusor Dan announced that the website infoaer.pmb.ro was launched.
Brasov City Hall wants to reduce pollution by 426 tons of nitrogen oxides and 16 tons of dust in the next 4 years.
The European Commission calls on Czechia and Slovakia to update their national law to limit air pollution from medium combustion plants.
EU countries on Tuesday gave the final approval to the biggest revamp to date of Europe's carbon market, which is set to make it more costly to pollute and sharpen the 27-member bloc's main tool for cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The world's first major carbon trading system has since 2005 forced power plants and factories to buy permits when they emit CO2 and has cut emissions from those sectors by 43%.
The Romanian government approved the draft decision on the National Air Pollution Control Program.
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.
