Ecomondo 2026 will take place from 3 to 6 November at the Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. The 29th edition of the event will focus on the circular economy, resource management, environmental technologies and industrial sustainability.

Finnish foundry sand reclamation specialist Resand has increased its equipment financing facility with Norion Bank from €14.5 million to €25 million, supporting new customer agreements and international expansion.

Technical issues with DIWASS are causing operational disruptions because market participants are unable to submit notification requests for exports to Turkey and other third countries. The European Waste Management Association (FEAD) has now issued a statement referencing feedback from the European Commission.

The foundational technical standards for the digital product passport (DPP) are in place. At the international conference DPP4EU 2026 (June 1-3, Brussels), experts are presenting the newly published European standards to a broad industry audience and discussing concrete steps toward implementation.

The Fund supports the implementation of practical and innovative adaptation measures in communities around the world that are especially hard hit by climate change. Germany is the largest donor to this key multilateral financing instrument for climate adaptation measures, and has supported the Adaptation Fund since its inception.

The project will demonstrate the production of high-purity green metal using renewable energy for hydrogen-based reduction and smelting technologies for further downstream steel processing. The project incorporates Metso's Circored fluidized bed direct reduction process and electric DRI Smelting Furnace to support low-emission steelmaking.

The European Union has set itself ambitious goals with the Green Deal: A central instrument for achieving these goals is the EU Taxonomy, a classification system for sustainable economic activities. From 2025, the regulation will apply comprehensively to all companies covered by the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), bringing it even more into the focus of the financial and real economy. However, the implementation is complex. Different methodological approaches, incomplete data and ongoing adjustments due to FAQs and legislative changes make it difficult to report consistently and comparably. At the same time, the central challenge remains: the taxonomy is not only intended to create regulatory transparency, but also to steer capital flows into sustainable activities and thus support the transformation of the economy. Against this background, the current PwC study on the EU Taxonomy 2025 analyzes the reports of financial institutions across Europe and shows key developments, progress and stumbling blocks. It illustrates where regulation is already having an effect and where there is still a need for improvement so that the taxonomy achieves its actual goal.