LEAN AND GREEN NEWS

The HSA will host a conference in the Spencer Hotel, IFSC, Dublin on June 15th to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the REACH Regulation. Attendees...

Source: BSI Your supply chain can have a big impact on your organization’s performance and reputation. Increasingly supply chain partner failures can come back to bite you if their actions...

Dr Richard Keegan, Manager at the Enterprise Ireland Competitiveness Department outlines procedures for achieving efficiencies in your business Companies challenged by the UK’s vote to leave the EU should review…

Today at the Enterprise Excellence event in Croke Park Minister Breen Launched Lean Business Ireland -Web Site. In front of an audience of over 500 business people Minister Breen, DEJI,...

22 September 2017- Rolls Royce-Washington Tyne & Wear – United Kingdom- Aerospace facility On Friday, 22 September 2017, the EU-Japan Centre will organise a Lean in Europe visit to Rolls-Royce…

The European Commission has launched the Zero Power Water Monitoring Horizon Prize, inviting European innovators to come up with solutions based on self-powered and wireless smart sensing technologies, designed for...

When public authorities fail to respect the rights and obligations under environmental laws, the public can hold them to account. The European Commission adopted a guidance document on access to...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today released two guides to coincide with the launch of the Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun. The guides were developed in support of Ireland’s evolving...

Source: ECHA Newsletter The two-year transition period to comply with the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation (CLP) is about to end. This means that all chemical products on the market...

AS SOME SECTORS of Irish industry show cautious recovery, business owners and managers may be considering investing in new areas of technology or importing and distributing different product lines. What...

More than 85 percent of bathing water sites monitored across Europe in 2016 met the most stringent ‘excellent’ quality standards — meaning they were mostly free from pollutants harmful to...

Green Alley, a start-up network in the Circular Economy, together with its partners Seedmatch (Germany), Bethnal Green Ventures (UK), the European Recycling Platform Finland, H2 Compliance (Ireland) and R2PI (Horizon…

Green Enterprise provides grant aid to demonstration type projects across all sectors of economic activity in Ireland and is open to proposals from companies, institutions, Registered Charities, Public Benefit Entities...

As many as one million homes built in the last century are considered to be significantly energy inefficient. This means higher energy bills and, in some cases, poorer health and...

The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney T.D., in conjunction with his colleague, Denis Naughten, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, (13 June 2017)…

Source: EC Research & Innovation Hemp has been a source for materials, fibres and textiles for millennia. Now, an EU-funded project has used cutting-edge genomic approaches to boost hemp production,…

The Horizon 2020’s SME Instrument supports market-creating innovation in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with significant growth potential and global ambitions. With more than 31,000 applications received and more than…

The NEW-MINE project will identify and develop enhanced landfill-mining technology to transform landfill waste into high-added-value products, such as fuel and building materials. There are 500 000 landfills in Europe,…

Are you a highly innovative, ambitious and passionate small- or medium-sized business with global ambitions? Are you looking for excellent business resources and mentorship while a substantial funding wouldn’t hurt…

Two Competitive Start Fund competitions open for applications on Wednesday 21 June 2017 A total of €1.5 million in start-up funding will be available from Enterprise Ireland when two Competitive…

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, T.D. visited the renowned Ballycotton Harbour (Thursday 8th June) to announce a range of successful projects that will deliver a total investment…

The EU’s scientific research fund has just announced funding for three small Irish companies with big ideas to get to market. SwiftComply TopCo Ltd of Dublin has developed a technology…

Woodfab Timber Limited are proud to announce that we have achieved certification by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSA 18001:2007. We have…