Sustainability & ESG

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - As urban mobility systems evolve and traffic volumes rise, new data from DEKRA's Road Safety Report 2025 show that "Vision Zero" - the target of eliminating road fatalities and serious injuries - is already a reality in hundreds of cities worldwide, with the German city of Detmold now receiving the DEKRA Vision Zero Award 2025 for its outstanding performance.

Vision Zero Moves from Utopia to Measurable Reality

"Vision Zero" - the goal of zero traffic fatalities or, ultimately, serious injuries - is not unattainable. Hundreds of cities around the world have achieved zero road fatalities in at least one calendar year since 2009, according to official national statistics. Among them are now several with around 300,000 inhabitants. The DEKRA Vision Zero Award for the best performance among cities over 50,000 inhabitants has been presented to the German city of Detmold.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group is strengthening its position in the European commercial vehicle market with a new spare parts warehouse and a three-way strategic cooperation that aims to boost parts availability, fleet uptime and green logistics performance across the region.

Strategic Partnership Anchored in London

On 24 November 2025 in London, Farizon, Duvenbeck Logistics Group and AGN LEANWAY International Logistics, part of Amass Group, signed a strategic cooperation agreement to support mutually beneficial growth in European logistics operations. The agreement was signed by Cook Xue, CEO of Farizon International Company, Marco Nazzari, Chief Commercial Officer of Duvenbeck, and Peter Wenren, Chairman of AGN Leanway, and witnessed by Farizon Group CEO Mike Fan alongside senior management from all three companies.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 28, 2025 - The BMW Group is extending its footprint in sustainable urban mobility by licensing two of its micromobility concepts, "Dynamic Cargo" and "Clever Commute", to Chinese electric two-wheeler specialist LUYUAN Group, opening the door to new lightweight vehicle offerings for city transport worldwide.

Strategic Licensing Deal Targets Global Urban Mobility Demand

Under the new agreement, the BMW Group grants LUYUAN licenses to further develop and industrialize the two concepts and bring them to market under LUYUAN's own brands. The move underscores how automotive and mobility players are broadening their portfolios beyond cars and motorcycles to capture the rapidly growing micromobility segment.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 25, 2025 - Nestlé is piloting a novel, patented cocoa processing technique that uses up to 30% more of each cocoa fruit, aiming to boost farmer yields, reduce waste and create new product opportunities for the global food processing and ingredients industry. By turning traditionally underused parts of the cocoa pod into chocolate flakes, the company is testing a more resource-efficient model for chocolate production in the face of climate pressure on cocoa supply.

Turning more of each cocoa pod into value
Conventional chocolate production relies almost exclusively on cocoa beans, leaving pulp, placenta and husk largely underutilized. Nestlé's R&D organization has reframed that paradigm by developing a method that leverages all of the edible material inside the pod, not just the beans. In doing so, it directly addresses both raw material efficiency and the economic potential of each harvested fruit.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 25, 2025 - Nestlé and its research partners have created a new cocoa core collection that captures more than 95% of the crop's global genetic diversity, laying a strategic foundation for a more resilient cocoa supply chain serving chocolate manufacturers and food producers worldwide. By consolidating genetic resources into a curated set of 96 varieties, the project aims to accelerate breeding of climate-resilient, higher-yield and quality-enhanced cocoa tailored to the needs of the global food and beverage industry.

A 'Noah's Ark' for cocoa genetics
The heart of the initiative is a core collection that condenses thousands of potential trees into a representative set of 96 cocoa varieties. This enables researchers and breeders to work on a manageable but comprehensive portfolio of genetic material, cutting time and complexity from pre-commercial research.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 13, 2025 - Dentsply Sirona is strengthening its long-term commitment to increasing oral-health access for U.S. veterans, deepening its partnership with Dental Lifeline Network (DLN) and activating employee-driven support initiatives across the country. The renewed collaboration aligns with the company's global sustainability strategy and reflects a growing corporate focus on social-impact programs that directly address care gaps in underserved populations.

Strengthening a Decades-Long Collaboration

Dentsply Sirona and DLN have worked together since 1999, forming one of the dental industry's most enduring corporate-nonprofit collaborations. Entering its 26th year, the partnership includes direct financial support, in-kind product donations and professional-volunteer mobilization through Dentsply Sirona's VETERANS@DS employee resource group.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 13, 2025 - ARCHITECT@WORK (A@W) will return to Messe Düsseldorf on December 3-4, 2025, with a sharpened focus on sustainable building and architectural transformation. The curated event, long regarded as a must-attend platform for specifiers, architects, and interior designers, is positioning its 9th Düsseldorf edition around the industry's most urgent mandate: repurposing, upgrading, and decarbonizing the built environment.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 10, 2025 - German energy solutions provider MVV Enamic GmbH and e-mobility specialist Amperfied GmbH have jointly completed a large-scale charging infrastructure project for MLP SE, installing 56 new charge points at the financial services group's Wiesloch headquarters. The project advances MLP's sustainability strategy while showcasing a replicable model for corporate e-mobility integration in Germany's energy transition.

Full-Service Partnership Enables Scalable Charging Infrastructure

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 10, 2025 - A pivotal decision at the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury has extended the global phase-out date for dental amalgam from 2030 to 2034. The outcome represents a major win for oral and public health, driven by coordinated advocacy from the FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) and the International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR).

A Milestone for Equity and Patient-Centered Care

The new COP6 agreement establishes that the manufacture, import, and export of dental amalgam will cease globally by 2034. Crucially, it includes an exemption permitting its use "when its use is considered necessary by the dental practitioner based on the needs of the patient." This ensures clinicians can continue providing essential restorative care in cases where alternatives remain inaccessible or unsuitable-especially in low-resource settings.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 10, 2025 - The FDI World Dental Federation has named three innovative projects from Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania as recipients of the 2025 World Dental Development Fund (WDDF), underscoring a strong commitment to equitable access to oral health care in low-resource settings. Each project demonstrates how community-based initiatives can integrate dental care into broader health and social development programs.

Integrating Oral Health Into Nutrition Programs in Nigeria

In Oyo State, Nigeria, the NOMALnutrition initiative is redefining community health delivery by embedding oral health care within existing nutrition programmes. Partnering with six organizations that already support vulnerable populations such as children living on the street and elderly rural residents, the project will reach approximately 500 people each month.