Sustainability

Products Sustainability

Bioethanol by Merck - initiative for green solvents

Merck's Bioethanol is the first product in the new green solvents product line. It is a high-quality, non-synthetic ethanol produced from sugar cane more

News Sustainability

• Manchester University students win international sustainability prize

  A team of students from the University of Manchester, UK,  has been awarded an international sustainability prize by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in recognition of a university design project  based on turning corn waste into succinic acid.The seven-strong team that clinched the in more

• Bayer remains “best in class” in sustainability

  Bayer remains “best in class” in sustainability. This is demonstrated by the company's renewed inclusion in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index (DJSI Europe). Bayer has been listed continuously in the DJSI World since its inception more

• Structural Work Completed on New Ravensburg-Area Vetter Facility
  

  Structural work on Vetter's new German facility Ravensburg Vetter West has been completed within eleven months of groundbreaking. As scheduled, the company concluded structural work on its center for visual inspection and state-of-the-art high-bay warehouse for cold-storage and room-temperature prod more

Publications Sustainability

• Tumor–Immune Dynamics Regulated in the Microenvironment Inform the Transient Nature of Immune-Induced Tumor Dormancy

  Cancer in a host induces responses that increase the ability of the microenvironment to sustain the growing mass, for example, angiogenesis, but cancer cells can have varying sensitivities to these sustainability signals. Here, we show that these sensitivities are significant determinants of ultimat more

• Active Video Games and Health Indicators in Children and Youth: A Systematic Review

  by Allana G. LeBlanc, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Allison McFarlane, Rachel C. Colley, David Thivel, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Ralph Maddison, Scott T. Leatherdale, Mark S. Tremblay Background Active video games (AVGs) have gained interest as a way to increase physical activity in children and youth. The ef more

• Adaptive governance and institutional strategies for climate-induced community relocations in Alaska [Sustainability Science]

  This article presents governance and institutional strategies for climate-induced community relocations. In Alaska, repeated extreme weather events coupled with climate change-induced coastal erosion impact the habitability of entire communities. Community residents and government agencies concur th more

Market studies Sustainability

• Hungary Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2012

  BMI View: Drugmakers previously disheartened by the extent of cuts to Hungary’s National Healthcare Fund (OEP) budget will be further aggrieved by a new bill that proposed increasing the levies paid on some reimbursed drugs to 30%. We have previously discussed our scepticism regarding the Hungarian more

• Kuwait Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2012

  BMI View: In BMI's Pharmaceuticals Risk/Reward Ratings (RRR) table for Q412, Kuwait remains in second position, trailing the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its risks profile is stronger than its rewards, which are squeezed by the small market size and political instability that may stall the reform of more

• Sri Lanka Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2012

  BMI View: Sri Lanka’s pharmaceutical market is expected to post a 2010-2015 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.2%, as measured in local currency terms. Nevertheless, by 2015, the market will still be worth less than US$700mn, on account of low pharmaceutical prices and low per capital spending more

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