Impact is the new profit. Positive, sustainable impact for all stakeholders, i.e. people, society and the environment.
Recently, we started our Young Professionals Charter with the aim to attract young talent to the NCCC Traders by Nature and help them become the leaders of tomorrow. We appointed eight Young Professional Ambassadors and two of them, Olga Pexídrová and Martin Šimáček, have taken it upon themselves to fight deforestation in the Czech Republic. […]
The Climate Challenge Acceleration Programme by Impact Hub has transformed into the ClimAccelerator program. The launch of ClimAccelerator program can be described as a real international success. Five organizations from five different countries join a partnership with EIT Climate-KIC, the European leader in green innovations and smart solutions for the protection of our resources. Everyone, […]
The prototype of the innovative gravity electricity storage system, in which the Czech plant of Huisman participated, takes shape. Despite the very difficult travel conditions due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a team of Czech engineers of Huisman travelled to Scotland to complete the installation of the equipment at the client and performed the subsequent […]
KLM’s Corporate BioFuel Programme has been renamed the KLM Corporate SAF Programme. SAF stands for Sustainable Aviation Fuel. KLM has opted for this new name to make it clear that the fuel it buys is manufactured sustainably, using raw materials that do not cause deforestation, impede food production or harm the environment in any other […]
Last year that brought many people on the brink of their basic human needs, Albert has more than doubled food donation to the Federation of Food Banks. The chain of stores also supplied dozens of hospitals, affected areas and orphanages. In overall, Albert has increased the amount of donated food by 75% to 795 tons. […]
St. Anne's University Hospital Brno (FNUSA) started building its own cannabis research plant in Brno. Facility will be used by researchers from the International Clinical Research Center (FNUSA-ICRC) who are researching medical cannabis. The cannabis research plant is the basic infrastructure of the Cannabis Research Center (CRC). According to experts from FNUSA-ICRC, this is a […]
For the first time worldwide, a passenger flight partly flown on sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, was carried out in The Netherlands. This was announced today during the international conference on Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) in The Hague. Shell, producer of the sustainable synthetic kerosene and KLM, operating the flight, presented this showcase during the […]
We are happy to announce that our member Huisman Manufacturing has completed the production of energy storage equipment - a control system, a drive unit and two winches, which together will carry a weight of 50 tons. The equipment is for Gravitricity Ltd and has already arrived at its destination to be installed in Leigh, Scotland in […]
With the outbreak of the second covid wave in mid-October, Albert has restarted the food donations to medical staff in hospitals. Following the spring deliveries of more than 8,000 portions to seven hospitals in Prague, Albert extends the donations and delivers food supply to nurses, doctors and medical staff to nine hospitals in Prague and […]
Changing the global mobility industry Over the course of the last decade, the amount of global movement of people and goods has significantly increased in the light of a growing demand for specific talent across country and continent borders. Contrary to the positive economic benefits of this mobility demand, the ecological impact of the increasing […]
