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The polar bear is under threat from climate change. There are more than 22,000 polar bears in the Arctic, but this will change if the Arctic continues to warm at twice the rate as the rest of the world.

Polar bear scientists are now predicting that more than 30 per cent of polar bears will...

In February 2007, Permanent TSB launched Ireland's first green loan.  A €10m fund was made available to facilitate customers borrowing money to improve the energy efficiency of their home.  This was the first scheme of its kind to be launched by any bank in Ireland.

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A series of initiatives are in place to reduce environmental impact and use resources efficiently:

1. Offsetting Carbon Emissions: In February 2007, Diageo Ireland introduced a new initiative focused on offsetting carbon emissions from business air travel. Every time a brewery team member takes...

Societies produce waste, which can be recovered at municipal or national level and after processing, it can be used as fuel (RDF Refuse Derived Fuel) by the cement industry. In August 2011, TITAN cement commissioned an RDF installation within the plant’s premises in Bulgaria (close to...