http://www.immediapress.it I comunicati stampa di Immediapress en info@immediapress.it (Informazioni) info@immediapress.it (Info tecniche) Ambiente/Environment, Altro/Miscellaneous, alimentazione / Food, architettura e edilizia/Architecture and Building Ind., http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61805 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Novus International, Inc.)
"This level of certification represents the company's commitment to minimizing our impact on the environments in which we operate," said Novus President and CEO, Thad Simons. "Our successful application of land and development practices proves that companies can achieve a healthy sustainable work environment while reducing operating costs."

SITES is an interdisciplinary effort led by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the United States Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance practices. Certification for the pilot rating system is based on The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Guidelines and Benchmarks 2009.

In May 2010, Novus's campus was one of more than 150 national and international projects to be chosen by the SITES partners to test out the 4-star rating system and guidelines.

Novus is a global leader in animal health and nutrition with a strong emphasis on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability. Sustainability at Novus is founded on the triple bottom line: social, economic, and environmental factors. The company's global headquarters, located at the Missouri Research Park in St. Charles, Missouri, is a 9-acre site that has been developed to a new standard for sustainable site design.

"We are pleased to be among those taking a lead in applying the SITES rating system to enhance the environmental, social and economic aspects of our projects," said Hunter Beckham, Principal at SWT Design, who was the project manager for the pilot project effort. Ted Spaid, Co-Founding Principal at SWT Design was the design lead. "This 3-star certification is evidence of our commitment to the environment, to our communities and to both Novus and SWT Design's passion for sustainability."

Among the specific sustainable design benchmarks met by the Novus Campus are:

Improved human health and well being for site users
Improved hydrology both on and off site
Habitat improvements to various locations throughout the project site


Among those on the project team:

Client: Novus International, Inc.
SWT Design
Landesign LLC
University of Missouri
Cowell Engineering
Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Show Me Rain Gardens
St. Louis Zoo
National Wildlife Federation
Missouri Botanical Garden
Whitmire Wildflower Garden
Horticulture Co-op of Metro St. Louis
Missouri Prairie Foundation
Great Rivers Greenway
Eastern Missouri Bee Keepers Association


Since 2005, the SITES partners, in conjunction with a diverse group of stakeholder organizations, have worked to transform land development and management practices with this first national rating system for sustainable landscapes. The guidelines apply to any type of designed landscape, with or without buildings, including shopping malls, streetscapes, subdivisions, corporate and academic campuses, transportation corridors, parks and recreation areas, and single family homes.

The U.S. Green Building Council, a stakeholder in the Sustainable Sites Initiative, anticipates incorporating the SITES guidelines and performance benchmarks into future iterations of its LEED Green Building Rating System™. While LEED minimizes the carbon footprint, SITES demonstrates how a landscape can actually sequester carbon and regenerate living systems. Working together, these initiatives will further revolutionize sustainable design.

The SITES Rating System includes 15 prerequisites and 51 different credits, measuring performance in areas such as the initial site selection, water, soil, vegetation, materials, human health and well being, construction and maintenance - adding up to a 250 point scale. The rating system recognizes levels of achievement by obtaining 40, 50, 60 or 80 percent of available points with one through four stars, respectively.

®NOVUS, ALIMET, MHA, ACTIVATE, ACIDOMIX, MINTREX, SANTOQUIN, AGRADO, are trademarks of Novus International, Inc. and is registered in the United States and other countries. ®ADVENT is a trademark of Viridus Animal Health, LLC, and is registered in the United States and other countries.® ARENUS is a registered trademark of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC. ® STRATUM NUTRITION is a trademark of Novus Nutrition Brands, LLC, and is registered in the United States and other countries. ™MERA, and SOLUTIONS SERVICE SUSTAINABILITY are trademarks of Novus International, Inc. © 2012 Novus International, Inc. All rights reserved | 120002

Contact: Lisa Jayne +1-314.576.8886 or
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Leah Almeling +1-800.520.1834 x3 or
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The carbon negative process utilizes biomass to create renewable gas and yields biochar as a co-product. Biochar is a highly stable form of sequestered carbon with multiple uses in agriculture and industry. Renewable gas from the ZeroPoint Solution is burned in a gas engine to produce power for the local utility grid. The German project delivered power to the local grid for the last two weeks of 2011 operations that was sold pursuant to the German "Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz," (Renewable Energy Act). The gas and engine also produce useable heat. The ZeroPoint Solution can be deployed to produce renewable synthesis gas used in reciprocating engines, steam boilers, thermal applications, or co-firing with coal, oil, biogas or biomass.

"The last half month of continuous operation and power sales are an important milestone in demonstrating reliability," said CEO, John Gaus. "We fully expect to show higher throughputs and reliabilities and prove attractive project economics in the coming year." The Company intends to deploy a small number of turnkey plants in 2012 with knowledgeable adopters and for the purposes of jointly optimizing its solution for economic and environmental benefit in strategic market sectors. Those targets include: 1) municipal water treatment plants that can effectively consume base load power and heat as well as blend sludge with biomass, 2) remote markets that generate high cost electricity with diesel fuel and 3) landfill gas power plants where power output can be supplemented with renewable gas.]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:55:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61497 Ambiente/Environment, Altro/Miscellaneous, chimica e farmacia / Chemistry and Pharmacy, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61444 global@prnewswire.co.uk (GOEMAR)
Jean-Pierre Princen has been involved for many years in the development and the progress in  the world of agriculture, and seeks to intensify both: "With a career spent to develop various strategic projects both in France and the USA in such major groups as Dupont, Monsanto and Cargill, I am truly delighted to commit myself as the CEO and co-investor of Goëmar. I was really attracted by what this mid-size French company embodies, with rapid organic growth based upon ongoing innovations, in the fields of plant bio-control and bio-stimulation. I believe that the Goëmar solutions are complementary to fertilizers and agro-chemicals to improve plant nutrition and health."

Pierre Lefebvre, who hands over his responsibilities to Jean-Pierre Princen, takes back his position within the board of Directors. "I am very happy to hand over the Goëmar Group commands to Jean-Pierre Princen. I completely trust his capabilities to take on the destiny of this nice company."  For BeCapital and Pechel, the majority shareholders in Goëmar, the arrival of the new Chief Executive Officer demonstrates their ambition for Goëmar to serve the Agricultural model of tomorrow: "Jean-Pierre Princen's agreement to join the Goëmar Group as an investor and Chief Executive Officer is a tremendous asset. The combination of our financial resources and his experience and leadership will strengthen the Group's position to serve a productive and sustainable Agriculture."]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:45:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61444 Ambiente/Environment, Economia e Finanza/Economy and Finance, alimentazione / Food, chimica e farmacia / Chemistry and Pharmacy, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61436 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Limagrain)
Net income came to €92 million. The Group's financial structure is solid with equity standing at €915 million and net financial indebtedness at €663 million.

Investment in research rose significantly to €157 million as opposed to €144 million, and represents 14% of "professional" sales. This past fiscal year, the Group held subsidiaries in 38 countries with a headcount of nearly 7,200 permanent staff, with multiple nationalities.

Daniel Chéron, CEO for Limagrain, commented on the Group's results: "Limagrain is a company that is growing fast. Our sales increased by 11.6% like for like, reaching 15.3% if we include acquisitions." Daniel Chéron added: "We are pursuing our dynamic march forward, preparing our future through a strategy of sustained internal growth and targeted external growth. Two highlights of the fiscal year were the acquisition of Brossard in France and the alliance with the Brazilian seeds company Sementes Guerra." He concluded by emphasizing that, "We are intensifying our investment in research, which today stands at €157 million, representing 14% of our professional sales. In terms of research it should also be noted that through Vilmorin & Cie we are in the process of creating a 50/50 joint venture with the German seeds company KWS. We have already been working in partnership with KWS in a commercial JV in North America since 2000. Our objective with this GM corn research JV is to pool our work on traits for resistances to herbicide and insects, drought tolerance and more efficient use of nitrogen."

Jean-Yves Foucault, a new Chairman for the Co-operative

At the Co-operative's Annual General Meeting of Thursday, December 15th, the members of the Board voted in their new Chairman. Pierre Pagesse, Chairman of Limagrain since 1992 handed over the baton to Jean-Yves Foucault, until then 1st Vice-Chairman of the Co-operative since 2009.

Limagrain is an international agricultural co-operative group, specialized in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products. Founded and managed by French farmers, Limagrain is the 4th largest seed company in the world through its holding Vilmorin & Cie, European leader for functional flours through Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients and 3rd largest French industrial producer of Bread-Viennoiseries-Pastries through Jacquet-Brossard. The Group makes annual sales of more than 1.5 billion Euros and has a headcount of 7,200, spread out over 38 countries, including 1,400 researchers. In Auvergne the Co-operative has 3,500 farmer members. It conducts its business within the framework of a global, sustainable vision of agriculture and agri-food based on innovation and regulation of agricultural markets.

For further information: http://www.limagrain.com]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61436 Ambiente/Environment, Economia e Finanza/Economy and Finance, Altro/Miscellaneous, energia / Energy and Power, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61381 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Worldwide News Ukraine) Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61381 Ambiente/Environment, Economia e Finanza/Economy and Finance, Politica e PA/Politics and Public Affairs, Altro/Miscellaneous, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61343 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Worldwide News Ukraine)
In 2011 Ukraine cropped the record amount of grain in twenty years since declaring independence. The unprecedented harvest - over 55 million tons of grain - as well as the removal of the export taxes and quotas contributed to the export boost in 2011. The decision of the Ukrainian government to refrain from limiting the country's grain export in the future went public last week.

Last year Ukraine took the fourth spot on the list of world's leading grain exporters, following the U.S., EU, and Canada. The U.S. Department of Agriculture habitually compiles the list of countries that provide three quarters of trade volume in the industry.

Given Ukraine's rich grain production in 2011, this August the country initiated the creation of the world's grain reserve under the auspices of the United Nations. Minister Prysyazhnyuk explained that Ukraine aimed to form a grain reserve of 10 to 12 million tons, preserve it and make grain interventions on the market following the respective decisions by the UN. This would allow for more efficient price regulation on the world grain market.

Currently, Ukraine claims its position as one of the leading agricultural countries in the world. The country possesses 30 percent of world's black soil - the most favorable soil for agriculture. This allows for a certain commercial advantage. Consequently, agricultural exports brought ten billion dollars to the Ukrainian budget in 2011, according to Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:40:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61343 Ambiente/Environment, Economia e Finanza/Economy and Finance, Altro/Miscellaneous, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61038 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Ceres)
"The IPCC report underscores the ripples climate change is already having on the global economy and the importance of innovative business solutions and aggressive government policies to manage this escalating threat," said Ceres president Mindy Lubber.Deutsche Asset Management : "The IPCC report is further confirmation for investors not just of the reality of climate change but of the urgent need to hedge against the growing risk of devastating climate events in many parts of the world," said Kevin Parker, global head of Deutsche Asset Management. "This is becoming easier to do thanks to the increasing availability of more sophisticated analytical tools and strategies to enable investors to take action. The key now is to raise investor awareness of the problem, which this report will certainly help to do."

Jones Lang LaSalle: "The real estate industry has long been focused on reducing the impact of buildings on the environment through energy use and resulting carbon emissions," said Dan Probst, chairman of energy and sustainable services at Jones Lang LaSalle, which manages properties across the U.S. and the world. "Now we're seeing the need to focus on the environment's impact on buildings due to the physical ripples of climate change. More than ever before, weather events and other climate-related factors are beginning to impact real estate location and design decisions."

Swiss Re: "The human and economic costs of severe weather are escalating and the IPCC report is another important reminder of the need to reverse this trend," said Mark Way, Swiss Re's Head Sustainability Americas Hub. "Swiss Re believes that effective adaptation measures can significantly improve society's resilience to climate risk and insurance has an important role to play in this regard."

The Climate Corporation: "Our customers tell us that the weather on their farms is more extreme and less predictable than it was even five or ten years ago," said David Friedberg, founder and CEO of The Climate Corporation. "Weather is the primary operational risk that farmers cannot control, and it's vital to the security of the global food supply that agricultural producers have solutions available to them that mitigate their financial exposure to increasingly extreme weather." The Climate Corporation offers automated weather insurance to buffer farmers from the financial impact of excess rain, drought, heat and freeze.

About Ceres

Ceres is a coalition of investors and public interest organizations working with companies to address climate change and other sustainability challenges. For more information visit http://www.incr.com/]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:45:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=61038 Ambiente/Environment, Auto e Motori/Automotive, Altro/Miscellaneous, meccanica / Mechanics, trasporti e logistica / Transportation and Logistics, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=60953 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Dana Holding Corporation)
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/19990903/DANA )

Dana will also present its popular Spicer Model 970 axle for large high-speed tractors and demonstrate the convenience it offers customers as the single source for drivetrain replacement parts and services under the Spicer umbrella of brands.

The Dana exhibit is located in Hall 26, Stand J20 at Agritechnica 2011.

"Dana has become a clear leader among Tier 1 suppliers for the agricultural sector by providing high-quality drivetrain solutions that enable our OEM partners to accelerate their production schedules and reduce their time to market," said Aziz Aghili, president of Dana Off-Highway Driveline Technologies.  "As the sector continues its rebound, Dana is well-positioned to deliver the advanced drivetrain technologies farmers need to increase their yield and meet growing demand."

Now being adapted for agricultural vehicles after years of development and use in military markets, the Spicer CTIS is designed to maximize the mobility of agricultural tractors, combines, and harvesters by adjusting tire pressure to provide the optimum footprint on any given terrain.  The Spicer CTIS enhances productivity in field operating environments through optimized traction, leak detection, and reduced soil compaction, while extending tire life, improving fuel economy, and increasing vehicle stability during on-road transport.  The feature is available now for testing by OEMs with production scheduled to start in 2012.

The Spicer Model 970 axle is the largest of Dana's premium axles designed for large high-speed tractors.  Engineered with an independent front suspension to offer isolation from body vibration, the Model 970 axle provides improved operator comfort, better vehicle control, better traction, and improved handling characteristics for safer operation, especially at on-road speeds.  A higher speed version of the Model 970 axle enables on-road travel up to 60 km/h (37 mph).

In addition to the Model 970 axle shown at Agritechnica, Dana offers a full range of planetary axles and planetary suspended axles for medium and large agricultural applications.Dana is a world leader in the supply of driveline products (axles, driveshafts, and transmissions), power technologies (sealing and thermal-management products), and genuine service parts for light- and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers. The company's customer base includes nearly every major vehicle manufacturer in the global automotive, commercial vehicle, and off-highway markets. Based in Maumee, Ohio, the company employs approximately 24,000 people in 26 countries and reported 2010 sales of $6.1 billion.  For more information, please visit http://www.dana.com/.]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:30:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=60953 Ambiente/Environment, Economia e Finanza/Economy and Finance, http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=60950 global@prnewswire.co.uk (Sodrugestvo Group)
- Partnership Strengthens Sodrugestvo's Storage Capabilities for Grain Operators In Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Mato GrossoSodrugestvo Group and Grupo Campofert have announced a multi-faceted partnership agreement in Brazil.

Campofert and Sodrugestvo have agreed to share their storage capacities in all locations and market them jointly to farmers and other market operators. Based in Guaira, Sao Paulo, the privately owned Campofert owns and operates 20 storage silos in the States of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso, with a total capacity of 274,000 mt. Sodrugestvo, through its Carol-Sodru S.A. joint-venture, owns, leases and operates 28 facilities with a total capacity of 870,000 mt in the States of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goias and Tocantins.

"This partnership with Campofert, a company that has been growing continuously for the last years and has always maintained a perfect reputation, will allow us to continue to improve our storage offering to farmers in the States of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, as well as to enter the Mato Grosso market," said Roger Haybittle, CEO of Carol-Sodru S.A. "Our strategy is to continue building such associations with good partners like Campofert whenever possible."

Sodrugestvo will also provide Campofert with a working capital facility to support its soya and corn origination operations in Minas Gerais.

Sodrugestvo Group (http://www.sodrugestvo.com/), founded in 1994, is a rapidly growing agro-industrial company serving global markets. The company is vertically integrated with three business units - specialized infrastructure (including deep-water sea ports), logistics (including railcars and storage facilities) and processing facilities (for the production of proteins and oils from vegetal and animal commodities). In the past year, Sodrugestvo crushed more than 1.3 million tons of soybeans and rapeseed, making it a leading player in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, and traded over 2.3 million tons of agricultural commodities. The company is also expanding into commodities trading and direct origination capabilities.

Headquartered in Luxembourg, the company has facilities in a dozen countries including Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Brazil, United States, Switzerland and several Eastern European nations.  With consolidated sales of $1,303 million in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, Sodrugestvo has enjoyed average annual growth of 15 percent or more for the last 10 years. Sodrugestvo employs 1,350 and is privately held. This release is available online in the Feintuch Communications media room located at http://www.feintuchcommunications.com/sodru.]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:30:00 +0100 http://www.immediapress.it/sito/rss/gira.php?id=60950