Eco-Mobility and Empowered Sustenance

Rolls-Royce recently conducted the first 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tests in a business jet engine, as part of the company’s ongoing ambition to play a leading role in enabling the sectors in which it operates to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. The tests on its latest business aviation engine in development, the Pearl 700, […]

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of August 24, 2021) CoViD-19 crisis or not, one of the critical goals of the aviation industry has been environmental sustainability. Truth be told, the aviation industry is one of the few businesses to have established agreed-upon carbon-emission-reduction standards for both equipment and operators internationally. Three goals

General Motors (GM) recently announced its ambitious plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040. Also, it has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The American automaker has also signed the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5⁰C, an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of August 16, 2021) The Philippines, like most countries, has been under a prolonged state of community quarantine that aimed to prevent the further spread of the CoViD-19 pandemic. Now, nearly 18 months into various levels of quarantine and a slowdown in nearly all business operations, the

Global leading automaker Volkswagen, whose headquarters are based in Germany—a country world-famous for its meat sausages (called Bratwursts)—is making a potentially game-changing maneuver, this time in its kitchen. Vegan sausage will replace Volkswagen’s currywurst, its own sausage brand, supposedly to help in the company’s sustainability efforts. In fact, the carmaker will no longer offer meat

Eco-Mobility and Empowered Sustenance / By TESSDRIVE PH / May 9, 2020 (Editor’s note: This story has been updated as of August 14, 2021) On May 7, 2020, two Representatives from the Philippine Congress aired their environmental concerns covering land and marine ecosystems, underscoring the need for society and the government to continue prioritizing the environment, as

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of August 12, 2021) An April 27, 2020, CNN article titled “Meat processing plants across the US are closing due to the pandemic: Will consumers feel the impact?” reports that more meat processing and packaging plants across the United States have “suspended operations temporarily due to coronavirus

In early 2020, Etihad Airways announced its ambitious goal of zero net emissions by 2050 and splitting its 2019 net emission levels by 2035, thus becoming the first among Gulf airlines to set such industry targets. To achieve that goal, Etihad committed to purchase carbon offsets to completely neutralize the CO2 emissions of its flagship

Tessdrive.com held on the afternoon of July 29 its pilot Facebook livestreaming session, featuring expert plant-based nutritionist Dr. Blecenda “Doc Blecy” Varona and New York-trained chef Lilibeth “Chef B” Camposano. The livestream was also shared online, in real time, with students of Enderun Colleges. Dr. Varona shared her insights and extensive knowledge of plant-based nutrition