Sustainability & ESG

SPIC Hunutlu Plant Redesigns Access Road, Turtle Nests Top 60

ISKENDERUN – November 12, 2026 -- Monitoring near SPIC's Hunutlu Power Plant on Iskenderun Bay in Türkiye has recorded a high of more than 60 sea turtle nests on the adjacent beach, after the plant wrote nesting-ground protection into its engineering design.

Truss bridge replaces trestle and access roads to spare nesting beach

Shanghai Electric Power made preserving the nearby sea turtle reserve a precondition at the planning and design stage. Plant director Zhang Qingbin said the nearby transport trestle and access roads were optimized into a long-span truss bridge, under the guidance of local sea turtle experts, so the nesting area would not be affected.

Beko CEO Tells COP31 Efficient Appliances Can Ease Grid Strain

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Beko CEO Tells COP31 Efficient Appliances Can Ease Grid Strain

ANTALYA – November 12, 2026 -- Scope 3 value-chain emissions account for 99% of Beko's total emissions, and more than 80% of those come from products in use in people's homes, CEO Can Dinçer told COP31 delegates while arguing that appliance efficiency is the company's biggest lever for cutting emissions.

Dinçer spoke on the panel 'From Efficiency to Resilience: The Role of the Home-Appliance Industry in the Energy Transition' at the pavilion of Beko's parent, Koç Holding. He said the energy transition must electrify smarter as well as faster, and that much of that work happens in the home.

Denarius Metals Expands Toral District 7km, Files Maiden NI 43-101 Resource

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Denarius Metals Expands Toral District 7km, Files Maiden NI 43-101 Resource

Toronto – – September 13, 2026 -- Denarius Metals Corp. (Cboe CA: DMET; OTCQX: DNRSF) has secured a preferential option from the Regional Government of Castilla and Leon to acquire up to 28 new mining grids covering approximately 800 hectares adjacent to its Toral Project in Spain, a move that would expand its total land position in the Leon Mining District to roughly 3,700 hectares. The company separately disclosed a maiden NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate for the 100%-owned Toral Project, prepared by Resource Development Associates with an effective date of July 24, 2026.