CriteriaCaixa, the investment arm of Fundación ”la Caixa”, has acquired a 5% stake in Veolia Environnement for €1 billion. This stable shareholding agreement includes a board representative for CriteriaCaixa. The investment supports Veolia's GreenUp program and aligns with CriteriaCaixa's diversification strategy. Despite tensions over Agbar's water management in Catalonia, the acquisition strengthens CriteriaCaixa's influence in strategic sectors and benefits its philanthropic activities.

Microplastics have become a concern. These particles, smaller than 5 millimeters, slough off plastic as it degrades. It is a menace that is practically omnipresent and ubiquitous.According to an article published in the magazine of Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medicine, microplastics have been detected throughout the human body, including in the blood, saliva, liver, kidneys, and placenta.Microplastics, smaller than 1 micrometer, called nanoplastics, are even more dangerous because they can infiltrate cells. Apart from the human body, microplastics have penetrated – with their severely contaminating presence – the environment, marine wildlife, and animals.Microplastics could be found in human breast milk and an infant's first stool, the meconium, indicating that the danger of microplastics is walking alongside us, like an ominous shadow, from day zero.It could potentially cause oxidative damage, DNA damage, and changes in gene activity. It is also a known carcinogenic substance and, as Harvard Medicine reports, microplastics have been found responsible for reduced sperm count and quality, ovarian scarring, and metabolic disorders in offspring in studies done on mice.Despite its adverse effects, we humans constantly inhale and ingest microplastics through contaminated seafood, including fish and shellfish. They are present in tap water, bottled water, and other commonly consumed beverages like beer.A study cited by the United Nations estimated that the average adult consumed approximately 2,000 microplastics per year through salt

VEOLIA, líder mundial en soluciones medioambientales, anuncia la integración de FRIMARTE, empresa gallega especializada en instalaciones frigoríficas y de aire acondicionado navales e industriales. Esta operación está en línea con el nuevo programa estratégico de VEOLIA, GreenUp, para acelerar en todo el mundo la implantación de soluciones asequibles y replicables que descontaminen, descarbonicen y regeneren nuestros recursos. Uno de los impulsores de GreenUp es la eficiencia energética y la producción de energía local baja en carbono. Sobe VEOLIA. VEOLIA es líder mundial en gestión de energía, agua, residuos y gestión optimizada de recursos