Lithuania: banks fall short of green declarations

While banks in Lithuania boast of scooter-riding CEOs, their sustainability record tells a different tale. A consumer group’s investigation suggests there’s much room for improvement. The Lithuanian Consumers Alliance (Vartotoju Aljansas) has looked at how sincere Lithuania’s six commercial banks are when they boast about their green practices. The report assessed the environmental impact of…

Estonia: construction price index up in Q2 2021

In the second quarter of 2021, the construction price index increased by 5.2% QoQ and by 6.2% YoY, data from Statistics Estonia showed. The construction price index shows the change in construction expenditures taking into consideration the price changes of three basic inputs: labor force, building materials and building machines. The calculation of the construction…

Georgia: consumer price index up in June 2021

The consumer price index increased by 0.7% MoM in June, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reported. The monthly inflation rate was mainly influenced by price changes for the following groups: housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels (+2.7%), recreation and culture (+1.6%), restaurants and hotels (+1%), transport (+0.4%) and food and non-alcoholic beverages…

Ukraine: energy minister and Austrian ambassador discuss cooperation in carbon neutrality

Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has met with the Austrian Ambassador to Ukraine Gernot Pfandler to discuss prospects for expanding cooperation in the field of carbon neutrality, the Energy Ministry’s press service has reported. “Ukraine and Austria have been cooperating for a long time in the field of hydropower and energy efficiency and are planning…