The EPA State of the Environment Report 2024 paints a clear picture of the environmental challenges Ireland faces. The report underscores the urgency of addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution through systemic solutions. With sectors like construction, energy, and transport being major contributors to environmental degradation, there is a growing push for stricter regulations and digital solutions to track, manage, and mitigate these impacts. For businesses, this means adapting to new realities of compliance, transparency, and sustainability.

Starting 1 September 2024, Ireland will see a significant change in its waste management regulations. The Waste Recovery and Landfill Levy Regulations will be amended to remove exemptions for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. This blog delves into the implications of this change and highlights how Hub360's digital tracking capabilities will play a crucial role in this new landscape.

In May this year, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) came into effect in Ireland, marking a significant step forward in the EU’s efforts to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of critical raw materials. The Act is designed to help Europe achieve its 2030 climate and digital objectives by ensuring that these essential materials are sourced, used, and recycled in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Effective construction site management is essential for the success of any project. With numerous materials and waste to handle, keeping track of everything can be challenging. Hub360 offers innovative technology designed to streamline these processes, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. Here are five ways Hub360 can improve your construction site management.

The construction and infrastructure industry faces increasing demands for sustainable practices and strict adherence to regulatory standards. The imminent Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) mandates are driving the need for user-friendly tools that provide clear transparency and accountability without excessive labour spent on report preparation and compliance verification. Additionally, the industry must account for emissions throughout the value chain. Hub360 stands out as a pivotal resource, fulfilling the diverse reporting needs critical to various project participants such as investors, developers, multinational corporations, and government entities.

The logistics industry is one of Europe's biggest, generating in excess of €900 bn each year and employing more than 7 million workers. It also features the most labour-intensive processes that have traditionally focused heavily on legacy paper-based systems, meaning that it's an industry that's open to disruption by options that offer improved efficiency.

The paradigm of customer expectation has always been an important factor in the supply chain and logistics sector and that is most certainly the case now. In fact, it is a crucial aspect that’s shaping the future of the transport industry, as businesses are having to embrace mobile technologies to meet these seemingly ever-increasing standards.

AI facilitates this optimisation by providing invaluable insights into every aspect of the supply chain, with AI-enabled visual inspections and automatic sorting being just two of the ways in which this is realised. In the B2B transport sector, AI can even accurately forecast when trucks will leave or arrive at warehouses and route planning apps can ensure that the most efficient routes are taken.