(IN BRIEF) Nestlé has opened an Institute of Agricultural Sciences to advance sustainable food systems and develop science-based solutions in agriculture. The institute is dedicated to screening and developing solutions in key focus areas, such as plant science, agricultural systems, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Environment, Food & Beverage, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged agricultural systems, agriculture, cocoa, coffee, cow feed, dairy livestock, farmers, grains, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Jeroen Dijkman, manure management, Nescafé Plan, Nestlé, Nestlé Cocoa Plan, Paul Bulcke, plant science, pulses, sustainable food supply, sustainable food systems, Valérie Dittli
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €6.6 billion of new financing to support sustainable transport, clean energy, corporate innovation, and education investment worldwide. The EIB Board of Directors also adopted a mid-term review of the EIB’s Energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged clean energy, corporate innovation, Czech rail network, Education, EIB, electric vehicle, electric vehicle battery, energy efficiency, Energy Lending Policy, European Investment Bank, European Rail Traffic Management System, financing, Madrid metro network, renewable energy, REPowerEU, rooftop solar power, school campuses, sustainable transport, sustainable urban transport, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank held a meeting at its headquarters in Luxembourg with representatives of civil society groups to discuss how the bank can respond better to global challenges including climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, and conflicts. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Society
Tagged civil society groups, climate change, conflicts, environmental degradation, environmental groups, global challenges, poverty, The European Investment Bank, Transparency Policy, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Werner Hoyer
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a loan agreement worth €9.1 million with Agricover Credit, a specialised financial services provider for farmers in Romania. The loan, backed by the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Romania
Tagged Agricover Credit, Agricover Credit IFN, EASI, EIF, Employment and Social Innovation, farmers, Marjut Falkstedt, Nicolas Schmit, Romania, Serhan Hacisuleyman, The European Investment Fund, TLA, Young Leaders for Agriculture
(IN BRIEF) ArcelorMittal’s Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting have been held, with over 75% of voting rights represented. The meetings approved the distribution of a dividend of US$0.44 per share and re-elected Lakshmi N. Mittal, Aditya Mittal, and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BMW and E.ON have partnered on a pan-European scheme for intelligent charging at home. The strategic collaboration aims to create “Connected Home Charging,” a charging ecosystem to connect customers’ electric BMW or Mini vehicles to the energy system … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged BMW, E.ON partnership, Frank Weber, Patrick Lammers, ‘Connected Home Charging’
(IN BRIEF) ANPG, TotalEnergies, and Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção signed a heads of agreement related to the development of the Cameia and Golfinho fields in the Kwanza basin. The project, located around 150 km southwest of Luanda, will comprise an … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Angola Field Development, ANPG, Gaspar Martins, Nicolas Terraz, partnership, Paulo Jerónimo, Sonangol, TotalEnergies
(IN BRIEF) Syngenta Crop Protection has acquired Macspred Australia, a company specializing in weed management for the forestry, roads, rail, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. The acquisition marks Syngenta’s entry into the forestry products and vegetation markets through its Professional Solutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Industrial, Management, News, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, crop protection, forestry, industrial sectors, Macspred Australia, Mike Parkin, Syngenta, weed management
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool is part of a consortium that has launched the Microbials Accelerator, a programme aimed at supporting SMEs in scaling their businesses and securing funding for the commercialisation of innovative microbial technologies. The programme is … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone has launched a dedicated 5G network at the University of Palermo, Sicily, as part of the “5G 4 A Smart Sicilian Academic Campus” project. The network, funded by the European Union and supported by the Ministry of … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Management, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G, Education, Italy, RESEARCH, smart campus, University of Palermo, vodafone
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading chemical company, has added a certified home and industrial compostable grade for cold and hot food packaging to its ecovio® portfolio for extrusion coating on paper and board. The new extrusion coating grade, ecovio® 70 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Food & Beverage, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, biopolymer, ecovio®, Food Packaging, Michael Bernhard Schick, sustainable
(IN BRIEF) Deutsche Telekom, Riot Games, SK Gaming, and the esports player foundation (epf) have partnered to launch the Equal eSports Cup, a League of Legends tournament for female and non-binary players in the DACH region. More than 10 teams … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Germany, Management, Media, News, Sports, Telecom
Tagged Antje Hundhausen, Deutsche Telekom, epf, Equal eSports Cup, Jörg Adami, League of Legends tournament, non-binary players, partnership, Riot Games, SK Gaming, WOMEN
(IN BRIEF) BAE Systems and KOVAL SYSTEMS have signed a contract for the production of new infantry fighting vehicles, the CV90MkIV, for the Slovak Armed Forces. The contract involves KOVAL SYSTEMS producing the complete turret assembly of the vehicles as … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Siemens has provided automation and building technology for Bustanica, the world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai. The $40m facility is owned by Emirates Crop One and Crop One Holdings, and provides an output of 1 million kg of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bustanica, Dubai, Franco Atassi, Kieran Dowd, Siemens, technology, vertical farm
(IN BRIEF) RWE Renewables Europe & Australia has won a bid for a Long-Term Energy Service Agreement to develop a long-duration storage project in New South Wales. RWE’s Limondale battery energy storage system, which will have a planned installed capacity … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Australia, Katja Wünschel, Limondale battery, New South Wales, partnership, RWE
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) and BBVA have signed an agreement under the InvestEU guarantee program to provide a €200 million guarantee to help BBVA’s specialised startup initiative, BBVA Spark, support startups with innovative and sustainable value propositions. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged BBVA, BBVA Spark, digitalisation, EIF, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, Paolo Gentiloni, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Roberto Albaladejo, SMEs, Startups, sustainability, Technology Startups, The European Investment Fund
(IN BRIEF) Crédit Agricole Group Infrastructure Platform (CA-GIP) has named Olivier Biton as its new CEO, effective from May 1, 2023. Biton, a member of the Management Committee of Crédit Agricole S.A., will replace Emmanuel Sardet who is appointed Deputy … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Management, News
Tagged appointment, CA-GIP, CEO, Credit Agricole, Emmanuel Sardet, leadership, Olivier Biton
(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament has launched the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on World Press Freedom Day. The prize is awarded annually to professional journalists or teams whose work promotes or defends EU principles such as human rights, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Parliament and Council have agreed on a new scheme to protect the “geographical indication” of traditional crafts both in the EU and internationally. The legislation will protect the original quality and tradition of locally renowned goods … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) STMicroelectronics has announced that it has repurchased 280,175 of its ordinary shares in the period from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023, equivalent to 0.03% of its issued share capital, for a total price of €11,415,416.72. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged Financial, investment, shares, STMicroelectronics
(IN BRIEF) The Axel Springer Freedom Foundation and Danish artist Jens Galschiøt have installed a replica of the Pillar of Shame in Berlin to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre in China. The monument, which originally stood outside … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Antje Schippmann, Axel Springer Freedom Foundation, Chinese democracy movement, Haiyuer Kuerban, Jens Galschiøt, Katharina Neubert, Pillar of Shame, Prof. Dr. Jhy-Wey Shieh, Public art installation, Ray Wong, Tenzyn Zöchbauer, Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, University of Hong Kong
(IN BRIEF) CASA SEAT has announced the opening of a new art exhibition featuring 30 illustrations created by emerging artists from Barcelona. The exhibit is a collaboration with The Barcelonian, a collective illustration project paying tribute to The New Yorker … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Automotive, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Spain
Tagged art exhibition, artworks, CASA SEAT 2024 Book, Illustrators, Pablo Murillo Barrionuevo, SEAT SA
(IN BRIEF) Italian construction company Webuild and local partner NGE have completed the excavation of the first 5.3 km of a metro tunnel for the Grand Paris Express, a major mobility project in Europe that aims to improve public transport … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Grand Paris Express, Line 16, Mireille, NGE, tunnel work, Webuild
(IN BRIEF) The LEGO Group has announced the launch of LEGO DREAMZzz, a new product range and content series that brings to life the creativity of children’s dreams. The series follows the adventures of school friends who journey into the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Denmark, Education, Entertainment, Management, Media, News
Tagged 'DREAMZzz', Cerim Manovi, CHILDREN, creativity, Dr Shelby Harris, LEGO Group, loneliness, stress
(IN BRIEF) SAS has partnered with the European Customer Experience Organisation (ECXO) to share knowledge and best practices in customer experience (CX) in the EMEA region. ECXO aims to elevate the collective experience of customers and employees in Europe by … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Andreas Heiz, customer experience, ECXO, human, partnership, Ricardo Samuel Saltz Gulko, SAS
(IN BRIEF) T-Systems International has acquired GeoMobile, a Dortmund-based software company, to bolster its Transport and Logistics portfolio with an IT platform that supports barrier-free urban mobility. GeoMobile’s Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform enables passengers to plan, book, and pay for their … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Small Business, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged acquisition, barrier-free urban mobility, Deutsche Telekom, Dr. Michael Gerhard, GeoMobile, intermodal mobility, IT platform, MaaS, Mobility app, Peter Lorenz, T-Systems International, Transport and Logistics
(IN BRIEF) Lloyds Banking Group has teamed up with homelessness charity Crisis in a two-year partnership to tackle the shortage of affordable homes in Great Britain. The partnership aims to build one million new affordable homes for people on low … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Management, News, Real Estate, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged charity, Charlie Nunn, crisis, homelessness, Lloyds Banking Group, Matt Downie, partnership, social housing
(IN BRIEF) Henkel’s Engineered Wood division will showcase its advanced portfolio of solutions for the mass timber industry at LIGNA 2023. The trade fair, which will be held in Hanover, Germany from May 15 to 19, will highlight Henkel’s sustainable … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Christian Fild, Fire-Safe Adhesives, Henkel, LIGNA 2023, sustainable innovations, Timber Construction
(IN BRIEF) Henkel, an adhesive manufacturer and innovation driver, is set to present its latest products for the furniture industry at LIGNA 2023 in Hanover, Germany, from May 15 to 19. With the theme “Get Inspired,” Henkel aims to showcase … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged adhesives, furniture industry, Henkel, innovative, Kathrin Hein, LIGNA 2023, Moritz Ultsch, sustainable
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