(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has provided a SEK 560.5 million (€51 million) loan to A-Train AB to finance seven new high-speed electric trains for the Arlanda express rail connection between Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Stockholm Central Station. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Finland, Investment, News, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged A-Train AB, Arlanda express, Australian pension funds, electric trains, Gingko Tree Investment, High-Speed Rail, infrastructure financing, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, passenger growth, Public Private Partnership, Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Stockholm Central Station, sustainable transport, Sweden rail transport, Sweden transport strategy
(IN BRIEF) The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has granted an €8 million loan to Kiinteistö Oy Biomedicum Helsinki to finance the renovation of Biomedicum 1, a key research and education building in the Meilahti medical campus. Scheduled for completion by … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Investment, Management, News
Tagged AAA credit rating, Biomedicum Helsinki, district heating, energy efficiency, EU green goals, Finland, healthcare infrastructure, heat recovery, Helsinki, Kiinteistö Oy Biomedicum, Meilahti medical campus, NIB, Nordic Investment Bank, public sector investment, real estate renovation, renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, University of Helsinki
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has renewed the Tier IV Gold Certification for Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute for its Data Processing Center in Tres Cantos, Madrid. This honor, awarded to data centers that meet stringent operational and energy efficiency standards, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Spain, Technology
Tagged BBVA, carbon emissions, cold aisle containment, data center innovation, Data Processing Center, digital infrastructure, energy efficiency, environmental leadership, EU energy policy compliance, Garanti BBVA, Green technology, IBM z15, LMS training, Mexico, operational sustainability, photovoltaic solar plant, renewable energy, Spain, Tier IV Gold Certification, Tres Cantos, Uptime Institute
(IN BRIEF) Garanti BBVA has been awarded the prestigious International Safety Award from the British Safety Council for the sixth year in a row, becoming the only financial institution among 350 Turkish applicants to achieve this recognition in 2025. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Financial, Security & Safety, Spain, Turkey
Tagged British Safety Council, Ebru Taşcı Firuzbay, Employee Wellbeing, financial sector awards, Garanti BBVA, global safety standards, International Safety Awards 2025, Mahmut Akten, occupational health and safety, Pendik Technology Campus, TIER IV Data Center, Türkiye banking, UK nonprofit awards, workplace safety, workplace sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has made its first-ever private equity fund investment in Iceland, committing €30 million to Alfa Framtak’s AF3 fund under the European Commission’s InvestEU programme. With a total first close of €145 million, AF3 … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Iceland, Investment, Luxembourg, Small Business, Technology
Tagged AF3, Alfa Framtak, blue economy, Clara Ganslandt, digitalisation, EIF, ESG investing, EU funding, green transition, Gunnar Páll Tryggvason, Iceland economy, Iceland private equity, industrial decarbonisation, innovation finance, InvestEU, Merete Clausen, SME investment
(IN BRIEF) The EBRD has secured the necessary shareholder approval to amend its statutes and expand operations into select sub-Saharan African countries and Iraq. This move, set to take effect in three months, follows the approval of the amendment by … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged 2025 EBRD Annual Meeting, Article 1 amendment, Benin, Board of Governors, Canary Wharf, Cote d’Ivoire, EBRD, emerging markets, financial inclusion, GHANA, international development, Iraq, Kenya, London 2025, Nigeria, Odile Renaud-Basso, private sector, Senegal, Strategic and Capital Framework, sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable growth
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank is teaming up with Growthfund to carry out Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments for the ports of Volos, Alexandroupoli, and Patras in Greece. The initiative will identify physical climate risks, propose adaptation measures, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Greece, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged adaptation strategy, Alexandroupoli port, climate proofing, Climate Risk, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, coastal flooding, CRVA, EIB, EU climate bank, European Commission climate guidance, European Investment Bank, extreme weather, Greece ports, Growthfund, infrastructure resilience, Ioannis Tsakiris, Panagiotis Stampoulidis, Patras port, PIANC, port development, public-private collaboration, sustainable infrastructure, Volos port
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has pledged $60 million to support LeapFrog Investments’ Climate Investment Strategy, a fund aiming to deploy $500 million for green technologies across Africa and Asia. Joined by partners such as IFC, Temasek, and SIFEM, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology
Tagged Africa, Andy Kuper, ASIA, Battery Smart, clean technology, climate finance, Climate Investment Strategy, EIB, European Investment Bank, Global Emissions, green transition, greenhouse gas reduction, IFC, IMF, LeapFrog Investments, low-carbon mobility, Nadia Calviño, renewable energy, rooftop solar, SIFEM, Spring Meetings 2025, sustainable development, Temasek, World Bank Group
(IN BRIEF) Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Bernhard Kaufmann as its next Group Chief Risk Officer, effective 1 October 2025. Kaufmann, who currently holds the same role at Helvetia and has served as CRO at NN Group and … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Financial, Insurance, Management, Switzerland
Tagged Bernhard Kaufmann, corporate governance, CRO appointment, enterprise risk management, executive transition, Group Chief Risk Officer, Helvetia, insurance leadership, insurance regulation, Jacques de Vaucleroy, Munich Re, NN Group, Patrick Raaflaub, reinsurance, risk management, risk oversight, Swiss Re, Swiss Re 2025 leadership changes, theoretical physics
(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom has completed the deployment of a large-scale smart corridor in Gwinnett County, Georgia, spanning nearly 400 intersections. The project equips 180 public and emergency fleet vehicles with onboard CV technology and includes applications like emergency vehicle … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 360ns, CMCC, Connected Vehicles, CV technology, Duluth GA, emergency vehicle preemption, Georgia DOT, Gwinnett County, interoperability, ITS, Kapsch TrafficCom, OBUs, pedestrian safety, rail crossing alerts, roadside units, Smart Corridor, smart mobility, sustainable transportation, traffic management, transit signal priority, transportation innovation, Vision Zero, work zone alerts
(IN BRIEF) In celebration of Earth Day 2025, Lightsource bp highlights its commitment to responsible renewable energy development under the global theme “Our Power, Our Planet.” The company has delivered over 11.5GW of clean energy worldwide, with a sustainability-first approach … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, United Kingdom
Tagged agrivoltaics, biodiversity net gain, circular economy, clean energy, Climate Action, Community Impact, decarbonisation, Earth Day 2025, ecological stewardship, energy transition, global supply chain, Lightsource BP, local economic development, Our Power Our Planet, renewable energy, responsible sourcing, science-based targets, solar farms, sustainability, utility-scale solar
(IN BRIEF) Launching on Earth Day 2025, Perspective Shifts is a new creative research collaboration between the University of Exeter and Falmouth University. Dr Emmylou Rahtz and illustrator Phyllida Bluemel will explore how human perception of scale and awe in … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged artistic research, Arts and Culture Exeter, co-produced art, creativity and ecology, Earth Day 2025, Elze Hesse, Emmylou Rahtz, environment and sustainability, environmental humanities, ESI, Falmouth University, FX Creative Exchange, Hue Lewis-Jones, illustrated publication, interdisciplinary collaboration, nature perception, Penryn campus, perspective shifts, Phyllida Bluemel, research culture, scale and awe, University of Exeter
(IN BRIEF) This May, Exeter will host the 12th edition of Pint of Science, a national festival that brings research into local pubs. From 19–21 May, scientists from the University of Exeter and the Met Office will present talks across … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Bootlegger Exeter, bowel cancer detection, City Gate, diabetes diagnosis, Dr Harry Green, Exeter events, genetic sequencing, Met Office, multi-city event, outreach, Pint of Science, pub quiz, public engagement, regenerative insects, robotics in healthcare, science communication, science for all, science in pubs, UK science festivals, University of Exeter, White Hart Hotel
(IN BRIEF) Corentin Bisot, postdoctoral researcher at AMOLF, has won the Van Leeuwenhoek Award in the category of environmental microbiology. Presented by the Royal Netherlands Society for Microbiology during the Scientific Spring Meeting in Papendal, the award honors his work … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AMOLF, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Corentin Bisot, environmental microbiology, imaging techniques, KNVM, microbiology award, Netherlands science, nutrient flows, Physics of Behavior, plant-fungal networks, postdoctoral researcher, Scientific Spring Meeting, soil organisms, underground ecosystems, Van Leeuwenhoek Award
(IN BRIEF) Unilever has unveiled Cif Infinite Clean, a revolutionary home cleaning product that uses natural probiotics to clean surfaces more effectively and sustainably. The dormant probiotics activate on contact with dirt and provide a deep clean that lasts up … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Industrial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged 2025 cleaning innovation, biodegradable cleaning, bioscience, CIF, Earth Day, Eduardo Campanella, home care innovation, home hygiene, Infinite Clean, microbiome cleaning, pet-safe cleaners, probiotic technology, probiotics, refillable cleaning product, sustainable cleaning, TikTok cleaning trends, UK product launch, Unilever
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