(IN BRIEF) EIB Global, the development arm of the European Investment Bank, is providing a grant of up to €4 million to the World Food Programme to support tailored climate-risk microinsurance products for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, marking the first … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Luxembourg, Non Profit, Small Business, Society
Tagged 000 smallholder farmers, 210, access to finance, ACP Trust Fund, adverse weather conditions, African Caribbean and Pacific Trust Fund, agricultural livelihoods, agricultural portfolios, agricultural productivity, awareness raising, capacity building, climate resilience, climate risk insurance, climate shocks, climate-resilient financial systems, crop losses, Development Bank of Ethiopia, development finance, EIB, EIB and WFP Partnership to Protect Ethiopian Farmers From Climate-Related Losses, EIB Global, EIB Global and World Food Programme Expand Climate-Risk Insurance for Ethiopian Farmers, EIB Global Grant Supports WFP Climate-Resilience Programme for Rural Ethiopia, ETHIOPIA, European Investment Bank, food security, Gelsomina Vigliotti, index-based microinsurance, insurance premiums, liquidity constraints, livestock losses, Member States Compartment, micro small and medium-sized enterprises, microinsurance, Mongolia, MSMEs, natural disasters, Premium Guarantee Fund, premium payment defaults, RUFIP III, rural communities, rural finance, rural finance institutions, Rural Financial Intermediation Programme, smallholder farmers, stable incomes, sustainable growth, Technical Assistance, UNCCD COP 17, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, WFP, World Food Programme, Zlatan Milišić, €110 million credit line, €4 million grant
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has appointed Ahmad El Mokadem as Associate Director, Head of the Baltic States, effective 1 September 2026, with responsibility for the Bank’s operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from Vilnius. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Estonia, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Latvia, Lithuania, United Kingdom
Tagged 1 September 2026, 25 August 2026, Ahmad El Mokadem, Ahmad El Mokadem Takes Baltic States Leadership Role at EBRD, Andreea Moraru, Associate Director, Baltic investments, Baltic States, banking expertise, capital market development, Central Europe and the Baltic States, competitiveness, EBRD, EBRD Names New Head for Baltic States Operations, EBRD Strengthens Baltic Leadership With Appointment of Ahmad El Mokadem, Energy Europe team, energy sector, energy security, energy transition, Estonia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European markets, global markets, greener economies, Head of the Baltic States, Head of the Caucasus, infrastructure resilience, infrastructure transactions, innovation-driven sectors, institutional investor, Latvia, Lithuania, Nigina Mirbabaeva, private sector development, Regional integration, renewable energy, resilient economies, Tomas Kairys, Vilnius, €1.3 billion Estonia investment, €1.3 billion Latvia investment, €2.1 billion Lithuania investment
(IN BRIEF) LCH SwapClear has cleared its first POLSTR Overnight Index Swaps, expanding clearing eligibility to swaps referencing Poland’s new risk-free rate and supporting the transition away from WIBOR in Polish zloty rates markets. Erste Group, ING Slaski and Societe … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, International Trade, Investment, Law, Poland, United Kingdom
Tagged 2 June 2025 POLSTR publication, 28 currencies, Bartlomiej Wit, benchmark reform, benchmark transition, cleared swaps, derivatives clearing, early 2027 WIBOR restrictions, Erste Group, Fallback Rate POLSTR, Financial Market Infrastructure, fixed income markets, global swap market, Goran Hoblaj, GPW Benchmark, H1 2026, ING Slaski, ING Slaski and Societe Generale Among First to Clear POLSTR OIS, interest rate benchmark transition, interest-rate risk, ISDA, ISDA 2021 Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions, LCH, LCH Adds POLSTR OIS Clearing as Poland Advances Benchmark Reform, LCH Ltd, LCH SwapClear, LCH SwapClear Clears First POLSTR Overnight Index Swaps, listed rates, Market Liquidity, Myriam Sifaoui, National Working Group, Nick Rustad, NWG, OTC derivatives, Overnight Index Swaps, PLN rates market, PLN swaps, Polish interest rate market, Polish zloty, POLSTR, POLSTR OIS, registered notional, risk management, risk-free rate, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, swap clearing, SwapClear, USD 7 trillion equivalent cleared, WIBOR
(IN BRIEF) Wolters Kluwer and Dentsu Soken Inc. have announced that Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. has selected the CCH® Tagetik Intelligent Platform as its new budget management system, with Dentsu Soken providing end-to-end support from requirements definition and system implementation … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Industrial, Internet & Online, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged application support, approval workflow, automotive industry, budget management infrastructure, budget management system, budget-to-actuals analysis, Budgeting, budgets, CCH Tagetik Chosen to Support Daihatsu’s Corporate Performance Management, CCH Tagetik Intelligent Platform, CCH® Tagetik, centralised data, certified CCH Tagetik professionals, compact cars, corporate performance management, CPM, Daihatsu, Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd., Daihatsu Selects Next-Generation CPM Platform for Budget Management, Dentsu Soken, Dentsu Soken Inc., Dentsu Soken to Implement Wolters Kluwer’s CCH Tagetik Platform for Daihatsu, departmental costs, emerging markets, enterprise performance management, enterprise-level management, EPM, faster decision-making, forecasting, forecasts, Hirohisa Iwamoto, Ikeda City Osaka, information sharing, Japan, light vehicles, maintenance, maintenance burden reduction, Managed Services, market conditions, Minato-ku Tokyo, operational stability, Performance Management, phased scalability, planning, planning assumptions, post-go-live operations, project-level management, prototype development costs, requirements definition, revised budgets, scenarios, Southeast Asia, spreadsheet interface, system implementation, unified management framework, version management, Wolters Kluwer
(IN BRIEF) Logicor has signed a lease agreement with ATV Huset AB for the full 7,000-square-metre urban logistics facility at Logicor Park Backa in Gothenburg, Sweden, making the newly developed property fully let. Located in the established Tagene logistics area … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Construction, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Real Estate, Retail, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged 000 square metres, 25 August 2026, 7, accessories, Andreas Bane, Annika Wahlund di Meo, ATV Huset, ATV Huset AB, ATV Huset Expands Nordic E-Commerce Operations at Logicor Park Backa, ATVs, B2B showroom, biodiversity, BREEAM Excellent certification, business expansion, city-near logistics, climbing plants, E-Commerce, energy-efficient installations, equipment, EV charging stations, Eva Sterner, fully let property, Gothenburg, green areas, last-mile distribution, lease agreement, light industry, Logicor, Logicor Park Backa, Logicor Park Backa Reaches Full Occupancy With New ATV Huset Lease, Logicor Welcomes ATV Huset to Sustainable Urban Logistics Facility in Gothenburg, logistics efficiency, logistics real estate, modern logistics centre, Nordic e-commerce, Nordic Region, office premises, planting schemes, Port of Gothenburg, relocation, rooftop solar panels, Spare parts, storage premises, sustainable construction, sustainable logistics property, Sweden, Tagene, truck-charging infrastructure, urban logistics facility, UTVs, warehouse capacity
(IN BRIEF) DFKI is contributing expertise in artificial intelligence, cognitive social simulation and serious gaming to RESILIA – Innovation Hub for Strengthening Societal Resilience, a BMFTR-funded project launched in January 2026 to help citizens, public authorities, security organisations, research institutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Berlin, Business, Defence, Education, Germany, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Science, Security & Safety, Society, Technology
Tagged 2027 public booking, 27 May 2026, 31 December 2029, adaptive digital twin, adaptive scenarios, Akademie der Katastrophenforschungsstelle gGmbH, artificial intelligence, Berlin Fire Brigade, Berlin Ostbahnhof, BMFTR, Bundeswehr, civil protection, civilian and military research, cognitive social simulation, Crisis management, crisis training, cyberattack simulation, DFKI, DFKI Joins RESILIA Project to Strengthen Societal Resilience Through AI, digital resilience lab, distributed AI, Dorothee Bär, Dr Rebecca Prell, emergency preparedness, escape games, Federal Ministry of Research Technology and Space, Freie Universität Berlin, German Armed Forces, German Red Cross, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Helmut Schmidt University, human decision-making, Innovation Hub for Strengthening Societal Resilience, Innovation Hubs for Security and Defence, January 2026, Kai Wegner, Lieutenant General André Bodemann, mobile resilience lab, networked laboratories, New RESILIA Labs Aim to Improve Crisis Preparedness and Civil Protection Training, power outage simulation, prevention culture, Prof Dr Ingo Timm, Prof Dr Jörg Felfe, Prof Jochen Schiller, Prof Karsten Homrighausen, Prof Martin Voss, Prof Ricardo Büttner, Public Authorities, RESILIA, RESILIA Innovation Hub Uses AI and Resilience Labs to Prepare Society for Crises, Resilience Lab, risk awareness, security organisations, serious gaming, societal resilience, stationary resilience lab, THW, University of the German Armed Forces Hamburg, VDI/VDE
(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom has started implementing a smart parking integration project in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, aimed at improving parking efficiency, reducing traffic and pollution, and providing better parking availability information to residents and visitors. The project will … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Austria, Automotive, Business, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 project value, 24 parking areas, AI-based video analytics, Austria, automated data collection, Canary Islands, car park operators, central mobility platform, city traffic, city-wide traffic management system, congestion reduction, early 2027 delivery, EUR 404, Juan Zamakona, Kapsch TrafficCom, Kapsch TrafficCom Brings Real-Time Parking Information to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Kapsch TrafficCom Iberia, mobility decisions, mobility management system, nine variable message panels, parking areas, parking availability, parking data integration, parking efficiency, parking occupancy data, pollution reduction, predictive parking demand, real-time parking information, real-time traffic information, Residents, road users, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Use Parking Data for Smarter Urban Mobility Management, smart mobility management, smart parking, Smart Parking Project in Tenerife Aims to Reduce Congestion and Improve Mobility, Spain, statistical analysis, system performance, Tenerife, traffic control centre, traffic managers, urban infrastructure, urban mobility, variable message panels, Vienna, visitors
(IN BRIEF) DNV has launched its “From concern to control” position paper at the ONS conference, calling on the energy sector to treat critical infrastructure resilience as a strategic and societal necessity amid rising geopolitical tensions, climate change, digitalisation, AI-related … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Defence, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Norway, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged affordable energy, AI Risks, artificial intelligence, Blackouts, check and validate, climate change, communications disruption, critical dependencies, critical energy infrastructure, critical services, cyber-attacks, defence organisations, Derek Riezebos, digitalisation, Ditlev Engel, DNV, DNV Calls for Strategic Shift on Energy Infrastructure Resilience, DNV Industry Insights, DNV Launches Resilience Framework for Critical Energy Infrastructure, DNV Position Paper Urges Energy Sector to Move From Concern to Control, DNV Resilience Framework, energy resilience, energy security, energy systems, energy value chain, Extreme weather events, From concern to control, geopolitical tensions, governments, hospitals, implementation measures, independent assurance, infrastructure owners, infrastructure resilience, investment prioritisation, IT and cyber, LNG terminals, missiles, ONS conference, operational resilience, organisation, people, physical assets, power grids, preparedness, recovery planning, reliable energy, response plans, restart plans, risk analysis, risk management, single points of failure, societal resilience, strategic resilience, subsea gas pipelines, supply chain dependencies, supply chain resilience, sustainable energy, Tankers, transport disruption, utilities, vital infrastructure
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has received its first call-off under the German Armed Forces Contractor Augmentation Program II – Static Accommodation (G-CAP II SU) from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services (BAIUDBw) to build a modular camp … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Defence, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Lithuania, Security & Safety, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 000 soldiers, 2, autonomous operation, BAIUDBw, Bundeswehr, camp construction, camp delivery, camp manufacturing, camp planning, catering, collective defence, defence infrastructure, deployment infrastructure, dismantling, facility management, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Infrastructure Environmental Protection and Services, Framework Agreement, G-CAP II SU, G-CAP II SU Programme Advances With Rheinmetall Modular Camp Order, German Armed Forces Contractor Augmentation Program II, Germany, high-threat situations, international crisis management, laundry services, Lithuania, main contractor, mid-August 2027, military accommodation, military logistics, modular camp, modular facility, modular infrastructure, national defence, private-sector service providers, Q3 2026 order booking, resource conservation, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Expands Defence Infrastructure Role With Lithuania Accommodation Project, Rheinmetall to Build €250 Million Bundeswehr Modular Camp in Lithuania, standby commitments, Static Accommodation, €250 million construction order, €40 million annual operation
(IN BRIEF) Scania will present its marine power portfolio at SMM 2026 in Hamburg, Germany, from 1 to 4 September 2026, showcasing combustion engines, electrification solutions and services for a wide range of marine applications. The company will highlight its … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1 September 2026, 13-Litre Marine Engine, 3 September 2026, 4 September 2026, Anders Swärd, automotive components, combustion engines, CO₂ emissions, customer transition, Deepak Shekhar, DI13 marine engine, durability, e-mobility solutions, efficiency, electrification, Exhibitor Innovation Stage, fuel consumption, Germany, Hall B5, Hamburg, hybrid power solutions, industrial battery technology, industrialised automotive technology, long-term performance, lower-emission operations, maintenance solutions, marine applications, marine industry, marine power solutions, operating costs, Operational Efficiency, performance, power solutions, Scania, Scania Brings DI13 Marine Engine and Hybrid Power Technologies to Hamburg, Scania Highlights Flexible Marine Power Portfolio for Lower-Emission Operations, Scania Power Solutions, Scania Super platform, Scania to Showcase Marine Power and Electrification Solutions at SMM 2026, SMM 2026, sustainability ambitions, sustainable shipping, uptime, zero-emission operations
(IN BRIEF) Quantum-Systems Inc. has opened a new 3,200-square-foot engineering and research and development office in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its U.S. presence and placing unmanned intelligence development closer to defense customers and mission requirements. Located in Upland Park near Cummings … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged 200-square-foot office, 24 August 2026, 3, aerodynamics, aerospace and defense ecosystem, aerospace innovation, Alabama, allied defense missions, Army program offices, autonomy, cloud infrastructure, Computer Vision, Cummings Research Park, customer collaboration, Dave Sharpin, deep-tech development, defense innovation, defense partners, defense technology hub, emerging defense technology companies, engineering office, flight controls, Huntsville, ISR, manufacturing engineering, mission requirements, mission-relevant capabilities, next-generation unmanned systems, operational feedback, operator-driven development, prime contractors, quantum systems, Quantum-Systems Expands U.S. Presence With Huntsville Defense Technology Office, Quantum-Systems Inc., Quantum-Systems Inc. Adds R&D Hub Near Cummings Research Park, Quantum-Systems Inc. Opens New Engineering and R&D Office in Huntsville, R&D facility, reconnaissance, research and development office, Rocket City, simulation, surveillance, tactical intelligence, target acquisition, U.S. defense customers, U.S. footprint, unmanned intelligence, unmanned systems, Upland Park
(IN BRIEF) Empa researcher Vivek Devulapalli has received a two-year Empa Young Scientist Fellowship for MOSAIC, a research project investigating how nanometre-thin multilayer films made from metal oxides crack, delaminate and deform at the atomic scale. Thin films are essential … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Chemicals, Education, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 4D-STEM, aluminium oxide, amorphous films, Anna Ettlin, atomic scale, batteries, capacitors, composition, cracks, deformation, delamination, density, electronics, Empa, Empa Researcher to Study How Nanometre-Thin Films Crack and Deform, Empa Young Scientist Fellowship, Empa Young Scientist Fellowship Backs Research Into Robust Thin-Film Electronics, four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy, hafnium oxide, in situ straining, independent research project, Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, layer thickness, materials science, mechanical properties, metal oxides, microscopy, miniaturisation, monolithic films, MOSAIC, MOSAIC Project to Examine Nanoscale Mechanics in Metal Oxide Films, multilayer systems, multilayer thin films, nanomechanics, nanometre-scale films, nanoscale mechanics, nanostructures, New Empa Project Targets Mechanical Reliability of Thin-Film Technologies, oxide thin films, plasticity, postdoctoral research, scanning transmission electron microscope, screens, semiconductors, Sensors, silicon oxide, single-layer films, STEM, Switzerland, technology reliability, thin films, Thun, Transistors, Vivek Devulapalli
(IN BRIEF) Viessmann Climate Solutions and FC Bayern Munich have launched “Home Advantage,” a new campaign that uses humour, football storytelling and the emotional appeal of sport to highlight the role of modern climate solutions at the Allianz Arena, where … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Marketing, Media, Sports, Technology
Tagged 19 Viessmann heat pumps, 27KM, Allendorf, Allianz Arena, brand campaign, brand storytelling, campaign film, campaign landing page, carrier, Carrier Global Corporation, climate solutions, comfort at Allianz Arena, content platform, creative campaign, cultural context, digital channels, energy efficiency, energy solutions, everyday life, fan contest, FC Bayern Munich, FC Bayern partnership, Football Fans, football sponsorship, Georg van der Vorst, Germany, Hamburg, heat pumps, Heimvorteil, hero film, Home Advantage campaign, Home-Field Advantage, Homeowners, humour in advertising, INNOVATION, modern heating technology, Munich, New Viessmann Campaign Highlights Heat Pumps at FC Bayern’s Allianz Arena, product storytelling, smart climate solutions, soccer campaign, social media, sports marketing, Sports Sponsorship, stadium infrastructure, sustainable energy solutions, sustainable heating, Team Heat Pump, Viessmann, Viessmann and FC Bayern Use Football Storytelling to Promote Heat Pump Technology, Viessmann Climate Solutions, Viessmann Turns FC Bayern’s Home-Field Advantage Into Climate Solutions Brand Story
(IN BRIEF) TomTom has announced that Cofiroute, a division of VINCI Autoroutes and a leading private French motorway operator, has selected TomTom Traffic to enhance real-time traffic operations and driver information across its motorway network. Using TomTom Route Monitoring, Cofiroute … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Netherlands, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 25 August 2026, Amsterdam, Benoit Joly, Cofiroute, Cofiroute Selects TomTom Traffic for Real-Time Motorway Operations, Cofiroute Uses TomTom Route Monitoring to Improve Driver Information, connected mobility, driver information, France, French motorway operator, highway operations, incident management, Jérôme Pasteau, location technology, mapping technology, mobile applications, motorway management, motorway network, motorway users, Netherlands, Nicolas Durvaux, operational decisions, public communication channels, real-time traffic intelligence, real-time traffic monitoring, road conditions, road signs, road users, route monitoring, TomTom, TomTom Route Monitoring, TomTom Traffic, TomTom Traffic to Support Cofiroute’s Motorway Network in France, traffic information systems, traffic operations, traffic safety solutions, traffic technology, traffic visibility, transport infrastructure, Variable Message Signs, VINCI Autoroutes, VMS boards, websites
(IN BRIEF) Saint-Gobain is strengthening its construction chemicals and light construction activities in Latin America through two strategic initiatives: the completed acquisition of QSI Productos para la Construcción in Peru and the planned construction of a fourth plasterboard production line … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Construction, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Metals and Minerals
Tagged 2024 production line, 2025 Soquimic, acquisition, Bahia plant, Brazil, building materials, Construction Chemicals, construction materials, Construction Solutions, construction value chain, fourth plasterboard production line, industrial investment, infrastructure, largest plasterboard production line in South America, Latin America, Latin American construction market, Lead & Grow, light construction, mining, PERU, plasterboard, plasterboard production line, production capacity expansion, QSI Productos para la Construcción, regional construction platform, regional growth, Saint-Gobain, Saint-Gobain Acquires QSI in Peru and Expands Bahia Plasterboard Plant, Saint-Gobain Advances Light and Sustainable Construction Strategy in Latin America, Saint-Gobain to Build South America’s Largest Plasterboard Production Line in Brazil, Soquimic, South America, State of Bahia, strategic partner, sustainable construction, sustainable construction solutions, Weber, Z Aditivos
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