(IN BRIEF) At FFD4 in Seville, BBVA announced it had allocated €27 billion in 2024 to sustainable infrastructure, climate action, entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion in Mexico, South America, and Turkey—up 60 percent from 2023—while its Microfinance Foundation provided €1.5 billion … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged Antoni Ballabriga, BBVA, BBVA Microfinance Foundation, blended finance, climate solutions, emerging markets, equitable finance, FFD4, financial inclusion, Financing for Development, Gabriela Eguidazu, generative AI, Iván Poza, Laura Fernández Lord, Mexico, micro-health insurance, Multilateral Development Banks, partnership, private capital mobilization, Sevilla Commitment, South America, Stephanie García Van Gool, sustainability, Sustainable Finance, Turkey, €1.5 billion, €27 billion
(IN BRIEF) EQT Healthcare Growth will acquire a controlling interest in Europa Biosite from Adelis Equity. Europa Biosite, based in Stockholm, distributes over ten million life science research products—antibodies, biochemicals, diagnostic kits, and biospecimens—to more than 60,000 researchers across 17 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Adelis Equity, antibodies, Azelis, Beijer Ref, biochemicals, biospecimens, commercial excellence, diagnostic kits, digital infrastructure, EQT Healthcare Growth, Europa Biosite, healthcare distribution, Kate Swann, life science reagents, M&A, OEM International, partnership, research tools, Research Use Only, Rikke Kjær Nielsen, Stockholm, Sune Schmølker
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has granted ULMA Group a €45 million loan to fund its construction-sector innovations and sustainability endeavors. The financing will cover advanced manufacturing technologies for polymer concrete solutions, the establishment of a new plant for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged affordable housing, Antonio Lorenzo, Basque Country, building materials, construction sector, decarbonisation, EIB, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Iñaki Gabilondo, INNOVATION, partnership, polymer concrete, recycling, resource consumption, sustainability, ULMA Group, €45 million loan
(IN BRIEF) Researchers from Italy’s Cnr-Ibf, Norway’s Orca Survey, Sweden’s Linnaeus University, and the University of Hawaiʻi with Picture Adventures have used drone videography to decode cooperative hunting in orcas (Orcinus orca). Their study in Current Biology identifies two complementary … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Government, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged cooperative hunting, Current Biology, drone footage, Eve Jourdain, helpers, herring predation, Institute of Biophysics Cnr-Ibf, Jacob Johansen, Linnaeus University, marine biology, Norwegian Orca Survey, orcas, Orcinus orca, Paolo Domenici, partnership, Picture Adventures, strikers, University of Hawaiʻi, Vesterålen Islands
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone and Manna Air Delivery have demonstrated a two-kilometre BVLOS drone flight using Vodafone’s 4G network. Manna supplied its delivery drone expertise—backed by 200,000 prior missions—while Vodafone provided telemetry transmission, network APIs, and aerial coverage maps at the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 4G network, aerial coverage maps, Alan Hicks, Anthony Chen, BVLoS, drone delivery, European drone regulation, low earth orbit satellites, Manna Air Delivery, mobile-based drone traffic control, Moorock test site, partnership, Telemetry, urban logistics, vodafone
(IN BRIEF) DHL is now the FIA’s Global Logistics Partner, providing end-to-end support—transport, set-up, and maintenance—for mobile offices, garages, and signaling systems at Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 races globally. The collaboration highlights sustainability, with seven HVO-fueled trucks … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Environment, Financial, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Craig Edmondson, decarbonization, DHL, FIA, Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula E, global logistics partner, HVO trucks, hydrotreated vegetable oil, mobile office units, motorsport, motorsport logistics, partnership, Paul Fowler, racetrack signaling equipment, sustainability, WEC
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is extending a €20 million venture-debt loan to PulPac to scale its Dry Molded Fiber technology—an innovative, dry-molding process that converts cellulose fibers into rigid, renewable packaging. Funded under the EU’s InvestEU programme, the financing will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged cellulose fiber, circular economy, Dry Molded Fiber, EIB, European Investment Bank, global licensing platform, InvestEU, Niclas Möller, partnership, PulPac, Roderick Sundell, single-use plastic alternative, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, Sweden, Thomas Östros, venture debt
(IN BRIEF) The SDG Outcomes Fund, a USD 100 million blended-finance vehicle created by UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, has achieved final close with an additional USD 18 million anchor commitment from the EIB—backed by the European Commission … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ACP Trust Fund, Ambroise Fayolle, blended finance, Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, EIB, environmental outcomes, European Investment Bank, Global Gateway, impact investment, Jozef Sikela, Leslie Maasdorp, low- and middle-income countries, Mila Lukic, outcomes-based financing, partnerships, SDG Outcomes Fund, social impact, Tom Hall, UBS Optimus Foundation
(IN BRIEF) At the FfD4 conference in Seville, Spain and the EIB co-led the creation of the Debt Pause Clause Alliance, enabling temporary suspension of debt service during crises—natural, health, or food-related—without compromising long-term fiscal and social stability. The Alliance, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, CAF, crisis financing, crisis resilience, Debt Pause Clause Alliance, debt suspension, European Investment Bank, FfD4 Seville, food crises, health emergencies, Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral Development Banks, Nadia Calviño, natural disasters, partnership, private-sector mobilization, Spain, sustainable development finance, transparent regulation
(IN BRIEF) The EIB Group and VEHIS have structured a cash securitisation to issue PLN 2.6 billion of auto-lease financing for Polish SMEs and mid-caps. The EIB buys PLN 637 million of senior notes, while EIF guarantees an equivalent amount … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Poland, Retail, Small Business, Technology
Tagged auto leases, capital markets, cash securitisation, economic inclusion, EIB Group, EIF, electric vehicles, green transition, Jan Bujak, Marjut Falkstedt, Mid-Caps, partnership, Poland, regional development, SME financing, sustainability, Teresa Czerwinska, VEHIS, women-led businesses
(IN BRIEF) EIB Global, funded by a €50,000 Cities Climate Finance Gap Fund grant and in collaboration with GIZ, will advise Kenyatta National Hospital on installing a solar PV system. The technical studies and financial assessment will guide the integration … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged carbon footprint reduction, Cities Climate Finance Gap Fund, climate-smart infrastructure, diesel generators, Dr. Evanson Kamuri, Edward Claessen, EIB Global, Energy Independence, financial assessment, GIZ, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, partnership, photovoltaic system, solar power, Sustainable Healthcare, technical studies
(IN BRIEF) Thales and Curve have expanded their partnership to support Curve Pay’s new NFC contactless capabilities on iOS and Android. Leveraging Thales’ real-time D1 cloud platform, Curve users can now digitize cards within the Curve App and make secure … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Android, cloud-based payments, consumer choice, contactless payments, Curve, Curve Pay, D1 platform, digital wallet, François Chaffard, iOS, mobile wallet, NFC payments, partnership, payment security, real-time provisioning, Shachar Bialick, Thales
(IN BRIEF) Thales Alenia Space and SpeQtral will collaborate on joint space-to-Earth quantum communication trials. SpeQtral’s upcoming satellites will transmit entangled photons to a Thales Alenia Space–operated ground station, enabling cross-analysis of signal performance under varying environmental conditions. The initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Christophe Valorge, entangled photons, environmental sensors, interoperability, Paris Air Show 2025, partnership, QINSAT, quantum communication, quantum internet, Robert Bedington, satellite quantum networks, secure communications, space-ground experiments, SpeQtral, Thales Alenia Space
(IN BRIEF) Enagás, NaTran, and Teréga have formed a joint venture—owned 50% by EIH-Enagás, 33.3% by NaTran, and 16.7% by Teréga—to develop the BarMar hydrogen pipeline connecting Barcelona and Marseille, a key component of the EU’s first clean-hydrogen corridor (H2med). … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged Barcelona, BarMar, Cecilia Ribera, CINEA, clean hydrogen corridor, Connecting Europe Facility, EIH-Enagás, Enagás Infraestructuras de Hidrógeno, EU hydrogen infrastructure, Francisco Pablo de la Flor, grant agreements, H2med, Joint Shareholders’ Agreement, Marseille, NaTran, partnership, pipeline development, Renewable hydrogen, Spain-France energy cooperation, sustainability, technical and regulatory permitting, Teréga
(IN BRIEF) Skanska has signed AFRY to a 10-year lease for 15,000 m² of office space in Solna Link, fully letting the project’s first phase. Occupancy begins in 2028. The building—next to Solna Station and the future metro—features fitness, meeting, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 2028 occupancy, AFRY, Arenastaden, commercial real estate, LEED Platinum, NollCO₂, office lease, partnership, Skanska, Solna Link, Solna Station, Stockholm region, sustainability, sustainable office, transport hub, WELL Gold, Westfield Mall of Scandinavia
(IN BRIEF) Eneco will extend the lifespans of its two gas-fired cogeneration plants in Utrecht to support the local grid under a three- to nine-year agreement with TenneT and Stedin. Facing maximum capacity and projected overloads by winter 2026–2027, Utrecht’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged adjustable capacity, cogeneration, district heating, Eneco, energy security, flexible generation, gas-fired power plants, grid congestion, grid upgrades, Kees-Jan Rameau, Maarten Abbenhuis, partnership, peak demand, Stedin, sustainability, Tennet, Utrecht
(IN BRIEF) AFRY is serving as lenders’ technical advisor for Terra Solar Philippines Inc.’s 3,500 MWp solar and 4,500 MWh battery storage project—the largest globally. Backed by Meralco’s MGreen and financed by six banks, the facility spans Nueva Ecija and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3, 500 MWh battery storage, 500 MWp solar, AFRY, Bulacan, carbon emissions reduction, construction monitoring, energy security, financing due diligence, grid stability, Lender's Technical Advisor, LTA, Meralco, MGreen, Nueva Ecija, operations & maintenance, partnership, Petteri Härkki, Terra Solar Philippines, £4
(IN BRIEF) UGAP has engaged Atos and APL Data Center under a three-year, renewable contract to provide consulting and project-management assistance for public-sector computer rooms. The partnership delivers technical audits, studies, and hands-on support aimed at optimizing performance, enhancing security, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Alexandra Bastien, APL Data Center, Atos France, computer rooms, consulting, data centers, digital sobriety, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas assessment, infrastructure performance, IT optimization, Laurent Laffere, partnership, project management, public sector, reliability, risk management, SECURITY, sustainability, Tristan Richard, UGAP
(IN BRIEF) Henkel’s Adhesive Technologies unit has acquired South African MRO specialist Nordbak, strengthening its growth platform in the mining, infrastructure, and industrial segments. Nordbak’s product range—including linings, backing compounds, and coatings—will be merged with Henkel’s global technology and sustainability … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged abrasion-resistant linings, Adhesive Technologies, Arash Radgoudarzi, asset life extension, corrosion coatings, crusher backing, emerging markets, epoxy compounds, Henkel, infrastructure, local expertise, Mark Beyl, Mining Sector, MRO Solutions, Nordbak, Operational Efficiency, partnership, South Africa, sustainability, sustainable manufacturing
(IN BRIEF) FL Technics, part of Avia Solutions Group, has become an authorized dealer for Collins Aerospace, broadening its offerings to include advanced business and regional avionics, integrated communication and navigation systems, cabin connectivity innovations, and full aftermarket support. Julius … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Lithuania, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged aftermarket support, authorized dealer, Avia Solutions Group, aviation innovation, avionics systems, cabin connectivity, Collins Aerospace, communication solutions, FL Technics, flight deck, global MRO provider, Julius Bogusevicius, MRO Solutions, navigation systems, partnership, passenger experience, RTX
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