(IN BRIEF) Volkswagen has hosted a Brand Experience event in Hamburg where dealers from around the world have gathered to learn about the automaker’s future plans. During the event, attendees gained insights into Volkswagen’s upcoming line of models, which includes … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Marketing, Media, News
Tagged Andreas Mindt, Brand Experience event, Germany, Hamburg, ID. 2all04, ID.302, ID.703, Imelda Labbé, Kai Grünitz, Models, STRATEGY, Thomas Schäfer, Volkswagen
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching a new financing facility to help Kazakhstan reduce energy consumption and promote the use of renewable energy sources. The EBRD is providing funds of up to $150m to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Economy, Environment, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, Financial, Green Economy Financing Facility II, Kazakhstan, UK
(IN BRIEF) University of Exeter undergraduate student Elizabeth Chandler, who recently won the Women in Tech Award and Innovate UK’s Young Innovators Award for her AI start-up The Good Robot Company, has had a research paper on ethical AI accepted … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Airbus has chosen BASF to supply a new Volatile Organic Compound/Ozone Converter (VOZC) technology for its A320 Family aircraft starting in 2024. The decision came after a multi-year technical competition, taking into consideration BASF’s world-class global manufacturing, supply … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged A320, Airbus, BASF, In-Flight, Olivia Cromwell, partnership, VOZC Technology
(IN BRIEF) A new survey by Aviva has found that over 80% of advisers in the UK believe that the upcoming Consumer Duty regulation feels like a rebranded version of TCF (Treating Customers Fairly). However, the Consumer Duty ranks low … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Al Ward, Aviva, Consumer Duty, insurance, UK
(IN BRIEF) Enel Green Power’s online crowdfunding initiative “Scelta Rinnovabile” has successfully built the “Malvezzi solar park,” the first photovoltaic power plant that actively involves the local community in Poggio Renatico, in the province of Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna). The solar farm … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Eni, an energy company, has launched a new digital and sustainability-related model for its suppliers called the Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Programme. The programme allows Eni suppliers to receive advance payments from financial partners, such as Crédit Agricole … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Credit Agricole, Eni, financial partnership, FinDynamic, FinTech digital platform, Italy, sustainable, UNICREDIT
(IN BRIEF) Efterklang, part of AFRY, has created a unique auditory experience at Djungellekan in Helsingborg, the first playground of its kind in Sweden. The park, which was inaugurated in the summer of 2022, has received two prestigious awards for … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged AFRY, Awards, Djungellekan, Efterklang, Helsingborg, Landscape Architecture, sound design, sound playground, Sweden
(IN BRIEF) Swedish agricultural cooperative Lantmännen Ekonomisk Förening has secured a €45m ($52m) loan from the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) to fund research and development (R&D) in the agriculture sector. The loan will support R&D activities from 2022 to 2024, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology
Tagged agriculture, André Küüsvek, animal husbandry, crop cultivation, Finland, Lantmännen, loan, Michael Sigsfors, NIB, R&D investments
(IN BRIEF) Voith, a German technology company, has developed a new, disruptive concept for CO2 neutral paper production that reduces fresh water consumption by up to 95% and energy consumption by up to 40%. The process no longer requires fossil … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Andreas Endters, CO2-neutral paper, Essity, fossil fuels, Germany, partnership, sustainability, Voith
(IN BRIEF) The University of East Anglia will hold a conference discussing the loss of coastal heritage due to climate change, and how it can be addressed in policy. Despite the growing realisation that heritage losses due to climate change … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A new study by the University of East Anglia warns that continued warming of the climate would cause a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) New research from the University of East Anglia has found that being vaccinated against Covid-19 can halve the risk of developing long Covid. The study, which is the largest of its kind and includes more than 860,000 patients, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Management, Media, News, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged anxiety, asthma, comorbidities, COPD, coronary heart disease, depression, Dr Eleana Ntatsaki, hospitalisation, immunosuppression, long Covid, overweight, Prof Vassilios Vassiliou, risk factors, smokers, study, type 2 diabetes, University of East Anglia, vaccinated, WOMEN
(IN BRIEF) Newcastle University has partnered with New Writing North to sponsor the Gordon Burn Prize for three years. The prize, which recognizes and celebrates bold writing that often finds its readers outside the mainstream, was launched in 2012 by … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) AtomBeam Technologies has joined Inmarsat’s ELEVATE programme, a development programme, ecosystem and marketplace that supports providers of software, hardware and solutions, and original equipment manufacturers in commercial land markets. As an ELEVATE partner, AtomBeam Technologies will provide customers … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Specialty chemicals company Evonik has started up a new hollow-fibre spinning plant for the production of gas separation membranes in Austria. The new production capacity will meet the high demand for SEPURAN membranes in applications such as biogas, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Environment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Austria, biogas, Evonik, gas separation membranes, hydrogen, Lauren Kjeldsen, natural gas, nitrogen, SEPURAN, smart materials, sustainable energy solutions
(IN BRIEF) Private equity firm EQT Growth has invested €100m ($114m) in German supply chain sustainability platform IntegrityNext. The Munich-based firm provides a cloud-based service that enables large companies to assess risk and monitor their supply chains for environmental, social … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged Dominik Stein, EQT Growth, IntegrityNext, investment, Martin Berr-Sorokin, Nick Heine, Simon Jaehnig, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Therese Chambers and Steve Smart as joint Executive Directors of Enforcement and Market Oversight to expand the FCA’s enforcement and market oversight leadership team following Mark Steward’s departure. Chambers and Smart … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Volkswagen’s PowerCo and Umicore gain approval for European battery materials venture PowerCo, the Volkswagen Group’s battery company, and Belgian circular technology firm Umicore have secured regulatory approval for their joint venture to produce cathode active materials (CAM) and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged battery, Belgium, cathode active materials (CAM), Germany, partnership, PowerCo, precursor materials (PCAM), technology, Umicore, Volkswagen
(IN BRIEF) Aviva has paid out more than £1bn ($1.39bn) across life insurance, critical illness, income protection, and other individual protection policies, exceeding £2.9m being paid out every single day in 2022. The claims paid rate of 98.3% across all … Read the full press release
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