(IN BRIEF) Laura Montenbruck, Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm University, has been awarded the IIPF Young Economists Award for her study on tax compliance in Sierra Leone. Her research, published under the title “Fiscal Exchange and Tax Compliance: Strengthening … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Financial, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged fiscal exchange, Freetown, IIPF Young Economists Award, Innovative Research, International Institute of Public Finance, Laura Montenbruck, Nairobi, property taxes, public economics, public services, Sierra Leone, Social Contract, Stockholm University, tax compliance
(IN BRIEF) Professor Alexander Berglund of Stockholm University, together with Professor Emeritus Ib Madsen of the University of Copenhagen, has received the prestigious Frontiers of Science Award for their article “Rational homotopy theory of automorphism of manifolds.” The paper, published … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 2025 awards, Acta Mathematica, Alexander Berglund, algebraic topology, Frontiers of Science Award, geometric topology, Ib Madsen, International Congress of Basic Science, mathematics, Rational homotopy theory of automorphism of manifolds, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm University, University of Copenhagen
(IN BRIEF) Stockholm University is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Royal National City Park with a photography exhibition by Henrik Ekman and a series of guided walks highlighting the park’s cultural and ecological heritage. The exhibition, running from 1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged art and nature, biodiversity, Djurgården, Fjäderholmarna, Frescati, Gärdet, guided walks, Hagaparken, Henrik Ekman, National City Park 30th anniversary, nature photography exhibition, Royal National City Park, Stockholm University, Student House Frescati, sustainability, Ulriksdal
(IN BRIEF) Wood has provided a further update on its potential takeover discussions with Sidara. While Sidara had originally indicated a possible cash offer of 35 pence per share in April 2025, it has now stated, following completion of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, audited accounts, cash offer, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants Shair and Partners Holdings, due diligence, John Habgood, partnership, reduced possible offer, refinancing, Rule 2.7, Rule 2.8, shareholders, Sidara, Takeover, Takeover Panel, Wood
IN BRIEF) Lenzing Group has expanded its photovoltaic capacity at its Austrian headquarters with the commissioning of a new 1.3 MWp plant in partnership with VERBUND, raising the site’s total PV output to 8.3 MWp. This move strengthens the company’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Austria, Biomass, Christian Skilich, climate protection, Energy Independence, energy transition, hydropower, Lenzing Group, Martin Wagner, net zero target, Paris Agreement, partnership, photovoltaic expansion, renewable energy, SBTi, Science Based Targets initiative, solar energy, sustainability, VERBUND, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) ISS has entered into a global partnership with Social Value Portal to introduce the first worldwide framework for measuring social sustainability impact across its 60 markets. Using the Global TOM System and its unique International Dollar metric, ISS … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Australia, Denmark, facility services, Global TOM System, Guy Battle, International Dollar, ISS, Margot Slattery, Netherlands, Norway, partnership, responsible business, social sustainability, social value measurement, Social Value Portal, Spain, sustainability, sustainable business practices, workplace experience
(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool is relaunching its unique master’s degree in The Beatles, Heritage and Culture as an online programme, beginning in September 2026. The part-time course will examine the continuing influence of the Beatles on Liverpool’s cultural, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Beatles Legacy Group, Beatles studies, creative industries, cultural legacy, heritage, Holly Tessler, Liverpool City Region, Liverpool University Press, MA The Beatles Heritage and Culture, The Journal of Beatles Studies, TOURISM, University of Liverpool, urban regeneration
(IN BRIEF) The Helsinki Proteomics Center, a joint effort between HiLIFE’s Institute of Biotechnology and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki, is enhancing Finland’s proteomics research capacity with the installation of three Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged biobanks, Biocenter Finland, Faculty of Medicine, Finland life sciences, Helsinki Proteomics Center, HiLIFE, Institute of Biotechnology, Markku Varjosalo, Orbitrap Astral, Orbitrap Astral Zoom, partnership, patient registries, personalized medicine, protein interactions, proteomics, Research Council of Finland, structural biology, Thermo Scientific, translational medicine, University of Helsinki, XL-MS
(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow, working alongside leading African and European research institutes, has launched VectorGrid-Africa, the first coordinated observatory network dedicated to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases across Africa. Backed by €6.1 million from the EU’s HORIZON/EDCTP programme, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Cambridge Institute of Public Health, climate change, disease forecasting, Dr Ally Olotu, EDCTP programme, EU Horizon, genomic research, Ifakara Health Institute, insecticide resistance, Kenya, Madagascar, mosquito surveillance, Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Mozambique, partnership, Professor Fredros Okumu, South Africa, sustainability, Tanzania, University of Glasgow, vector control, VectorGrid-Africa, World Health Organization
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies, Equinor and Shell have officially started operations at Northern Lights, the world’s first merchant CO₂ transport and storage project. The first volumes of CO₂ were shipped from Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik to the Øygarden terminal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Arnaud Le Foll, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, Climate Strategy, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, Equinor, European decarbonization, Hafslund Celsio, Heidelberg Materials, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, Stockholm Exergi, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Yara, Ørsted, Øygarden terminal
(IN BRIEF) Northern Lights, the world’s first open-access CO₂ transport and storage network, has officially started operations by injecting the first CO₂ volumes into the Aurora reservoir 2,600 meters beneath the North Sea. Owned by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anders Opedal, Aurora reservoir, Brevik cement plant, carbon capture and storage, CCS, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transport, energy transition, Equinor, EU CEF Energy, European decarbonization, Heidelberg Materials, Irene Rummelhoff, Longship project, North Sea, northern lights, Norway, partnership, Shell, sustainability, TotalEnergies, Øygarden
(IN BRIEF) Equinor and its partners Vår Energi and INPEX Idemitsu have struck oil and gas in the Fram area of the North Sea, about nine kilometres north of the Troll field. Exploration well 35/11-31 S confirmed petroleum in two … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged Blasto, COSL Innovator, Echino South, Equinor, F-South discovery, Fram area, Fram South development, Geir Sørtveit, INPEX Idemitsu Norge, North Sea, Norwegian Continental Shelf, oil and gas exploration, partnership, production licence 090, sustainability, Troll field, Vår Energi
(IN BRIEF) Wolters Kluwer has won the Gold Stevie® Award in the Financial Management Solution category at the 2025 International Business Awards® for its AI-powered CCH® Tagetik Intelligent Platform. Designed to transform corporate performance management, the platform leverages AI and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AI, Awards, CCH Tagetik Intelligent Platform, CFO office, corporate performance management, digital finance, finance transformation, financial close, financial management solution, forecasting, GenAI, Gold Stevie Award, International Business Awards, leadership, Madhur Aggarwal, reporting, Wolters Kluwer
(IN BRIEF) DNV has been awarded a three-year contract to provide quality assurance and inspection services for Net Zero Teesside Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership, two cornerstone CCS projects in North East England. Covering everything from equipment inspections to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged BP, carbon capture, carbon storage, CCS, DNV, East Coast Cluster, Equinor, Humber, inspection services, low-carbon electricity, Mariagrazia Silva, Mohamed Houari, Net Zero Teesside Power, Northern Endurance Partnership, partnership, quality assurance, sustainability, Teesside, TotalEnergies, UK energy transition
(IN BRIEF) EGPC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DNV, Siemens, and Enxpert Energy to digitally modernize Egypt’s 7,000 km petroleum pipeline network. The three-phase program will introduce Digital Twin models, predictive analytics, theft detection, and real-time monitoring through … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Ayman Abdel Badi, Digital Twin, DNV, EGPC, Egypt energy hub, energy transport, Enxpert Energy, infrastructure modernization, Mostafa El-Bagoury, Osama Elsaadawy, partnership, petroleum pipelines, pipeline safety, predictive analytics, Real-time monitoring, Salah Abdel Karim, Siemens, sustainability, Synergi Pipeline Simulator, Tamer Ayash, Thomas Renju, Tony Alfano
(IN BRIEF) NORMA Group has secured a EUR 14 million contract to supply eM Safe quick connectors for the thermal management system of a new electric vehicle platform from a major US carmaker. Starting in 2027, the company will supply … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged automotive supply chain, battery thermal management, e-mobility solutions, electric vehicles, eM Safe quick connector, EV components, low-emission mobility, Mark Wilhelms, Michael Potts, Norma Group, partnership, Poka-Yoke, SAE standards, St. Clair Michigan, sustainability, US carmaker
(IN BRIEF) H&M has officially entered Brazil with a landmark launch that combined the opening of its first store at Shopping Iguatemi in São Paulo with the launch of its e-commerce platform, hm.com.br. This is the first time the retailer … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Brazil launch, Daniel Erver, E-Commerce, fashion retail, Global Expansion, H&M, H&M Brazil, hm.com.br, Joaquim Pereira, Karl-Johan Persson, partnership, Renata Grima, São Paulo, Shopping Iguatemi, sustainability, sustainable fashion
(IN BRIEF) SGS has strengthened its crop science testing services in Canada with automated DNA extraction and molecular diagnostics to combat soilborne diseases like clubroot and Aphanomyces, which can severely impact crop rotations and persist for decades. Automation has increased … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Annu Albert, Aphanomyces, automation, biosecurity, Canadian agriculture, canola, clubroot, Crop Science, DNA extraction, genomic tools, Molecular Diagnostics, partnership, PCR analysis, pulses, robotics, seed growers, Seed World Canada, SGS, soil testing, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Stadler has secured a new order from Stockholm Transport (SL) for ten additional X15p electric multiple units worth 94 million Swiss francs, expanding the fleet on the Roslagsbanan railway. The narrow-gauge line, connecting Stockholm’s northeastern suburbs to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AB Transitio, Annika Bergström, Arlanda express, Bussnang, Christian König, electric multiple units, Lokaltog, Norske tog, partnership, railway modernisation, Roslagsbanan, Scandinavia rail transport, SL, Stadler, Stockholm Transport, sustainability, sustainable mobility, Sweden, Thurgau, VR Group, X15p trains
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two financing agreements worth €425 million to modernise 477 primary schools in Marseille, supporting France’s Marseille en Grand initiative. The funding includes a €340 million loan to the Société Publique des … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Education, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Benoît Payan, carbon footprint reduction, Education Infrastructure, EIB, European Investment Bank, French Government, Georges-François Leclerc, InvestEU, Marseille, Marseille en Grand, Nicolas Andreatta, partnership, Plan Ecoles, primary schools, school renovation, Société Publique des Ecoles Marseillaises, SPEM, sustainable schools
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