(IN BRIEF) TAKKT has strengthened its resilience in the first half of 2024 by increasing its gross profit margin to 40.5% and streamlining cost structures, resulting in a slight increase in free cash flow to €25.6 million. Despite a 17.7% … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Retail
Tagged Andreas Weishaar, economy, Financial, investment, Maria Zesch, resilience, retail, TAKKT
(IN BRIEF) Merck has joined the “Semiconductor-X” research project, a consortium led by Intel Germany and the Fraunhofer IFF, focusing on the digitalization of semiconductor supply chains to improve resilience and sustainability. The project, funded by the German Federal Ministry … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Intel, Kai Beckmann, Merck, partnership, resilience, Semiconductor Supply Chain, sustainability, USA
(IN BRIEF) ING has published its 2023 Annual Report, offering stakeholders an overview of its strategy, business activities, and performance throughout the year. Despite facing numerous challenges such as geopolitical tensions, economic shocks, and climate-related disasters, ING has navigated successfully … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged 2023 Annual Report, Financial, ING, investment, Karl Guha, resilience, Steven van Rijswijk, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Ahold Delhaize unveils its 2023 Annual Report, highlighting its financial and non-financial performance amidst challenging circumstances. The report underscores the company’s dedication to creating value for customers and communities while advancing towards a healthier and sustainable food system. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Economy, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Retail
Tagged 2023 Annual Report, Ahold Delhaize, Commitment, Financial, Frans Muller, investment, resilience, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Despite facing headwinds in the stainless steel market, Outokumpu Oyj has managed to maintain solid financial performance in 2023. The company’s adjusted EBITDA for the year amounted to EUR 517 million, although experiencing a decline compared to previous … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News
Tagged Financial, Heikki Malinen, investment, Outokumpu, Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, resilience, Solid Earnings
(IN BRIEF) The Vienna Stock Exchange faced a challenging year in 2023, marked by high interest rates, persistent inflation, and geopolitical tensions that impacted European stock markets. Despite these unfavorable conditions affecting trading activity, the exchange achieved a record year … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) At the COP28 climate change conference, EIB Global, the development arm of the European Investment Bank (EIB), introduced its new approach to increase financing and advisory services in support of a just transition and just resilience worldwide. EIB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Media, News
Tagged Ambroise Fayolle, Climate-Resilient, COP28, EIB, EIB Global, partnership, resilience, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has published its “Financing in Africa Survey 2023,” offering insights into the evolving financial landscape in Africa. Conducted in partnership with 33 leading banks across the continent, the survey highlights the challenges and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The EU has launched the SUNRISE project, which aims to improve the resilience of critical infrastructures in Europe, including transport, energy, water, and healthcare, against the impact of pandemics and other major risks. The project, which is set … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Government, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Internet & Online, Ireland, Management, News, Security & Safety, Society, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Atos, ATOS IT Solutions and Services Iberia, Critical Infrastructure, cyber-physical resilience, ENERGY, EU-funded, Horizon Europe, Pandemic-Stricken Europe, pandemics, resilience, risks, safety, SUNRISE Project, TRANSPORT, trust of citizens, WATER, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) Atos will lead a group of 41 public and private organizations in the SUNRISE project, over the next three years, to develop technologies and solutions that improve the resilience of critical infrastructures against pandemics and risks related to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, European Union, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Antonio Álvarez, ARI, Atos, climate change, critical infrastructures, European Union, Horizon Europe Program, pandemics, Polytechnic University of Madrid, resilience, SUNRISE
(PRESS RELEASE) COPENHAGEN, 18-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — ISS (CPH: ISS), a leading workplace experience and facility management company, has announced that its subsidiary ISS Guckenheimer, a premier on-site corporate restaurant management and catering company, has joined the Beans is How Coalition … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Environment, Food & Beverage, Management, News, Society
Tagged access to food, beans, Beans is How Coalition, climate crisis, Cool Food pledge, food service providers, food waste, Hamish Cook, ISS, ISS Guckenheimer, legumes, lentils, Nutrition, Paul Fairhead, Paul Newnham, peas, pulses, resilience, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, soil health
(PRESS RELEASE) RIO-PATRAS, Greece, 16-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — In the framework of EU funded Project CPSoSaware, pilot trials for Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS) demonstrations for the Manufacturing Pillar took place during 21-22 of November, in the premises of project … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Greece, Industrial, Italy, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 8BELLS, Anthropometric, CATALINK, Centro Ricerche Fiat, CPSoS, CPSoSaware, Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems, ergonomics, Horizon 2020, Human-Robot Collaboration, ISI Athena, Italy, Manufacturing Pillar, Manufacturing Use Case, Orbassano, resilience, robot, safety, UPAT, XR training
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 22-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), an international financial institution with focus on the Nordic and Baltic countries, has announced that it has further expanded the geography of NIB Environmental Bonds (NEB) to attract … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Finland, Investment, News, Norway
Tagged climate change, environmental bonds, environmental impact, environmental lending, ESG factors, funds, green bond, Jens Hellerup, loans, NEB, NIB, NIB Environmental Bonds, resilience
Employee life satisfaction has dropped by 10 percentage points since the start of the pandemic almost three in five are neglecting their physical health due to work and half said they don’t know how much to save for retirement. However, … Read the full press release
Posted in Insurance, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Aviva, Covid-19 pandemic, Debbie Bullock, Employees, Employment, modern workplace, REPORT, resilience, retirement, UK Workers, workplaces
(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 12-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens España and Telefónica Tech to present a far-reaching value proposition to create major opportunities for improving buildings that includes everything from energy efficiency and user experience to connectivity, security and data analysis … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Security & Safety, Spain, Technology
Tagged audiovisual, Big Data, Blockchain, building automation, capacity management, CCTV, Cloud, connectivity, Cybersecurity, de-escalation monitoring, digital businesses, digital transformation, digitalisation, Elena Gil, energy efficiency, environmental monitoring, Fernando Silva, fire protection, infrastructure, IoT, monitor entry points, occupancy management, optimisation, predictive maintenance, Raúl Ramos, resilience, SECURITY, Siemens España, smart buildings, smart electric networks, smart lighting, smart parking, space reservation solutions, sustainability, Telefónica Tech
HSBC to align its portfolio of financed emissions to the Paris Agreement goal to achieve net zero by 2050 HSBC to target net zero in operations and supply chain by 2030 (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 9-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — British multinational … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Environment, Financial, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Ankit Patel, carbon emissions, cleantech, climate solutions, financed emissions, financing, Gillian James, HSBC, investment, low carbon economy, low carbon transition, May Kek, net zero, net zero global economy, Noel Quinn, Paris Agreement goal, resilience, Robert Sherman, sustainable infrastructure, TCFD
Sales growth of 2.9% in local currencies to CHF 3,614.6 million (–3.2% in CHF) High negative currency effect of –6.1% (impact of minus CHF 225 million in sales and CHF 29 million in EBIT) Maintained high EBITDA margin of over … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Management, Switzerland
Tagged cashflow, construction, COVID-19, earnings, liquidity, Paul Schuler, resilience, Sika
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 23-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever has announced its results for the first half of 2020, which show that overall underlying sales declined 0.1%, with developed markets up 2.4% and emerging markets down … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Financial, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Jope, cashflow, COVID-19, dividend, earnings, resilience, Unilever
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 5-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading British engineering company has announced it is setting an ambitious net zero carbon by 2050 goal at the core of future innovation and growth. The company is joining the UN Race to … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) GENEVA, 6-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The UN IPBES’ 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is another one in a long line of warnings about the state of our planet. It should be clear that we … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, News, Non Profit, Science, Society, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged biodiversity, Biodiversity Report, climate change, David Korowicz, economy, Environment, Geneva Global Initiative, George Lehner, government, mitigation efforts, nature conservation, resilience, sustainability, sustainable goals, UN IPBES' 2019 Global Assessment Report
Confidence in the outlook for the oil and gas sector more than doubles in two years – up from 32% to 76%. 70% of senior industry professionals expect to increase or maintain capital expenditure in 2019 A third (34%) expect … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, News, Norway
Tagged A test of resilience, cloud-based applications, data sharing, decarbonization, decarbonize, digitalization in the oil and gas industry, DNV GL, energy transition, gas, gas-focused projects, hydrogen, integration, less carbon-intensive energy mix, Liv A. Hovem, long-term lower oil and gas prices, market instability, oil, oil and gas industry, oil and gas projects, oil price volatility, Outlook, renewable energy, resilience, skills shortages, supply chain inflation
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