Mandatory Environmental and Human Rights Safeguards Agreed for UN Carbon Market

Carbon Market – Mandatory Environmental and Human Rights Safeguards Agreed for UN

7 October 2024 UN Climate Change News, 7 October 2024 — The Body mandated by the Paris Agreement to set up a new UN carbon market has agreed mandatory environmental and human rights safeguards early into a five-day meeting in Baku. These protections will require those participating in the UN’s Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism to identify, evaluate, avoid, minimize and mitigate potential risks associated with projects.​ The new … Continue reading Carbon Market – Mandatory Environmental and Human Rights Safeguards Agreed for UN

World Bank Group

North Macedonia Faces Severe Climate Change Impacts and Needs Major Investments to Protect People and Economy

Skopje, October 7, 2024 – North Macedonia could face economic damages of up to 4 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2050 due to the impact of changing climate, highlights the World Bank Group’s new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for North Macedonia launched in Skopje today. According to the report, North Macedonia needs to invest US$6.4 billion over the next decade to effectively protect people and … Continue reading North Macedonia Faces Severe Climate Change Impacts and Needs Major Investments to Protect People and Economy

Miura Partners

Miura Partners closes over €800 million in 2024 across fourth flagship fund, debut impact fund and healthcare continuation fund

Miura Partners has announced the final close of its fourth flagship fund, Miura Fund IV, at its hard cap of €475 million. In addition to Fund IV, Miura also closed earlier this year its debut impact fund with commitments of €135 million, and Dent&Co, a €200 million single asset continuation fund established to support continued growth in portfolio company Proclinic Group. 2024 has been a landmark fundraising year for … Continue reading Miura Partners closes over €800 million in 2024 across fourth flagship fund, debut impact fund and healthcare continuation fund

suez

Renault Group and SUEZ join forces to fast-track circularity in Europe’s automotive sector

Renault Group and SUEZ step up their long-term partnership, which encompasses recycling waste metal and recovering end-of-life vehicles, with strategic agreements aimed at supporting the ecological transition in the automotive sector. Together, Renault Group and SUEZ, a world leader in waste recycling and recovery, will put The Future Is NEUTRAL in a position to speed up its expansion and rank among the standard-setters in the … Continue reading Renault Group and SUEZ join forces to fast-track circularity in Europe’s automotive sector

Thread AI

Thread AI Emerges From Stealth With Composable Infrastructure Platform to Help Enterprises Design, Implement, and Manage AI Workflows

Company raises $6 million in seed funding, led by Index Ventures, as customer momentum builds NEW YORK – Thread AI, a new company founded by former Palantir AI Product and Engineering leads Angela McNeal and Mayada Gonimah, emerged from stealth today to announce the launch of its composable AI infrastructure platform, Lemma. This AI workflow solution brings together disparate or previously incompatible systems into one observable, robust, and … Continue reading Thread AI Emerges From Stealth With Composable Infrastructure Platform to Help Enterprises Design, Implement, and Manage AI Workflows

UN Environment Programme

New fund to support chemicals and waste management in developing economies

Nairobi, 1 October 2024 – One year after its adoption in Bonn, the Global Framework on Chemicals today launched its first call for projects targeting the safe and sustainable management of chemicals and waste. The selected projects are expected to work on green and sustainable solutions and to channel actions to prevent and minimize harm from chemicals and waste in some of the world’s most disadvantaged countries.   “Pollution and waste … Continue reading New fund to support chemicals and waste management in developing economies

Accenture and NVIDIA

Accenture and NVIDIA Lead Enterprises into Era of AI

NEW YORK; Oct. 2, 2024 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and NVIDIA today announced an expanded partnership, including Accenture’s formation of a new NVIDIA Business Group, to help the world’s enterprises rapidly scale their AI adoption. With generative AI demand driving $3 billion in Accenture bookings in its recently-closed fiscal year, the new group will help clients lay the foundation for agentic AI functionality using Accenture’s AI Refinery™️, which … Continue reading Accenture and NVIDIA Lead Enterprises into Era of AI

Globant

Globant Acquires Exusia To Continue Expanding Its Data & AI Offering

News provided by Globant  Oct 03, 2024 Exusia delivers solutions leveraging its full lifecycle AI, Data engineering, cloud computing expertise, and a robust portfolio of partnerships with Microsoft Azure, AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Ab Initio, and Google Cloud Exusia has a strong cross-industry footprint, working for leading companies in the Healthcare, Logistics, Financial Services and Consumer Products verticals MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Globant, a digitally native company … Continue reading Globant Acquires Exusia To Continue Expanding Its Data & AI Offering