ESG Happenings
Key Developments in Environmental, Social and Governance Across All Sectors
Information Technology
Tech Giants Go Green (Latest News)
Energy tracking start-up FlexiDAO has secured a $6.5m investment to expand its platform across Europe and the US. The funding came from Google, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, SET Ventures and […]
AML3D Secures ExxonMobil Order for WAM 3D-Printed Vessel
AML3D has secured a $190,000 order from ExxonMobil to produce an eight mt pressure vessel using its proprietary WAM 3D printing technology. The WAM process could reportedly shorten lead times […]
Energy and Industrials
Wind-Solar Breezes into Mumbai
WindStream Energy Technologies has installed a pilot a 10kW wind-solar energy system aiming to reduce conventional electricity consumption at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, which is targeting net-zero emissions […]
AI-Backed Renewable Energy Spans Southeast Asia
Thailand’s Banpu Innovation & Ventures and Singapore’s VFlowTech have established a joint venture to develop lithium-vanadium hybrid energy storage projects to help integrate renewable energy across south-east Asia and improve […]
Consumer Goods and Services
Walmart partners with Tortoise for parking lot robot vending machines
Walmart has begun using a remote-controlled robot developed by California start-up Tortoise to sell items to customers in one of its store’s car parks. This could mean the proliferation of […]
Blockchain Tech and Sustainability are Converging
Shell has partnered with Accenture and American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) to launch Avelia, a blockchain initiative to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through a […]
Healthcare
AI Meets Monkeypox
Seegene has developed a diagnostic reagent for monkeypox using the AI-based Seegene Digitalized Development System. Seegene will begin providing the test, which can diagnose monkeypox within 1.5 hours, to countries […]
Pfizer Commits to New Climate Change Goals
Pfizer has created a new set of climate goals, including achieving the Net-Zero Standard by 2040, cutting 95% of operational emissions and 90% of value chain emissions. By finding ways […]