EMEA Sustainability: Europe, Middle East and Africa

Hannover Messe 2024 industrial automation conference news recap: AI, sustainability & CSRD compliance news from hardware, software, cloud services & consulting companies.

How can MSPs & IT consulting firms offer customers carbon-neutral hardware that generates monthly recurring revenue? A partnership between Circular Computing & Total IT Global provides clues.

Ernst & Young (EY) acquires Denkstatt, a sustainability, ESG & CSRD compliance consulting firm that serves customers in Austria & across Europe.

Keysource, an MSP (managed IT service provider) that offers sustainable data center solutions & strategic advisory services, acquires 2bm for data center design & build expertise.

WSP Global acquires 1A Ingenieros, a Spain consulting firm focused on renewable energy, electricity distribution and transportation, sustainable mobility, the industrial sector, and the environment.

The German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) names Thomas Stegmaier as chief sustainability officer (CSO). Here's how DITF has focused on sustainability so far.

ATOZ Tax Advisers acquires Deveco Sustainability, a consultancy that guides customers "in the development and implementation of their sustainable development strategies."

Private investment & asset management firm Ardian acquires green data center company Verne from Digital 9 Infrastructure. Here's what's next.

Wattif Group, backed by sustainable investor Marguerite, acquires ChargePoint electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure partner Laddel for continued European expansion.

Bellway Homes, a major homebuilder in the United Kingdom, hires Durham University veteran Simon Park as group head of sustainability. Here is Bellway's sustainability strategy.

Private equity firm Apax Partners acquires Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), a technology solutions provider, consulting firm & digital twins specialist that helps customers to decarbonize buildings, communities and cities.

PwC survey explores how companies are addressing & implementing CSRD (corporate sustainability reporting directive).

Starwood Capital Group acquires a 50% stake in Echelon Data Centres, a sustainability-focused data center infrastructure provider in Ireland & the United Kingdom.

Commercial real estate services firm Colliers International Group promotes Andrzej Gutowski to ESG chief officer for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Here is the Colliers ESG strategy.

Compliance & ESG software company EQS Group, now owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, seeks potential tuck-in acquisitions.