EMEA Sustainability: Europe, Middle East and Africa

SLR Consulting, backed by private equity firm Ares Management, acquires ITPEnergised -- a renewable energy consultancy with a digital platform.

Sibanye-Stillwater hires Melanie Naidoo-Vermaak as chief sustainability officer (CSO). Mining & metals processing company pursues 2040 carbon neutrality goals.

COP28 news involving Green IT services, SMB sustainability, Atos, Kyndryl, NEC, Sage, Schneider Electric, Linux Foundation, NZDPU climate data sharing platform & more.

AddSecure acquires DigiComm Group, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) service provider that also has digital waste management & smart grid expertise.

Fujitsu Germany sharpens focus on Uvance sustainability solutions; sells private cloud business unit to private equity & family office firm AEQUITA.

EQT Infrastructure acquires battery storage and green hydrogen specialist Statera Energy. The opportunity: Europe's energy transition.

Podcast: MSP owner Daniel Ellis explains how he has pushed into such markets as electric vehicle (EV) charging stations & software to help reduce tech energy consumption.

Only 50% of sub-Saharan African companies surveyed are working on or have implemented a data-driven, enterprise-level strategy for reducing emissions and mitigating climate risks, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa research finds.

Scottish Tech Army, led by CEO Alistair Forbes, and GoCodeGreen partner to help not-for-profit organizations focus on sustainable, climate friendly digital products and services.

Net-Zero workshops from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), global IT distributor TD Synnex & managed IT services provider (MSP) Kyocera Document Solutions UK (KDUK) seek to educate customers on sustainability strategies.

OpenUK and the United Nations seek contributors to develop open source solutions for carbon neutral data centers.

Deloitte UK's pipeline of sustainability & climate consulting deals is strong, but sustainable supply chain business faced some recent headwinds, Deloitte UK CEO Richard Houston said.

Danfoss, Google, Microsoft & Schneider Electric form European data center group to speed green IT transition; cut Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions.

PC Powersave's software is designed to decrease PC energy consumption; save customers money; and provide reports for MSPs to prove the energy-savings ROI (Return on Investment) to customers.

Seco Tools, which develops machine industry tools, named Head of Sustainability Maria Blomqvist to VP of sustainability and EHS. Here are Seco's Net-Zero & carbon reduction goals.