Here is today’s sustainability news, research and analysis for technology partners; renewable energy and green IT service providers; management consultants; CIOs; chief sustainability officers (CSOs), c-suite members and climate accounting professionals.
A. Sustainable Technology, Talent, Partnerships and Green IT Alliances
1. Accelerator: Membrion, a manufacturer of novel solutions for recycling of harsh wastewater streams, has been selected to participate in the 100+ Accelerator. Related: Here is a list of accelerators focused on sustainability startups.
2. Partnership: Arrow Electronics and Schneider Electric are partnering to help channel partners and customers deploy sustainable IT solutions in Europe, Techerati reported.
3. Expansion: Schneider Electric plans to invest $140 million into its U.S. manufacturing operations and create about 750 new manufacturing jobs across the country in 2024, the company said.
4. IT Asset Disposition (ITAD): Energy and environmental solutions provider SK Ecoplant has unveiled a new IT Asset Disposition facility in Virginia through its recycling subsidiary, SK tes, the Korea Herald reported.
5. Cloud Services: Amazon continues to pitch AWS as a platform to assist sustainability efforts.
6. Remote Power Management: EthosEnergy has opened a Performance Center in Houston. The center can fully manage customers' power generation assets.
B. Sustainability M&A, Investments, Funding and Green IT Business Launches
1. Funding: TapFin, a sustainability platform, has raised $4 million in funding led by Elevar Equity.
2. Complete M&A List: Here's our database of all M&A deals involving green IT and renewable energy buyers, sellers and investors.
C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies and News
1. United States - SEC Climate Rule: Deloitte offered this guidance to help customers navigate the SEC climate rule.
2. Canada - Sustainability Disclosure Standards: The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) is developing Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) based on the ISSB global baseline – but the CSSB made two modifications to slow the implementation, according to Environmental Defence.
D. Sustainability and Green Technology Conference Calendar
- Roth Conference 2024 (March 17-19, Dana Point, California)
- Environmental Justice and Sustainability Conference 2024 (March 18-19, Stanford University)
- Biobased & Recycled Textiles Conference 2024 (March 18-19, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- CERAWeek 2024 Conference Dates (March 18-22)
- Future of Sustainability Conference 2024 (March 19-20, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Complete Calendar of Sustainability Conferences
E. Previous Updates & Future News
- Did You Miss Yesterday's Daily Update?: Here is our previous sustainability, green IT and renewable energy news for technology partners.
- Future Updates: If you have news to share then please email me the details.
