Here is today’s sustainable IT services and climate tech news, research and analysis -- written for technology partners, green IT service providers, CIOs, chief sustainability officers (CSOs) and climate accounting professionals.
A. Sustainable IT, Talent, Partnerships and Green Tech Alliances
1. Partners of the Year - Cloud Services: The AWS Sustainability Partner of the Year for 2024 included the following honorees:
- Global: Winner – Capgemini
- NAMER: Winner – McKinsey and Company
- LATAM: Winner – CI&T
- EMEA: Winner – Lambert Labs
- APJ: Winner – Infosys
- GCR: Winner – Tuya Global Inc
2. Partner of the Year - IT Consulting: HP named Datacom as its Sustainability Partner of the Year in New Zealand for 2024.
3. Carbon Tracking Software: Healthcare product provider Terumo Europe is leveraging SAP Sustainability Footprint Management, with guidance from Deloitte, as part of its carbon reduction strategy.
4. Carbon Accounting Software: Speeki has released Carbon Lens, a carbon management solution within Speeki's sustainability management system, the company said.
5. Certification: TCO has updated its certification criteria, which helps IT purchasers to "drive sustainability across climate, hazardous substances, circularity, and supply chain responsibility." Moreover, the certification has expanded to include such products as speakers, keyboards, and webcams, the organization said.
6. Talent - Financial Services: CBRE Investment Management has appointed George Crone as sustainability lead for UK Direct Investments. George reports to Robbie Epsom, EMEA head of sustainability. Helen Gurfel leads the overall team as global head of sustainability & innovation.
7. Meta and Nuclear Power: Facebook parent Meta is seeking to leverage nuclear reactors starting in the early 2030s to power and support AI data centers and surrounding communities, Axios reported.
8. EV Charger Expansion: Blink Charging has agreed to install EV charger stations at four Minor Hotels in Mexico.
B. Sustainability M&A, Climate Tech Investments, Funding and Green IT Business Launches
1. Startup Funding: Carbon management software provider Carbmee of Germany has raised €20 million in early stage funding, ESG Today reported.
2. M&A - EV Charging Networks: Fuuse has acquired Everyday EV, a provider of electric vehicle charging services across the United Kingdom. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fuuse raised £8.7 million in Series A funding in June 2024. YFM Equity Partners led the round, with participation from existing investor Par Equity and an angel syndicate. At the time, Fuuse had more than 750 clients and 70,000 active users.Â
3. 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. Norway - Nuclear Energy: Norsk Kjernekraft has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with X-energy to explore deploying small modular reactors (SMRs) in Norway, NEI Magazine reported.
D. Sustainable IT and Green Technology Conference Calendar
- AWS re:Invent 2024 (December 2-6, Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Apidays Paris 2024 (December 3-5, Paris, France)
- Demonstrate Deploy Decarbonize 2024 (December 4-5, Washington, D.C.)
- Future Sustainability Forum 2024 (December 4-5, Jumeirah, Dubai)
- International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology - SEGT 2024 (December 15-18, Thailand)
- Complete Calendar of Sustainability Conferences
E. Previous Updates & Future News
- Future Updates: If you have news to share then please email me the details.
- Did You Miss Yesterday's Daily Update?: Here is our previous sustainable IT, climate tech and renewable energy news for technology partners.
