Here is today’s sustainability news, research and analysis for technology partners, renewable energy consultants and green IT service providers. Today's sustainability news also involves management consultants, CIOs, chief sustainability officers (CSOs), c-suite members and climate accounting professionals.
A. Sustainable Technology, Talent, Partnerships and Green IT Alliances
1. Partnership - IT Solutions:Â Centreon and ZYZYGY are partnering to "provide observability and promote sustainably for state-of-the-art enterprise architecture solutions," the two companies said.
2. Partnership - Building Energy Management: Honeywell and Enel North America are partnering to deploy energy management and building automation solutions that stabilize power grids, the two companies said.
3. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Systems: ChargePoint is pitching a Megawatt Charging System (MCS) to help enable the electrification of commercial trucking.
B. Sustainability M&A, Investments, Funding and Green IT Business Launches
1. Funding - FinTech Startup: Ekko of London has raised $2.5 million led by Fuel Ventures and supported by Sorven Partners, Mishcon de Reya and existing investors. Ekko's software enables "banks, fintechs, and payment providers to empower their customers to have a tangible and meaningful impact on our world," the company said.
2. M&A - Wind Power: Brookfield Asset Management plans to acquire a majority stake in Indian renewable power firm Leap Green Energy Ltd., Bloomberg reported. The target investment is $500 million, the report said, but we don't know the overall deal's valuation.
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. Tesla & China Data Centers: Tesla has been developing plans for a data center in China to train the algorithm needed for more fully autonomous vehicles, Reuters reported. Musk previously expressed opposition to a China-based data center, arguing that data transfer to the United States was the most efficient option, the report asserted. Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been highly critical of Reuters' media coverage.
D. Sustainability and Green Technology Conference Calendar
- Advanced Clean Transportation Expo (ACTExpo) 2024 (May 20-23, Las Vegas)
- ASES Solar 2024Â (May 20-23, Washington, D.C.)
- Dell Technologies World 2024Â (May 20-23, Las Vegas)
- IBM Think 2024 (May 20-23, Boston, Massachusetts)
- Hitachi Energy's Enterprise Software Solutions User Conference: Americas 2024 (Denver, Colorado)
- Co.Mobility Summit 2024 (May 20-22, Chattanooga, Tennessee)
- 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.
