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China Railway Construction Corporation: Breakthroughs in Early 2024 Drive the Railways Modernisation

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金曜日, 5月 3, 2024

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BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 April 2024 - China Railway Construction Corp Ltd. (CRCC, or "the Company") is proud to announce significant achievements in early 2024.

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BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 April 2024 - China Railway Construction Corp Ltd. (CRCC, or "the Company") is proud to announce significant achievements in early 2024.
With RMB 65.2 billion in national fixed-asset investments in the railway sector during January and February, up by 9.5% year-on-year, the Company has set a rapid pace and injected vitality into railways modernisation.
Mr. Wang Xianjun, Deputy Manager of China Railway 11th Bureau Group Co., LTD, stated, "The Company remains resilient and adaptive in the ever-evolving global landscape.
Through the transformative power of technology, CRCC stands at the forefront of driving railway modernisation for an interconnected world.

2024 ICCC Program Provides Free Training, Education, and Mentorship to Small Business Owners

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水曜日, 4月 17, 2024

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This year, the ICCC program is placing a heightened focus on addressing the specific challenges identified by small business owners as critical roadblocks to their growth.

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This year, the ICCC program is placing a heightened focus on addressing the specific challenges identified by small business owners as critical roadblocks to their growth.
“The ICCC program is a transformative force for small businesses in underserved communities.
ICCC will also host a U.S. National Latinx Cohort entirely in Spanish and a specialty program for larger B2B companies in Connecticut.
For more information or to speak with an ICCC subject matter expert, please contact Indhira Taveras at [email protected] or 617-238-3030.

Financial Literacy for All Celebrates National Financial Literacy Month

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火曜日, 4月 30, 2024

Financial Literacy for All (FL4A), a national initiative dedicated to embedding financial literacy into the nation’s schools, workplaces, communities, and culture, is pleased to celebrate National Financial Literacy Month as it comes to a close by recognizing several of the recent financial literacy initiatives and resources launched by members in its coalition of nearly 50 leading organizations.

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Financial Literacy for All (FL4A), a national initiative dedicated to embedding financial literacy into the nation’s schools, workplaces, communities, and culture, is pleased to celebrate National Financial Literacy Month as it comes to a close by recognizing several of the recent financial literacy initiatives and resources launched by members in its coalition of nearly 50 leading organizations.
Since the beginning of the year, some of the key financial literacy advancement activity by FL4A members include:
Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian authored an open letter on the importance of financial well-being and highlighting the company’s Emergency Savings Program in partnership with Operation HOPE and Fidelity Investments where participating employees can earn $1,000 from Delta to fund a rainy day account, along with individualized coaching and resources to enhance their financial literacy and well-being
American Express partnered with UNCF and Zogo , a gamified app with real-world rewards, to bring the UNCF community access to Zogo’s extensive library of 800+ bite-sized financial lessons and education content and gamified rewards program
Visa and the GSMA Mobile Development Foundation (GSMA Fdn) launched the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative , a five-year initiative to advance digital financial inclusion for 20 million individuals, including women, small holder farmers, and nano, micro and small enterprise where low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Launched in May 2021 by a consortium of leaders from the business, professional sports, entertainment, and non-profit sectors and Operation HOPE, FL4A aims to reimagine the way Americans think about their relationship with money and provide the foundational skills for people to best manage their personal finances and build generational wealth.
FL4A is committed to:
To follow the progress of Financial Literacy for All, please visit FL4A.org .

California Economic Development Leaders Launch New Tool Connecting Business Owners with Trusted Lenders

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水曜日, 4月 24, 2024

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California Small Business Loan Match, a new lender match tool for business owners to discover vital funding options, launches today in California.

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California Small Business Loan Match, a new lender match tool for business owners to discover vital funding options, launches today in California.
“We are thrilled to launch California Small Business Loan Match and connect California small business owners with pre-vetted lenders and loans they can trust,” said IBank Executive Director Scott Wu.
“All of these lenders use IBank’s Small Business Loan Guarantee Program which reduces lenders’ risk in loaning to small businesses that may struggle to access capital.
“Our lenders on California Small Business Loan Match are ideal for business owners who have been turned away from traditional banks or who faced hardships that they’re still recovering from,” said Megan Hodapp, IBank’s Small Business Finance Center Manager.

Autel Energy’s Global ESG Launch Is A Success: Around 5,000 Trees Planted In EVergreen's Inaugural Tree Planting Initiative

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火曜日, 4月 23, 2024

This activity offsets an estimated 2,190,000 kilograms of carbon emissions (CO2), and emphasizes Autel Energy's and partners' commitment to their ESG goals towards a sustainable tomorrow.

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This activity offsets an estimated 2,190,000 kilograms of carbon emissions (CO2), and emphasizes Autel Energy's and partners' commitment to their ESG goals towards a sustainable tomorrow.
Autel Energy champions a comprehensive ESG strategy, prioritizing environmental sustainability in its core principle, ranging from production to operations to achieve its ESG goals.
When they reach their CO2 reduction goals, Autel will plant a tree on their behalf, making a real-life impact.
Autel Energy, through its visionary EVergreen Initiative, stands as a beacon of sustainability and pro-environmental consciousness.

2024 US Cannes Lions Young Lions Winners Announced

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木曜日, 4月 18, 2024

National CineMedia (NCM) , the largest cinema advertising platform in the country and the US representative to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, announces the winners of the 2024 US Young Lions competition.

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National CineMedia (NCM) , the largest cinema advertising platform in the country and the US representative to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, announces the winners of the 2024 US Young Lions competition.
The winners will compete in person as TEAM USA in the global Young Lions competition at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity , the world’s leading celebration of creative marketing and communications, taking place from June 17-21 in Cannes, France.
Following two years of investment and redesign of the US Young Lions program, NCM will be formally launching the US Lions Community at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this June.
Initiative, an official 2024 Event Sponsor of the US Young Lions competition, hosted the TEAM USA Winners Announcement event last night at their New York office.

PONIX AWARDED $5 MILLION USDA GRANT TO BREAK "GROUND" ON CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE IN GEORGIA

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水曜日, 4月 24, 2024

ATLANTA, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Food Security (CFS), led by minority-owned AgTech start-up, Ponix, is implementing a $5 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant, as part of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, which helps measure and promote climate-smart farming practices. The program will design and launch an inclusive marketplace for sustainable vegetable producers, empowering minority and underserved communities to sell both their produce and carbon credits to corporate partners.

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"We're passionate about the benefits of hydroponic farming," said Ponix CEO, Michael Choi, who has incubated tech-enabled solutions for public and private sectors throughout his 15 year career.
"It's hyper local and yields a more nutritious product that doesn't require pesticides, recirculates water and conserves land," he said.
USDA is committed to supporting a diverse range of farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.
"We want a broad array of agriculture and forestry to see themselves in this effort, including small and historically underserved producers as well as early adopters."

AI-Powered Methane Emissions and Recapture Calculator Launches at Paxvac.com

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火曜日, 4月 23, 2024

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OAKLAND, Calif., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Powered by artificial intelligence, the 9th fastest growing energy company in America, Paxon Energy & Infrastructure, has built an online methane emissions calculator to support the oil and gas industry in the worldwide march to eradicate the most noxious greenhouse gas contributions to global warming. Developed by a female environmental engineer CEO who supplies some of the nation's largest utilities with methane recapture services that have, since 2016, prevented 830,000 tons of methane from hitting the atmosphere, the calculator lives at Paxvac.com and is offered to the industry at no cost.

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Developed by a female environmental engineer CEO who supplies some of the nation's largest utilities with methane recapture services that have, since 2016, prevented 830,000 tons of methane from hitting the atmosphere, the calculator lives at Paxvac.com and is offered to the industry at no cost.
Greentech such as a methane recapture process called 'cross compression' captures 99% of what would have been emitted."
The utilities that use methane recapture greentech have the potential to become one of the most significant environmental stewards of our time.
Use of technology like methane recapture is game-changing and could bend the climate curve back to healthful levels while we continue to transition to a renewable energy powered future."

The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year 4 of the Initiative's Carbontech Accelerator Program

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火曜日, 4月 16, 2024

SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON and BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative)—a multi-year collaboration from the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA—enthusiastically announces the fourth year of its world-class carbontech accelerator program.

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and HOUSTON and BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative)—a multi-year collaboration from the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs , and Fraunhofer USA —enthusiastically announces the fourth year of its world-class carbontech accelerator program.
For its fourth accelerator cohort, the C2V Initiative and its Carbontech Leadership Council (CLC) are welcoming applications from startups at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4-7 that are developing carbontech solutions.
More specifically, the program collaborators are interested in carbontech innovations related to the following categories:
Carbon Conversion to Added-value Products, e.g.
Startups with a novel carbontech innovation are encouraged to apply even if their technology is not listed above.

Linux Foundation Energy Announces New Open Source Initiatives for Substation Digitalization, Energy AI and Data, and More

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火曜日, 4月 16, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased to announce that four new open source technical projects and three new working groups have been accepted into the foundation. These initiatives will provide the energy sector with new resources around digital substations, preparing for extreme weather events, taking advantage of advances in data and AI technologies, and more. This comes ahead of the Open Sustainability Policy Summit and Open EV Charging Summit, both of which LF Energy is hosting with partners in May.

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LF Energy hosts working groups, which bring together communities of disparate stakeholders to identify challenges and develop open source solutions for the energy transition.
LF Energy AI is a Special Interest Group created to drive AI for energy priorities forward.
LF Energy is organizing three upcoming events to gather various groups of energy stakeholders to learn and share best practices and open source solutions for the energy transition.
"We are pleased to see support for open source software, hardware, and standards growing to drive the energy transition forward," said LF Energy Executive Director Alex Thornton.