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AVTECH's Room Alert Account Recognized as 2022 Backup and Disaster Recovery Award Winner by Cloud Computing Magazine

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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WARREN, R.I., Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AVTECH Software (AVTECH) is thrilled to announce that the Room Alert Account online platform has been recognized as a 2022 Backup and Disaster Recovery Award winner, an honor bestowed upon them by Cloud Computing Magazine.

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WARREN, R.I., Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AVTECH Software (AVTECH) is thrilled to announce that the Room Alert Account online platform has been recognized as a 2022 Backup and Disaster Recovery Award winner, an honor bestowed upon them by Cloud Computing Magazine.
Room Alert is Made in the USA and monitors environment conditions such as temperature, humidity, flood, power, smoke, and more.
"Our Room Alert Account platform has become the primary method of managing Room Alert installations for customers around the world," said Richard Grundy, President & COO of AVTECH.
"Recognizing excellence in the advancement of cloud computing technologies, Cloud Computing Magazine is proud to announce Room Alert Account as a recipient of the Cloud Computing Backup and Disaster Recovery Award," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries joins United Nations initiative on financial sustainability

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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The initiative connects the United Nations with financial institutions worldwide to help shape a sustainable financial agenda.

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The initiative connects the United Nations with financial institutions worldwide to help shape a sustainable financial agenda.
Through this collaboration, UNEP has established sustainability frameworks that examine global environmental, social and governance challenges through a financial lens.
In joining this initiative, the CIA aims to share its expertise on a national and global level by helping financial institutions address sustainability targets and implement sustainability frameworks, and by undertaking thematic research, providing guidance and supporting communities of practice.
The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) is the qualifying and governing body of the actuarial profession in Canada.

VEON issues amended Scheme

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 11 January 2023 23:50 CET: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) (“VEON” or, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, and its subsidiary VEON Holdings B.V. (the “Company”) refer to the announcement dated 21 December 2022 relating to the Company’s proposed scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme”) in respect of the 5.95% notes due February 2023 and 7.25% notes due April 2023 issued by the Company (together, the “2023 Notes”), and in particular relating to the convening of a single meeting of Scheme Creditors to be held on 24 January 2023 (the “Scheme Meeting”).

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, 11 January 2023 23:50 CET: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) (“VEON” or, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, and its subsidiary VEON Holdings B.V. (the “Company”) refer to the announcement dated 21 December 2022 relating to the Company’s proposed scheme of arrangement (the “Scheme”) in respect of the 5.95% notes due February 2023 and 7.25% notes due April 2023 issued by the Company (together, the “2023 Notes”), and in particular relating to the convening of a single meeting of Scheme Creditors to be held on 24 January 2023 (the “Scheme Meeting”).
The Company has today issued an amended Explanatory Statement in connection with the Scheme, which amends the terms of the Scheme (the “Amended Explanatory Statement”).
Following feedback from certain of the 2023 Noteholders, the Company has today informed the Scheme Creditors, by the Amended Explanatory Statement, that it has amended the terms of the proposal set out in the Scheme.
Scheme Creditors or, if a corporation, their representative, or the proxy attending the Scheme Meeting on their behalf will be required to verify their entitlement to attend the Scheme Meeting as a Scheme Creditor before they will be granted access to the Scheme Meeting by a representative of the Information Agent.

Global Electric Toothbrush Market Report 2022: Featuring Colgate Palmolive, Conair, JSB Healthcare and Lion Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, January 9, 2023

The electric toothbrush market consists of sales of the electric toothbrush by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that are used to clean teeth, gums, and tongue to remove plaque and reduce gingivitis.

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The electric toothbrush market consists of sales of the electric toothbrush by entities (organizations, sole traders, and partnerships) that are used to clean teeth, gums, and tongue to remove plaque and reduce gingivitis.
The regions covered in the electric toothbrush market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa.
Key players operating in the electric toothbrush market are focusing on developing advanced technological solutions to strengthen their position in the market.
The countries covered in the electric toothbrush market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA.

Tribaldata, which is helping the advertising industry get to Net Zero, has completed its seed round for 0,8M eur.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

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The global advertising industry responded by coming together last July around the Ad Net Zero program with the task of reducing emissions along the entire advertising value chain and charting the path to net zero emissions by 2030.

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The global advertising industry responded by coming together last July around the Ad Net Zero program with the task of reducing emissions along the entire advertising value chain and charting the path to net zero emissions by 2030.
Supporting this effort, Tribaldata is helping media agencies, advertisers and publishers accelerate in getting to Net Zero, through a combination of services around unique consumer insight and data on consumers, direct campaign emission offsetting and access to usage of their platform.
Last year the company also partnered with Xandr, a Microsoft Company that operated one of the largest global premium advertising marketplaces.
This adds to the 250k eur Neotec subsidy received by Tribaldata early 2022 from Spanish public entity CDTI.

Mining Ministers from more than 60 countries attend Ministerial Roundtable at the Future Minerals Forum

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 60 government ministers and delegations responsible for their countries' minerals and metals strategies attended the second Ministerial Roundtable hosted by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources in the largest-ever meeting of its kind. The Roundtable, which took place today in Riyadh, will be followed by the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2023, which runs between 11 – 12 January 2023. FMF is conducted under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

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The Roundtable, which took place today in Riyadh, will be followed by the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2023, which runs between 11 – 12 January 2023.
FMF is conducted under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
His Excellency Al-Khorayef added: "When we convened the first Ministerial Roundtable a year ago, we intended to increase awareness of the potential for mineral-driven economic development across our region.
This shows our joint commitment to the net-zero transition and a resource-efficient, resilient and responsible future.

Mining Ministers from more than 60 countries attend Ministerial Roundtable at the Future Minerals Forum

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 60 government ministers and delegations responsible for their countries' minerals and metals strategies attended the second Ministerial Roundtable hosted by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources in the largest-ever meeting of its kind. The Roundtable, which took place today in Riyadh, will be followed by the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2023, which runs between 11 – 12 January 2023. FMF is conducted under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

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The Roundtable, which took place today in Riyadh, will be followed by the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2023, which runs between 11 – 12 January 2023.
FMF is conducted under the auspices of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
His Excellency Al-Khorayef added: "When we convened the first Ministerial Roundtable a year ago, we intended to increase awareness of the potential for mineral-driven economic development across our region.
This shows our joint commitment to the net-zero transition and a resource-efficient, resilient and responsible future.

United Nations Executive Secretary Talks with Protiviti: 'We Need Private Sector Engagement, Investment to Solve Environmental Crises'

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Monday, January 9, 2023

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In an interview with VISION by Protiviti, the United Nations' (UN) Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification calls on global business leaders to take an active role in helping to solve the planet's biggest problems. "Businesses need to shift from a linear economy — extracting resources, using them quickly and discarding them as waste — to a circular economy where used products are repurposed and re-injected in the economy," said Ibrahim Thiaw in an interview with global consulting firm Protiviti while he was at COP27, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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Thiaw calls on the private sector to help solve Earth's environmental challenges, including climate change, drought, water scarcity, land degradation and biodiversity loss.
Doing so will give people a chance to generate 50 percent more wealth over the next three decades, Thiaw says.
Cory Gunderson, executive vice president, Global Solutions, Protiviti, says the United Nations' message couldn't be clearer.
We're thrilled to highlight the key issues facing businesses, including ESG, in our landmark VISION by Protiviti program," said Gunderson.

Surayyah Ahmad on Greater Participation for Nigerian Women in Tech

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Monday, January 2, 2023

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ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Surayyah Ahmad, Ethco Group Ltd co-founder and Executive Secretary of Startup AREWA has discussed the underrepresentation of Nigerian women in the tech industry, and women's effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in the tech ecosystem.

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ABUJA, NG, Jan 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Surayyah Ahmad, Ethco Group Ltd co-founder and Executive Secretary of Startup AREWA has discussed the underrepresentation of Nigerian women in the tech industry, and women's effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in the tech ecosystem.
Surayyah Ahmad, Ethco co-founder and Executive Secretary, Startup AREWA, discussed underrepresentation of Nigerian women in the tech industry and opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in the tech ecosystem.
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"Studies from all across the world are showing that women are underrepresented in the tech industry, despite recent headlines concentrating on tech hiring sprees and the underrepresentation of diverse populations.
Surayyah states that more women from Northern Nigeria are coming up with programs to help Northern women get into tech.

Pharmaron: Fulfilling the "Green" and "Low-carbon" Mission and Striving to Improve Sustainability

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

"Green" and "low carbon" have remained the keywords along Pharmaron's development.

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"Green" and "low carbon" have remained the keywords along Pharmaron's development.
Pharmaron will continue to taking concrete actions toward the targets and further improve its environmental management system, resource savings exercises, waste & pollutant reduction effort, and green facility upgrades.
Moreover, Pharmaron will continuously promoting green chemistry practices and establishing more suitable and efficient processes to reduce waste and pollutants.
It will follow its ESG commitments to being green, sustainable and transparent as well as strive to continuously improve economic, environmental and social sustainability.