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The Cigna Group Named No. 6 Among Best Corporate Citizens by JUST Capital and CNBC

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Monday, February 5, 2024

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) ranks #6 in America for its leadership as a corporate citizen—jumping 10 spots from last year—on the newly released list of Most JUST Companies by JUST Capital and CNBC. This year marks the fifth consecutive year that The Cigna Group has been recognized for its commitment to serving its customers, colleagues, communities, and the environment, and the second consecutive year it has led the health care industry in corporate citizenship.

Key Points: 
  • Underpinned by four connected pillars —Healthy Society, Healthy Workforce, Healthy Company, and Healthy Environment—The Cigna Group is working to improve the health and vitality of its customers, colleagues, communities, and the environment.
  • Examples of this work include:
    Healthy Society: The Cigna Group has aggressively increased the number of behavioral health specialists within its Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services businesses.
  • With clinicians specializing in treating youth and teenagers and cultural and ethnic issues, The Cigna Group is focusing on the increasing youth mental health crisis.
  • The Cigna Group research found that people with strong mental health are 10 times more likely to have high vitality .

dormakaba reduces CO2 emissions: Commissioning of 21,000 solar panels at three production sites

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Monday, February 5, 2024

The solar installations are planned to produce more than 11,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity annually and to save almost 7,000 tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) annually.

Key Points: 
  • The solar installations are planned to produce more than 11,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity annually and to save almost 7,000 tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) annually.
  • "The commissioning of the solar panels is a significant step towards achieving our CO2 emission reduction target and contributing to the transition to a low-carbon economy.
  • Key data of the solar energy projects:
    Melaka (Malaysia): 1,020 solar panels, expected annual production of 826 MWh, and savings of 540 tons of CO2e
    Suzhou (China): 2,258 solar panels, expected annual production of 1,216 MWh, and savings of 762 tons of CO2e
    Taishan (China): 17,675 solar panels, expected annual production of 9,050 MWh and savings of 5,671 tons of CO2e
    In the recent years, dormakaba has installed solar panels on the rooftops of its manufacturing sites worldwide.
  • For example, its manufacturing facility in Chennai (India) generates enough solar energy on-site to cover 100% of its electricity needs (440 solar panels).

Holaluz delivers on Normalised EBITDA guidance, reaching 3M€ for FY2023

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Barcelona, January 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Holaluz-Clidom S.A. (BME:HLZ) delivers on Normalised EBITDA guidance, reaching 3M€ for FY2023

Key Points: 
  • Barcelona, January 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Holaluz-Clidom S.A. (BME:HLZ) delivers on Normalised EBITDA guidance, reaching 3M€ for FY2023
    Holaluz doubled its solar market share in 2023 to over 3% by the end of December from 1.6% in 2022.
  • Holaluz, an energy transition company aiming to decarbonise the economy, today provided an update on Q4 2023 KPIs as well as a forecast on normalised EBITDA for the financial year 2023.
  • The company expects to meet the low range ( 3-5 million euros) of normalised EBITDA forecasts for the 2023 financial year according to the business plan published on 31 October, reaching 3M€.
  • Furthermore, in December 2023, Holaluz obtained ISO 14000 certification for its environmental management system (EMS), which reiterates its environmental commitment.

Seanergy Maritime Achieves Key Partnership with European Union Funding and Major Industry Stakeholders Under SAFeCRAFT to Revolutionize Maritime Propulsion for Existing Vessels

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Safecraft aims to demonstrate the safety and viability of Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAFs) in seaborne transportation, accelerating the adoption of SAFs technologies.

Key Points: 
  • Safecraft aims to demonstrate the safety and viability of Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAFs) in seaborne transportation, accelerating the adoption of SAFs technologies.
  • This system is also expected to cover a portion of the vessel's propulsion requirements and, therefore, to reduce reliance on conventional fuels.
  • The strategic partnership with the European Union and key industry stakeholders is another major achievement of our Company towards our global ESG objectives.
  • “This prominent combination of world-renowned stakeholders consists of classification societies, engineering and industrial firms, the academic community, as well as the European Union.

Dynatrace Teams With Lloyds Banking Group to Reduce IT Carbon Emissions

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240131738320/en/
    To help address this need, Dynatrace is using insights and feedback from Lloyds Banking Group to further develop Dynatrace® Carbon Impact .
  • It also provides actionable guidance for how to reduce the overall IT carbon footprint.
  • Klaus Enzenhofer, Product Lead at Dynatrace, said: “Dynatrace successfully rolled out the Carbon Impact app last year, and we’ve been working with Lloyds Banking Group to develop it further to support our customers’ hybrid and multicloud environments.
  • This helps us identify more meaningful opportunities to optimize our digital infrastructure and will be a critical step forward as we work to reduce our operational sector’s direct carbon emissions by at least 75%.”

Alcoa to supply Nexans with low-carbon aluminum, including metal from ELYSIS™ technology

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Nexans will be the world’s first cable manufacturer to use metal from the breakthrough ELYSIS™ process, which replaces all greenhouse gas emissions with oxygen.

Key Points: 
  • Nexans will be the world’s first cable manufacturer to use metal from the breakthrough ELYSIS™ process, which replaces all greenhouse gas emissions with oxygen.
  • The technology uses proprietary materials, including inert anodes, first developed at the Alcoa Technical Center near Pittsburgh.
  • Aluminum rod produced with this breakthrough ELYSIS™ technology could eliminate a significant portion of carbon dioxide emissions in the future.
  • Apple is also an investor in the technology and has used ELYSIS metal for some of its products .

Everstream Analytics Solidifies Industry Leadership in Supply Chain Risk Management with Unparalleled 2023 Business Momentum

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Everstream Analytics , the global leader in supply chain insights and risk analytics, closed 2023 with record-breaking business momentum.

Key Points: 
  • Everstream Analytics , the global leader in supply chain insights and risk analytics, closed 2023 with record-breaking business momentum.
  • Boasting an already world-class team of talented supply chain individuals, Everstream expanded its executive leadership team by appointing globally recognized supply chain expert and former Gartner analyst Koray Köse to Chief Industry Officer.
  • Recognizing the strength of a collective force, Everstream called upon and was selected by leading industry organizations to advance global supply chain resiliency.
  • Won Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Top Supply Chain Projects award for Everstream’s collaboration with Medtronic.

CarbonChain and thyssenkrupp Materials Services launch new solution for low-carbon metals procurement

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Monday, January 29, 2024

LONDON, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- thyssenkrupp Materials Services and CarbonChain announce partnership to advance low-carbon procurement with new carbon traceability and intensity tool.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- thyssenkrupp Materials Services and CarbonChain announce partnership to advance low-carbon procurement with new carbon traceability and intensity tool.
  • The initiative sees an innovative traceability and carbon intensity tool rolled out to customers and suppliers of thyssenkrupp Materials Services' distribution units Materials Eastern Europe as well as Materials Western Europe.
  • CarbonChain's comprehensive metals emissions database will be enriched with primary data from thyssenkrupp Materials Services' suppliers, covering steel, stainless steel, aluminium and other metals.
  • thyssenkrupp Materials Services and CarbonChain are uniquely placed to bridge this gap and provide on-time, quality data for carbon-informed trade."

CarbonChain and thyssenkrupp Materials Services launch new solution for low-carbon metals procurement

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Monday, January 29, 2024

LONDON, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- thyssenkrupp Materials Services and CarbonChain announce partnership to advance low-carbon procurement with new carbon traceability and intensity tool.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- thyssenkrupp Materials Services and CarbonChain announce partnership to advance low-carbon procurement with new carbon traceability and intensity tool.
  • The initiative sees an innovative traceability and carbon intensity tool rolled out to customers and suppliers of thyssenkrupp Materials Services' distribution units Materials Eastern Europe as well as Materials Western Europe.
  • CarbonChain's comprehensive metals emissions database will be enriched with primary data from thyssenkrupp Materials Services' suppliers, covering steel, stainless steel, aluminium and other metals.
  • thyssenkrupp Materials Services and CarbonChain are uniquely placed to bridge this gap and provide on-time, quality data for carbon-informed trade."

Global Carbon Management System Market Report 2023-2030 with Partner & Customer Ecosystem Competitive Index & Regional Footprints - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The "Global Carbon Management System Market 2030 by Offering, by Application, End-user Verticals & Region - Partner & Customer Ecosystem Competitive Index & Regional Footprints" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Global Carbon Management System Market 2030 by Offering, by Application, End-user Verticals & Region - Partner & Customer Ecosystem Competitive Index & Regional Footprints" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The measurement, planning, and management of carbon emissions are only a few of the objectives that carbon management software solutions are intended to address.
  • The hazards that climate change poses to businesses can also be reduced with the aid of carbon management software.
  • The Indian government and various organizations have shown interest in adopting carbon management software to monitor and reduce their carbon footprints.