Siemens Mobility, the Unites States’ largest passenger rolling stock manufacturer, will expand its manufacturing footprint by building a $220 million advanced manufacturing and rail services facility in Lexington, NC. The facility will create more than 500 new jobs and be one of the city’s largest employers. With the increased...
The countdown to the launch of the new ID.701 has started: the world premiere of the new all-electric ID. flagship model will take place on Monday, 17 April. Just under two weeks before this date, Volkswagen is now providing further details on the drive, running gear and convenience features of...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Unilever (LSE: ULVR) have completed one of the largest and most complex cloud migrations in the consumer goods industry. The migration has helped Unilever – whose 400+ brands are used by 3.4 billion people daily – become a cloud-only enterprise. Accenture and Microsoft,...
PwC’s bi-annual Global Crisis and Resilience Survey reveals organisations and business leaders overestimate their resilience despite operating in an age of disruption. Data from 1,812 respondents worldwide provides insights into how business leaders are preparing for – and responding to – this new world. When asked where resilience falls on the list...
Deloitte launches global CLO Program, a comprehensive suite of offerings designed to support general counsel and legal leaders in navigating the intersection of law, business, management, tech and strategy.  The Chief Legal Officer (“CLO”) Program joins Deloitte’s Global Executive Program C-Suite offerings and its launch is the latest step in...
The launch of a new IKEA Home smart app and DIRIGERA, a new hub for smart products, will enable a rich and intuitive experience, including new features to personalise and enhance everyday moments in the home. Imagine waking up in a bedroom with clean air, your blinds slowly going up...
Aramco today announced the launch of a new program, “Taleed”, which aims to accelerate the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia — helping boost their contribution to economic development and support job creation. The program targets sustainable SME growth across multiple sectors through a portfolio of...
Climate tech funding in 2022 represented more than a quarter of every venture dollar invested in 2022, in the upper half of the 20-30% range observed since the start of 2018, according to PwC’s State of Climate Tech 2022 report. Investment in climate tech has been in the US$15-20 billion range per...
Koç Holding generated a consolidated revenue of 646.9 billion TL and posted a combined investments figure of 24.1 billion TL in the first nine months of 2022. Commenting on the financial results of the year’s first nine months, Koç Holding CEO Levent Çakıroğlu said: “We resolutely carried on with...
The World Economic Forum and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate announced at COP27 the expansion of a coalition of global companies and new purchase commitments for green technologies by 2030 to make a critical contribution to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Ford is a founding member of the sector commitment on...