Gerresheimer earns CDP leadership rating for climate transparency

Aims to lead pharma packaging sustainability transformation

Gerresheimer, the global systems and solutions provider for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and cosmetics industries, has been awarded an A– rating by CDP, the global benchmark for environmental disclosure. This leadership status places the company well above the global and industry average.

Live Story raises €2.7M

Plans to become the go-to CMS for business users in the digital experience economy

Live Story, the no-code visual CMS designed for marketers and content teams, has raised €2.7 million in seed funding, led by Vertis, one of Italy’s most prominent early-growth venture capital firms. The investment will power international expansion, AI-driven product development, and hiring, as the company sets its sights on exceeding €10 million in ARR by 2027.

Summer Slowdown? Not So Fast: How Businesses Turn Holiday Season into a Strategic Advantage

While many staff head off on well-deserved holidays, leading companies are using the quieter months to plan, optimise, and even innovate.

Agoro Carbon Signs Landmark 12-Year Soil Carbon Deal with Microsoft

In one of the largest soil carbon credit agreements to date, Agoro Carbon has signed a 12-year offtake contract with Microsoft to deliver 2.6 million verified soil carbon credits.

Kraken Launches Krak

Next-Gen Money App Bridging Crypto and Traditional Finance

Kraken, one of the longest-standing and most respected names in the crypto industry, has unveiled Krak, its next-generation global money app.

What’s Keeping CEOs Up at Night in 2025?

From agentic AI to Scope 3 emissions, today's leaders are navigating a business environment shaped by disruption—and opportunity. Find out what the seven strategic priorities are that are topping the global C-suite agenda right now.

Lucid, Nuro, and Uber Join Forces

Partnership to Launch Premium Global Robotaxi Program

New robotaxi service expected to first launch later next year in a major US city, delivering a fully integrated robotaxi experience developed for comfort, safety, and scale.

From Promises to Progress

Real-World Corporate Sustainability That Delivers

Seven standout initiatives from global companies that are not only achieving environmental gains, but also demonstrating that purpose-driven leadership pays off.

Thinking Machines Lab: Mira Murati’s $10B AI Powerhouse Redefining Human‑Centric Intelligence

In February 2025, ex–OpenAI CTO Mira Murati founded Thinking Machines Lab, a Public Benefit Corporation aimed at closing critical gaps in AI—specifically in reliability, transparency and human–AI collaboration. With zero products yet, the startup has already raised $2 billion in seed funding, valuing it at approximately $10 billion—the largest ever seed round for an AI firm.

Suki and MEDITECH Deepen EHR Integration

Voice-Enabled AI for Healthcare

The expanded integration between Suki and MEDITECH is more than a technical upgrade—it’s a strategic alliance that tackles clinician burnout, boosts productivity, and moves healthcare toward a more human-centred future. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in clinical workflows, solutions like Suki Assistant will play a vital role in ensuring that healthcare workers spend less time on screens—and more time with patients.

VTT Joins PIXEurope

Significant Investment in Advanced European Photonics Pilot Line

The EU's Chips Act, part of the broader “Chips for Europe” strategy, is central to the development of a PICS ecosystem in the EU. Supported by the European Chips Act, the PIXEurope initiative has announced it will invest EUR 400 million to advance the development and pilot fabrication of integrated photonic chips in Europe. Renowned Finnish research organisation VTT has joined the initiative, providing the pilot line with expertise in thick silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology.

EIB Funds PulPac’s Scalable Alternative to Single-Use Plastics

PulPac’s Dry Molded Fiber is more than a clever technical invention—it’s a scalable, sustainable packaging solution with real commercial and environmental potential. Backed by the EIB and aligned with the EU’s green goals, it’s poised to reshape how we think about disposable packaging in a circular economy.

Solving Home Charging Challenges for Europe’s EV Fleets

Home charging for company cars is more than plugging in — it requires a coordinated approach that addresses technical infrastructure, financial systems, compliance frameworks, user experience, and fairness. For fleet managers, crafting a robust home-charging policy is now critical as Europe’s corporate fleets transition quickly towards electrification. ChargePoint’s latest innovation, the Flex Plus charger, addresses these issues for fleet managers.

A Smarter Approach to Brain Supplements

Axolt wants to redefine brain health for professionals who depend on their mental performance—and want to protect it for the long term. Axolt promises science-backed, systemic support for long-term mental performance. “The truth is, there’s no shortcut to long-term cognitive health. But there is science that works if you respect it,” says Axolt’s Peter Hutta in an interview with MoveTheNeedle.news.

Europeans Increasingly Produce Closer To Home

Why Onshoring Manufacturing Is More Than a Trend

Low prices, fast deliveries – for decades, China was considered the world's workshop. But the tide is turning: Rising transport costs, political uncertainty, and quality issues are forcing more and more companies to rethink their approach. Production in Europe is experiencing a comeback, even though wages are higher.

Can A Yacht Be Sustainable?

Ice-Class Explorer Yacht Redefines Sustainability and Range

Explorer yachts like Valor represent one of the fastest-growing niches in the superyacht market, as wealthy individuals seek adventure and privacy in equal measure. With its blend of polar readiness and sustainable propulsion, Valor is not just another luxury vessel—it’s a signal that the next generation of yachting will be defined not just by where owners can go, but by how responsibly they get there.

Standing Out Among Fierce Competition

Pixum Wins Gold at the German Brand Awards

Pixum, a leader in photo printing, celebrates 25 years with a Gold Trophy at the German Brand Awards. As AI reshapes the industry, Pixum stands out with its award-winning app and customer focus.

SCENTMATIC and the Digital Scent Revolution

Can AI Translate Fragrance into Words?

Can you digitise scent? According to Japanese tech innovator SCENTMATIC, the answer is yes—and not only that, you can describe it, quantify it, and even emotionally map it. At the heart of the company’s breakthrough is KAORIUM, a pioneering AI platform that “mutually translates between scent and language,” bridging the sensorial and the semantic.

Qwarzo steps into the European spotlight

Sustainable coating innovation adopted by Starbucks and Lavazza

With its mineral-based, PFAS-free coating for paper packaging, Qwarzo® is gaining serious traction across Europe. Starbucks is rolling out Qwarzo®-coated cups and lids in 8 countries; Lavazza and Grom are already on board.

Next Wave of Automotive UI Innovation

Seoul Semiconductor Brings No-Wire Mini LED Display Technology to Automotive Market

Safe E-Bike Charging at Work

Europe is Baking: Heatwave in Context

Redefining Industrial Quality Control with Scalable AI

IFS acquires TheLoops to launch the Industrial AI workforce

Is Your Food A Health Hazard?

Your Guide To Passenger Rights

New Free Flight & Claim Tracker to Empower Travellers

Using AI to Revolutionize Precision Medicine

Next-Generation Controller to Advance Scalable Viral Vector Manufacturing

Pioneering Real-Time Precision Neurology

World's First Graphene-Based Brain Interfaces

Voxel Expands Globally

As AI Shifts Workplace Safety from Reactive to Proactive

Copenhagen Welcomes Shore Power Milestone

AIDAnova's Historic Port Call

How To Produce More Seafood - Without Catching More Fish

Hexagon Launches AEON

Humanoid Robot to Address Industrial Labour Gaps and Advance Physical AI

Viking Line Unveils Helios

Concept for a Green Corridor Between Finland and Estonia

Germany’s Most Attractive Employers in 2025

What Audi, Porsche, and Daimler Are Doing Right

Solmax Builds Global Platform for Industrial Fabrics

Launch of Performance Materials

Agentic AI Is Enterprise-Ready

White Paper Shares Advice and Recommendations

Helsinki Airport Reaches Net-Zero Milestone

With Help from Neste’s Renewable Diesel

UltiMaker Launches the S6

A New Chapter in Accessible, High-Speed 3D Printing

SwitchBot Unveils K20+ Pro

A Multitasking Household Robot for the Next Generation of Smart Homes

From air purification to food delivery and home patrol, the K20+ Pro redefines what a domestic robot can be.

Materion Expands in South Korea

Serving Growing Asian Demand for Tantalum Solutions

Wellness in 2025

How Brands Can Win in a Crowded Global Market

Breaking New Ground in Carbon Shipping

Höegh Evi and Aker BP Develop Next-Gen Liquefied CO₂ Carrier

AI and Critical Thinking

How Pearson Is Using Generative Technology to Deepen Learning

Global Prairie Reaffirms Commitment to Purpose With B Corp Recertification

Storm Reply and Audi Team Up

Partnership to Pioneer Agentic AI in Cloud Management

Automobili Pininfarina Unveils Battista Novantacinque

A Hypercar Tribute to 95 Years of Design Legacy

In a bold celebration of its parent company's 95th anniversary, Automobili Pininfarina has unveiled the Battista Novantacinque, a strictly limited-edition hyper GT that embodies nearly a century of design excellence and innovation. The vehicle is not just a high-performance machine — it’s a rolling tribute to the heritage, artistry, and engineering ingenuity that have defined the Pininfarina name since 1930.

Providing Warmth and Dignity

Sheltersuit Foundation's Ongoing Mission in 2025

The Sheltersuit Foundation continues to impress with their innovative approach to fighting homelessness. Founded in the Netherlands, the organization creates multifunctional, weatherproof jackets that transform into sleeping bags — offering immediate relief to people without shelter.

Bridging the Global Washing Divide

How Whirlpool Foundation Is Championing Clean Dignity for All

What if doing laundry was a barrier to education, income, and dignity? That’s the reality for billions of people globally—especially women and children—who spend up to 20 hours a week handwashing clothes due to lack of access to washing machines. This is known as the global washing divide, and it's a hidden but powerful inequality. At the forefront of tackling this issue is the Whirlpool Foundation.

Wildix Launches Industry-First Embedded Agentic AI

"Our AI doesn’t just assist. It executes, adapts and integrates natively into existing workflows with zero," said Dimitri Osler, co-founder and CIO, Wildix.

Breakthrough Adhesive Makes Recycling and Reuse Easier Than Ever

How a Finnish innovator is turning glue into a circular economy enabler

It’s a sticky situation: while adhesives are essential in countless industries — from construction and furniture to packaging and electronics - they come with a hidden cost as they make recycling and reuse incredibly difficult. Once materials are bonded, they’re often fused permanently, making separation — and therefore recovery — nearly impossible without damage or waste. That’s the problem Finland-based Kiilto set out to solve, as Raija Poivinen, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Kiilto, explains.

Wärtsilä’s Next-Generation Ammonia Engine Delivers Unprecedented Efficiency and Emissions Reduction

A New Benchmark in Marine Decarbonization

Technology group Wärtsilä has once again pushed the envelope in marine propulsion technology with its latest improvements to a 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia fuel.

Alight and AkzoNobel Sign Solar Power Deal

Powering Key AkzoNobel Sites in Sweden

Swedish solar energy company Alight and global paints and coatings leader AkzoNobel have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to support the development of a new 15 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar park in Uppsala County.

new AI clothes virtual try-on

New feature added to the billion-download YouCam app suite

With just one photo, consumers can now explore endless outfit possibilities.

Kering Eyewear partners with Google

Objective is to together develop AI-powered glasses with Android XR

New AI-native commerce platform launched

Glance AI moves online shopping beyond search

US-based Glance, a leading consumer technology company backed by Google, has unveiled Glance AI, an AI-native commerce platform powered by its most advanced proprietary AI models.

Today’s sustainability news round-up

Initiatives that caught our eye

SKF inaugurates magnetic bearing factory in Morocco

New facility to meet increased demand

TIME reveals the 2025 TIME100

Annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world

The issue has five worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME100: actor and producer Demi Moore, artist and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, former tennis player and entrepreneur Serena Williams, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis.

German Innovation Award for IR-225 M infrared fusion machine

GF Piping Systems innovation offers shorter cooling times

Boeing and Qatar Airways announce historic order

The carrier will purchase up to 210 widebody jets

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Amir of the State of Qatar joined Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Stephanie Pope and Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer witnessed the order signing.

JFrog Partners with NVIDIA

DevSecOps tools integrated with the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design.

ASSA ABLOY acquires TeleAlarm Group in Germany

Ninth acquisition this year for the global leader in access solutions

Cadence unveils Millennium M2000 Supercomputer

Supercomputer accelerates the build-out of AI infrastructure

Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) has announced a major expansion of its Cadence® Millennium™ Enterprise Platform with the introduction of the new Millennium M2000 Supercomputer featuring NVIDIA Blackwell systems, which delivers AI-accelerated simulation at unprecedented speed and scale across engineering and drug design workloads.

SAS adds six new routes and more seats for winter travel

Six new destinations from Copenhagen hub

For winter 2025/2026, SAS is expanding its traffic program with six new destinations from its Copenhagen hub: Vienna, Tel Aviv, Marrakech, Madeira, Fuerteventura, and Kittilä. The winter schedule will also feature increased frequencies on existing routes, contributing to a total seat capacity growth of 40%.

First commercial gigafactory for carbon capture

Generational leap forward for managing carbon emissions from industrial sectors

Svante Technologies Inc., a global leader in carbon capture and removal technologies, has officially completed the commissioning of its new Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture and Removal – Redwood manufacturing Facility (Redwood) in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Bold new innovation ecosystem to shape the future

Building what the world needs next

Imagine Global (dba IMAGINE) made its public debut at the Milken Institute Global Conference — introducing a bold new innovation ecosystem designed to shape the future with intelligence, intention and aligned impact.

The companies transforming the European energy game

Futurice releases the inaugural Digital Energy 40 report

New report highlights how clean energy has evolved into a central force reshaping Europe's energy systems—driven by advanced digital technologies and intelligent infrastructure.

Tropical storms are spreading

Here's how you can stay informed

With the increasing impacts of climate change, tropical storm activity is now reaching areas once considered safe. The latest report, "Hurricane Season 2025," published by Safeture, a Swedish company specializing in people risk management technology, in collaboration with Riskline, a leading provider of travel risk intelligence, offers an in-depth look at essential information for staying safe and informed during the season.

Guard against tech purchasing remorse

Latest Gartner End-User Buying Behavior Survey has advice for tech buyers

If your company has experienced post-buying regret, its tech purchasing process may need an overhaul, according to Gartner.

HEIDELBERG/Amperfied presents new DC fast charging solution

Focus on dynamic power distribution and high availability

Offer is aimed at the increasing demand from charging parks, logistics depots and haulage fleets

IBM unveils $150 Billion investment in America

Investment to fuel the economy and to accelerate its role as the global leader in computing

IBM has announced plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next five years to fuel the economy and to accelerate its role as the global leader in computing. This includes an investment of more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue IBM's American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.

World’s first safe 3D ultrasonic sensor for autonomous robots

Norway-based Sonair, an award-winning deep tech startup, will debut Sonair ADAR to North American audiences on May 12 at Automate 2025, one of the world’s leading automation trade shows.

Steering sound with light

A game-changer for integrated photonics

By adding a sound-mediated way to control light to the toolkit of light-based chips, University of Twente researchers have pushed the boundaries of the technology. This opens up the possibility of making atomic clocks small enough to fit in satellites and drones, helping them navigate without GPS.