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BeyondConventions: Corporations set challenges for start-ups

The final round of BeyondConventions gets underway at the thyssenkrupp Quarter, Essen today. Under the BeyondConventions format, large German corporations are seeking start-up partners for their digital challenges. thyssenkrupp, innogy, Open Grid Europe, Schacht One (Haniel) and FUNKE MEDIEN NRW, supported by ruhr:HUB, CAMP.ESSEN and Initiativkreis Ruhr, are taking a new approach to cooperation. In …

Global Climate Action Summit Leader Anand Mahindra Issues New Climate Challenge to Corporations

January 29, 2018, DAVOS—In an effort to spur further climate action at this year’s Global Climate Action Summit (Summit) in September and at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in December, Summit co-chair and Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra today challenged businesses around the world to join the growing number of companies committed to setting greenhouse …