Actualités de Geneva

CSI Christian Solidarity International

CSI Expresses Regret over U.S.’s Renewal of Syria Sanctions / President Biden’s Extension of Draconian Sanctions Regime Threatens Country on Edge of Famine

Zurich (ots) - Christian Solidarity International (CSI) notes with regret President Biden’s decision of May 6, 2021, to extend economic sanctions on Syria for another year. These sanctions are a key driver of the disaster unfolding in Syria today. Over the past year, intensified U.S. sanctions, combined with the ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Opens Culinary & SmartProteins® Innovation Hub in Singapore

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned fragrance and taste company, today announces the launch of its Culinary and SmartProteins® Innovation Center in Tuas, Singapore. The new center will serve as a regional R&D hub for Asia and a global center of expertise in alternative proteins for meat and dairy analogs. The Innovation Center is ...

FDI World Dental Federation

FDI World Dental Federation Sustainability in Dentistry initiative unites eco-conscious dental industry partners around a common aim

Geneva (ots) - FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) today launched a new initiative, with commitments from four founding industry partners – Colgate, Dentsply-Sirona, GSK Consumer Healthcare, and TePe – to lead the charge on sustainability in dentistry. Over the next two years FDI will work collaboratively with its ...

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

937 million Swiss francs for 3300 new research projects

Bern (ots) - In 2020, researchers submitted 8200 grant applications to the SNSF. 3300 of them were selected for funding in a competitive process. At short notice, the SNSF funded 73 projects on COVID-19. Thousands of SNSF-funded teams explore nature, technology and society. This generates knowledge that is a key driver of progress. In 2020, the SNSF invested 937 million francs in 3300 new projects, selected from 8200 ...

Gunvor Group

Energy Trader Gunvor Joins Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Gunvor Group, one of the world's leading physical energy commodities traders, has joined the Global Carbon Capture & Storage (CSS) Institute, an international think tank whose mission is to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and storage, a vital technology to tackle climate change and deliver climate neutrality. Global CCS Institute's diverse international membership includes ...

Gunvor Group

New entity Nyera to target sustainable investments in renewables, carbon capture

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Gunvor Group, one of the world's largest physical energy commodities traders, has announced commitments in the areas of environment, social, and governance (ESG) targeting a 40% reduction in the company's Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025. The commitments come as a part of Gunvor's Sustainability Commitments 2021 document, which outlines how the ...

Euroclear Group

Euroclear agrees to acquire MFEX Group, a leading global digital fund distribution platform

Brussels and Stockholm (ots/PRNewswire) - Euroclear has agreed to acquire MFEX Group, a leading global digital fund distribution platform, majority owned by Nordic Capital. The combination of MFEX's innovative distribution platform with Euroclear's FundSettle post-trade operations expertise creates a unique and compelling offering for fund distributors and fund ...

FDI World Dental Federation

Dental disaster: One year after first lockdowns dentists around the world confront the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s oral health: higher incidence of tooth decay and more advanced gum disease

CrescoFin SA

Swiss Bank Alternative, CrescoFin, Announces Liquidity Mining Program

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - The first regulated company with equity tokens listed on DEXes is taking deeper strides into DeFi. Following a successful listing of the wCRES token, CrescoFin is excited to announce a new liquidity mining program in cooperation with GYSR, a platform that allows projects to configure and deploy their own yield farm with just a few clicks. CrescoFin is a regulated Swiss bank alternative. The core ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Leads on Equality in the Workplace, Reaching Next Level of Global EDGE Certification

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich Takes Action Beyond Gender Focusing on Ethnic Minorities, LGBTIQ+ & Differently-abled Workforce Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, today became the first company in the world to successfully upgrade its global EDGE Certification for gender equality in the workplace to the next level: "Move" ...

Firmenich

Fine Fragrance RE|IMAGINED: Firmenich and Central Saint Martins Project the Future Role of Fine Fragrance

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, has teamed up in an exclusive collaboration with world-renowned arts and design college Central Saint Martins in London to reimagine the future of fine fragrance. Twenty-one projects provide a unique, "fragrance ...

The Geneva Association, Zurich

Global insurers unite to tackle climate risk with launch of Geneva Association Task Force

Zurich, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - - The Geneva Association has mobilised experts from 17 of the world's largest P&C and life insurers, representing the companies of its CEO members, to develop and hone climate risk assessment methodologies and tools for the insurance industry. - The first report of the task force presents an integrated decision-making framework ...

FDI World Dental Federation

New FDI World Dental Federation global survey reveals that two-thirds of countries are not allowing dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines

Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Survey also shows that half of the responding countries have agreed to include dentists in their priority vaccination groups FDI World Dental Federation today called for more countries to enable dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines after a survey of its members revealed the small ...

Makor Group

Makor Capital Hires Lionel Botbol As Global Head Of Makor Investment Banking Division

New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Makor Group (www.makor-capital.com), an international agency brokerage group trading cash equities, fixed income, FX and derivative products, is pleased to announce today its hire of Lionel Botbol, who will be joining as Global Head of the investment bank of Makor Group, based in London. Mr. Botbol will oversee the ongoing growth of Makor. ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Reports Solid Half Year Results despite Pandemic

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Delivering sustained revenue and free cash flow growth, while demonstrating resilient profitability. Integrating largest-ever acquisition. Firmenich International SA, the world's largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, announced its Half Year Results for the six months ended 31 December 2020. Financial Highlights - Total Revenue reached CHF 1,997 million, up 2.3% on an organic basis at ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Achieves Fourth CDP Top Score This Year, Setting the Pace in Environmental Leadership

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned fragrance and taste company, today ranked on the CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard 2020, setting the pace in environmental leadership. The leaderboard highlights the top 7% of companies that engage with their global supply chains on climate reporting and managing carbon emissions via CDP. This ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Commits to be Carbon Neutral by 2025

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Climate, nature & people goals take Environmental, Social & Governance performance to next level Firmenich, the world's largest privately owned perfume and taste company, today announces its new ESG strategy, driving the Group to a carbon positive and water neutral future within 10 years. Building on its leadership in sustainability, Firmenich has committed to ground-breaking goals across three ...

JTI Japan Tobacco International AG

JTI certified as one of only 16 Global Top Employers

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - - Recognized for progress in Wellbeing and Diversity & Inclusion JTI has been recognized as one of only 16 Global Top Employers for the seventh consecutive year, after Top Employer Institute certified the Company in every region it operates[1]. This latest certification once again acknowledges JTI's excellent working conditions, as well as the progress it has made to improve wellbeing, and ...

FDI World Dental Federation

New report from FDI World Dental Federation tackles oral health inequalities and outlines strategies to improve oral healthcare over the next ten years

Gunvor Group

Gunvor Closes Innovative New EUR 300 Mil. Natural Gas Facility

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Gunvor Group ("Gunvor" or "the Company") has successfully closed a new EUR 300 million financing (the "Facility"), which consists of a syndicated, pan-European natural gas repo facility to cover multiple jurisdictions in Europe with a shared security package. It will be used to support Gunvor's growing natural gas activity across Europe, where the company is already one of the largest physical ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Recognized as Global Environmental Leader with CDP Triple "A" Listing for Third Year Running

Geneva, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - One of only two companies worldwide to achieve "A" in climate, water and forests for three consecutive years Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, is today recognized by CDP as a leader in corporate sustainability, with a Triple "A" for ...

Gunvor Group

Gunvor Launches New US $540 Million Biodiesel Borrowing Base

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Banks demonstrate strong support for feedstocks that meet European Green Deal Gunvor Group ("Gunvor", "the Company") has successfully closed a new US $540 million borrowing base facility (the "Facility") to support the Company's biodiesel trading activity. The Facility drew strong support among Gunvor's banking partners, which align with its strategy to promote cleaner products with greener ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Mind Nose + Matter Research Identifies 5 Fragrance Creation Trends to Improve Wellbeing

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Fragrance is culture. It's hope and happiness, passion and positivity. As we enter a new decade amid the global pandemic, the Firmenich Fine Fragrance annual trends presentation Mind, Nose + Matter focuses on the theme of RE|GENERATION, giving customers unique insights into how the power of ...

Gunvor Group

Gunvor USA Successfully Closes USD 1.1 Billion Borrowing Base

Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - Gunvor USA LLC ("Gunvor USA" or "the Company"), a subsidiary of Gunvor Group Ltd ("Gunvor" or "the Group"), has successfully closed the syndication of its USD 1.1 billion borrowing base credit facility ("the Facility"). The Facility includes a USD 500 million accordion feature, which remains available to support future growth. The proceeds of the Facility will refinance Gunvor USA's existing ...

Firmenich

Firmenich marks its 125th anniversary with new customer-focused website

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Firmenich is today marking its 125th anniversary by offering unprecedented insight into the world's largest privately-owned Fragrance and Taste company with the launch of its redesigned website. Firmenich.com opens new digital avenues for direct customer engagement and showcases the Group's creativity, world-class science and top-rated ...

SWISS TXT AG

SWISS TXT subtitling 1000 videos in 4 languages for Play Suisse

Sanitation and Hygiene Fund

Global leaders welcome the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund as key to increasing investment

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund will be critical to dramatically scale up investments to reach everyone with sanitation services, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General has said as the new financial mechanism to drive billions of dollars into the sanitation sector was launched today. Speaking at the launch of the new Sanitation and Hygiene ...

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Global leaders welcome the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund as key to increasing investment

FDI World Dental Federation

Study shows dramatic rise in antibiotics prescribed to dental patients in England during COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year

Gunvor Group

Gunvor Successfully Closes USD 1.225 Billion Revolving Credit Facility

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Gunvor Group Ltd ("Gunvor" or the "Group") has signed a USD 1.225 billion revolving credit facility ("RCF" or "Facility") in favour of Gunvor International B.V. and Gunvor SA. Initially launched at USD 1 billion, the Facility received strong support from Gunvor's banking partners and showed substantial over-subscription of 22.5%. "The strong, ...