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Wannabe ‘social bank’ Kroo swerves VCs to raise a $24.5M Series A from HNWs

TechCrunch

Launched in February 2019, Kroo, the London-based consumer-facing fintech, raised some seed funding last year for its prepaid card service which claims to offer more “social features” in its drive toward offering full-blown banking services. B-Social, the UK fintech building a ‘social bank,’ raises additional £7.8M

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Daily Crunch: Kanye West reaches agreement to acquire social media platform Parler

TechCrunch

That, that, that don’t kill me, can only make me stronger ” : Two of our top stories for today centered on the same topic — Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, surprising us all by announcing he was going to buy the conservative social media site Parler. The TechCrunch Top 3. Manish has the basics on the deal. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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ADNOC, G42 and Presight partner to accelerate AI solutions

CIO

AI is also supporting ADNOC’s net zero by 2045 ambition and its target to achieve near-zero methane emissions by 2030. The achievement is testament to ADNOC’s longstanding strategy to develop and deploy pioneering technologies such as AI, robotic automation, and advanced data analytics.

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HP’s focus on sustainability runs far and deep

CIO

With environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations coming into force and reputations at stake, organisations are under mounting pressure to make credible progress towards sustainability goals. Ultimately, the company is on a mission to become net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040. cubic metres in 2021.

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

CIO

For decades, we’ve been investing in innovation, partnerships, and programs that apply our technology, scale, and talented workforce to drive human progress – all intending to have a measurable influence on some of the complex challenges important to our business, customers, the communities we serve and society at large.

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Our ten-year countdown to net zero has begun

Capgemini

Governments, businesses and civic society turned their entire focus to the health crisis and associated social issues – and rightly so. This is why we announced last week a new ambition to be net zero by 2030. Even with COVID-19, I am delighted that we have kept our plans on track to create our ten-year net zero strategy.

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3 Steps to building a net zero workforce with a sustainability academy

Capgemini

This kind of objection should resonate with anyone who has embarked on the transition to net zero. One thing is clear, given the magnitude of the transformation needed to meet ambitious sustainability targets, there is no way a company can achieve its environmental commitments without a program to engage and upskill the workforce.

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