EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa)

In the largest known green cement seed funding round to date, Sweden's Cemvision has joined forces with investors Polar Structure and BackingMinds, and SF-based Zacua Ventures.

Wendy Bartlett, Co-founder, BM Caterers (formerly Bartlett Mitchell), celebrates the life of fellow Co-founder Ian Mitchell.

Elior UK has worked with global non-profit Water Unite for the past five years donating more than 100,000 towards initiatives to support water, sanitation and recycling projects in East Africa.

Johnson Controls has expanded its heat pump and chiller plant in Nantes, France, to support increased customer demand in the European region.

STRABAG Property and Facility Services (STRABAG PFS) has reached a deal to acquire Berlin-based Climtech GmbH.

ASM Global will lead the operation and management of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under a new partnership with The King Abdullah Financial District Development and Management Company (KAFD DMC).

The iconic 18th century windmills at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands are being preserved with help from AkzoNobel's Sikkens brand.Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, the company has signed a six-year agreement to protect the 19 windmills, which were built around 1740.

Within a week of opening, Serco's Space Graduate Programme in Saudi Arabia received over 400 applications, creating intense competition for the limited available places.

Nippon Express, one of Japan's biggest express parcel delivery companies, has introduced LiBiao Robotics' T-Sort parcel sortation technology at its Tokyo hub.

Following heightened awareness of bed bugs after last year's infestations in Paris, Rentokil Pest Control has reported a 122 per cent year-on-year increase in confirmed bed bug activ

David Brewin, Global Alliance Account Director at Johnson Controls, presents the case for intelligent, healthy and sustainable commercial real estate in the UK.

École Ducasse, a network of schools dedicated to the transmission of outstanding French expertise and excellence in the culinary and pastry arts, has announced a new academic collaboration agreement with the

Pioneering B2B construction tech startup BRKZ has raised US $8 million in a funding round co-led by 9900 and BECO Capital with participation from Aramco's Wa'ed Ventures, Knollwood Investment Advisory, RZM Investment and MISY Ventures.

Specialist clean energy private equity firm Corran Capital has acquired a 30 per cent shareholding in Vital Energi, a leading UK heat infrastructure company.

DRC Savills Investment Management (DRC SIM), the specialist real estate debt business of Savills IM, has provided a senior loan to re-finance Coliseo Europea, a 406-bedroom Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) development in Madrid owned by Princeton Investments.

United Arrows, one of Japan's leading fashion retail brands, reports improved efficiency at its Tokyo distribution hub following the introduction of a mobile robot-based sorting system.

Cloud has promoted Stuart Ruthven as director of products and Katie Harvey as director of operations.

Dubai-based developer Binghatti is celebrating the launch of a heavily oversubscribed US dollar denominated real estate benchmark Sukuk (Sharia-compliant bond) issuance on the London Stock Exchange.

Savills Investment Management has acquired two urban logistics assets in Amiens and Valence, France, for its European Urban Logistics & Industrial Fund (EULIF).

A rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panel array installation at Legrand UK & Ireland's West Bromwich site near Birmingham is delivering a metric tonne of CO2 savings every month.