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RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — First Bank is thrilled to announce a successful and impactful partnership with the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation for the 2024-2025 season! For every exhilarating goal scored by the Canes throughout their action-packed season, First Bank pledged $100 to the Foundation.
The final buzzer has sounded on the regular season, and thanks to the Hurricanes’ electrifying performance, including a well-deserved playoff berth that is currently underway (Go Canes!), First Bank is proud to donate a total of $26,600 to the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation. The check was presented at the playoff game Monday night at Lenovo Center.
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This collaboration immersed First Bank in the passionate “Caniac Nation,” as representatives and customers joined fellow fans at home games. The lively First Bank tee shirt tosses amplified the excitement.
“We were incredibly excited to partner with the Hurricanes Foundation this season. The energy of the games and the dedication of the fans were infectious, and we’re even more thrilled that the team’s success on the ice translates into a significant contribution to such a worthy cause. Go Canes!” said Adam Currie, CEO and President of First Bank.
The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation is dedicated to supporting youth hockey programs, providing educational opportunities, and assisting families in need across North Carolina. First Bank’s donation will directly support their ongoing efforts to make a positive impact in the community.
“We are deeply grateful for First Bank’s generous support this season. Their unique ‘Power of Good Goals’ initiative was a fantastic way to engage fans and raise vital funds for our community. This donation will make a real difference in the lives of young people across the state,” said Amy Daniels, Executive Director of the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation.
As the Hurricanes continue their playoff journey, First Bank extends its enthusiastic support and looks forward to a potentially unforgettable end to the season. This partnership underscores First Bank’s commitment to the communities it serves, both on and off the ice.
For more information on the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation and its programs, please visit https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/community/foundation and to learn more about First Bank’s Power of Good visit https://localfirstbank.com/about-us/corporate-citizenship/.
About First Bank:
First Bank is the banking subsidiary of First Bancorp and is headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, with total assets of approximately $12.2 billion. As a state-chartered community bank, First Bank operates 113 bank branches in North Carolina and South Carolina and a nationwide SBA platform. Since 1935, First Bank has taken a tailored approach to banking, combining best-in-class financial solutions, helpful local expertise, and technology to manage a home or business. First Bancorp’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “FBNC.” Visit our website at www.LocalFirstBank.com. Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
About the Carolina Hurricanes Foundation
As the charitable arm of the Carolina Hurricanes, the Foundation takes pride in being a part of the community both on and off the ice. The Foundation strives to be an agent of change by meeting the health and educational needs of underserved populations in the community where we work, live, and play. For more information on the Foundation, please click here.
About the Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes were established in Raleigh in 1997 after relocating from Connecticut, where the National Hockey League franchise was originally founded in 1979. Since their arrival in North Carolina, the Hurricanes have captured six division championships, two Eastern Conference titles and the 2006 Stanley Cup championship. The team also hosted the 2004 NHL Draft and the 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend at Lenovo Center, as well as the 2023 NHL Stadium Series at Carter-Finley Stadium. For information about Hurricanes ticket packages, please visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com/tickets, or call 1-866-NHL-CANES (1-866-645-2263).
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #carboncapture–Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante), 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. This milestone marks the launch of the world’s first gigafactory dedicated to producing commercial-scale carbon capture and removal filters designed to trap CO2 directly from indu
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #carboncapture–Svante Technologies Inc. (Svante) and SAMSUNG E&A announced today that they have signed a joint development agreement to jointly develop a set of standardized skid-mounted modular carbon capture plants based on Svante’s novel VeloxoTherm solid sorbent-based carbon capture filter technology, leveraging SAMSUNG E&A’s advanced digital solutions and modularization capabilities. The agreement was signed during Svante’s Grand Opening Event, which
- The Company achieved a 29% reduction in absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from 2019 levels, surpassing its target of 25% by 2025, ahead of schedule
- Teva launched two new programs to help people around the world access the medicines they need, for a total of nine programs, surpassing its target of eight programs by 2025
- More than 99% of Teva employees were trained on compliance and ethics, and more than 40% of its significant suppliers were evaluated for sustainability performance
- Teva received improved scores for sustainability progress from rating organizations, including its highest score to date from EcoVadis
- Teva’s generic medicines contributed to $39.7 billion in savings for healthcare systems across 22 countries
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 13, 2025 /3BL/ – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) published its 2024 Healthy Future Report, sharing actions to advance its sustainability strategy. Teva achieved or surpassed many of its targets, some ahead of schedule. This includes targets tied to sustainable finance instruments, which directly connect its progress in increasing access to medicines and minimizing environmental impact to the Company’s financial success. Healthy Future is focused on topics most relevant to Teva’s business, supporting the Company in advancing its purpose—we are all in for better health—and enhancing its resilience.
Healthy People
Teva launched two new access to medicines programs—one in El Salvador and a global emergency stockpile—for a total of nine, surpassing its target of eight programs by 2025. Through these nine programs, Teva donated ~18 million doses of medicine, worth $23 million, and provided 2.2 million doses at low cost, reaching 187,000 patients. Five programs also focus on health systems strengthening and capacity building and benefitted ~56,000 individuals.
Healthy Planet
Teva achieved a 29% reduction in absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2019 levels, surpassing its target of 25% by 2025 ahead of schedule. Additionally, 73% of applicable Teva sites achieved safe discharge levels of antibiotics, minimizing environmental pollution and supporting public health. Through a new antimicrobial resistance capacity-building pilot program in Germany, the Company educated more than 65,000 healthcare professionals, leading to approximately 389,000 patient interactions about appropriate use of antibiotics.
Healthy Business
Operating with integrity helps Teva mitigate risk and build trust with its stakeholders. More than 99% of employees were retrained on compliance and ethics and Teva’s Code of Conduct, achieving its annual target and reinforcing a culture of accountability and ethical decision-making. 41% of significant suppliers were evaluated for sustainability performance, and 100% of high-risk third-party business partners were evaluated through Teva’s Third-Party Due Diligence tool, ensuring responsible sourcing practices and reducing risks across its supply chain.
“Healthy Future is closely connected to our Pivot to Growth strategy, designed to support long-term growth and resilience” said Richard Francis, Teva’s President and CEO. “Our 2024 Healthy Future report shares how we’re advancing the topics most closely tied to our business, strengthening our company while continuing to better health worldwide—to create the future we want to see.”
Teva received improved scores from rating organizations such as Sustainalytics, MSCI and EcoVadis, as well as awards and recognition for its programs and progress.
To learn more, read the full 2024 Healthy Future Report.
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About Teva
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) is a different kind of global biopharmaceutical leader, one that operates across the full spectrum of innovation to reliably deliver medicines to patients worldwide. For over 120 years, Teva’s commitment to bettering health has never wavered. Today, the company’s global network of capabilities enables its 37,000 employees across 57 markets to advance health by developing medicines for the future while championing the production of generics and biologics. We are dedicated to addressing patients’ needs, now and in the future. Moving forward together with science that treats, inspired by the people we serve. To learn more about how Teva is all in for better health, visit www.tevapharm.com.
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This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on management’s current beliefs and expectations and are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from that expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, strategies, objectives, future performance and financial and operating targets, and any other information that is not historical information. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to impact and effectively execute on our sustainability, social, economic, environment and governance related strategies and goals; environmental risks; failure to comply with applicable environmental laws, health and safety laws and regulations worldwide; our ability to select sustainability-related disclosure frameworks that seek to align with various reporting standards which may change from time to time; our ability to collect, measure and report sustainability information and metrics, which is subject to evolving reporting standards; our ability to satisfy the targets set forth in our sustainability-linked senior notes, our sustainability-linked revolving credit facility and in other sustainability-linked financing instruments that we may issue; the impact of sustainability issues and other environmental risks on our business; and consequences of climate change; our ability to successfully compete in the marketplace, including: that we are substantially dependent on our generic products; our ability to successfully execute our Pivot to Growth strategy, including to expand our innovative and biosimilar medicines pipeline and profitably commercialize the innovative medicines and biosimilar portfolio, whether organically or through business development, to sustain and focus our portfolio of generics medicines, and to execute on our organizational transformation and to achieve expected cost savings; our significant indebtedness; compliance, regulatory and litigation matters, including: failure to comply with complex legal and regulatory environments; other financial and economic risks; and other factors discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2025 and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, including in the sections captioned “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements.” Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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Bechtel signs Saudi airport deal during U.S. President’s visit
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bechtel today signed an agreement with the King Salman International Airport Development Company to serve as the delivery partner for three new terminals at King Salman International Airport (KSIA) in Riyadh. Signed during President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the agreement highlights growing U.S.-Saudi infrastructure ties and builds on Bechtel’s experience delivering more than 300 projects in Saudi Arabia, including the recently opened Riyadh Metro.
The airport, expected to be the world’s largest when it opens in the coming decade, is a pillar of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 that will serve as an economic engine for Riyadh and the surrounding region.
“The King Salman International Airport is a landmark project that will reshape Riyadh and enhance the lives and communities it serves,” said Darren Mort, President of Bechtel’s Infrastructure Business. “Bechtel’s award-winning aviation team has delivered some of the world’s largest and most complex airports, incorporating innovative and sustainable solutions. We look forward to partnering with the King Salman International Airport Development Company to bring their vision of a world-class passenger experience to life.”
When completed, the KSIA will operate six parallel runways and handle an anticipated capacity of 185 million passengers and 3.5 million tons of cargo annually by 2050. The new terminals will support economic growth in Riyadh and the surrounding region, while enhancing global connectivity and delivering a world-class passenger experience.
Bechtel will work with the King Salman International Airport Development Company to manage delivery of a terminal for commercial carriers, Terminal 6 for low-cost carriers, and a new private aviation terminal with hangars. The project team will prioritize achieving LEED Platinum certification by integrating innovative sustainable practices into the design and construction of all three terminals. The terminals will absorb or replace all existing facilities of the King Khalid International Airport.
Bechtel is an industry-leading engineering, project management and construction management services firm that has delivered airport projects around the world, including Hamad International Airport in Qatar, Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, London City Airport in the U.K., and Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport in Australia.
Learn more about Bechtel’s airport infrastructure business at bechtel.com.
About Bechtel
Bechtel is a trusted engineering, construction, and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs; grown economies; improved the resiliency of the world’s infrastructure; increased access to energy, resources, and vital services; and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Bechtel serves the Energy; Infrastructure; Manufacturing & Technology; Mining & Metals; and Nuclear, Security & Environmental markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. www.bechtel.com
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