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SWORDS, Ireland, December 1, 2025 /3BL/ – Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announce groundbreaking results through advanced AI to improve energy efficiency and decarbonization in key real estate assets. The project, powered by Trane Technologies through BrainBox AI, in conjunction with AWS, showcases a successful collaboration in building decarbonization, delivering proven solutions that reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

Initial deployment at three pilot Amazon Grocery fulfillment facilities in North America exceeded expectations, achieving energy-use reductions of nearly 15% – more than double the original project targets. BrainBox AI, acquired by Trane Technologies, autonomously optimizes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions, and operational costs without compromising comfort or performance. Following the success of these initiatives, deployment is planned for the remaining Amazon Grocery fulfillment and distribution centers across more than 30 sites in the U.S. Furthermore, plans to pilot in grocery stores will begin in 2026.

“At Trane Technologies, sustainability is at the core of everything we do. This strategic collaboration demonstrates how sustainable solutions can drive strong returns while benefiting the planet,” said Riaz Raihan, SVP and Chief Digital Officer of Trane Technologies. “Together, we’re not only transforming these fulfillment centers but also driving meaningful progress towards Amazon’s business objectives and bold sustainability goals.”

This initiative aligns with Amazon’s two-pronged approach to sustainability: decarbonizing existing buildings through smart technology while prioritizing energy-efficient and low-carbon materials in new construction. It also advances Amazon’s commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040 under The Climate Pledge, while enhancing operational efficiency and long-term cost savings.

“At Amazon, we’re continually looking for data-driven, scalable solutions to reduce our carbon footprint while maintaining operational excellence,” said Christina Minardi, Vice President of Worldwide Grocery Stores Real Estate and Store Development at Amazon. “By working with Trane Technologies and the BrainBox AI team, we’re turning our buildings into intelligent systems that learn and adapt, helping us meet both our sustainability and performance goals in real time.”

In 2024, BrainBox AI was selected as one of the eleven innovative start-ups to participate in the Amazon Sustainability Accelerator Climate Tech Pilot. As part of this program, BrainBox AI was given the opportunity to trial its technology within Amazon’s operations, contributing to Amazon’s broader efforts to address major sustainability challenges. Using AWS’ AI technology which contains over 10 key AWS solutions such as Amazon S3, and Amazon Bedrock, BrainBox AI cleared the pathway for the Amazon Grocery fulfillment sites’ contribution as a driver of progress toward this goal. Its inclusion in the accelerator cemented the company as a recognized leader in climate-focused technology innovation, working alongside other start-ups to drive impactful change within large-scale operations.

“Amazon’s global scale and leadership in sustainability make this collaboration a transformative milestone,” said Jean-Simon Venne, Founder and President of BrainBox AI. “Together, we’re showing how cutting-edge AI can drive both economic and environmental impact, creating a world where every building is a proactive participant in the fight against climate change.”

Trane Technologies acquired BrainBox AI in January 2025. The companies previously teamed up for more than two years, combining BrainBox AI’s leading artificial intelligence technology with Trane Technologies’ advanced building management and digital capabilities.

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About Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Through our strategic brands Trane® and Thermo King®, and our portfolio of environmentally responsible products and services, we bring efficient and sustainable climate solutions to buildings, homes and transportation. Visit tranetechnologies.com.

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Chesterfield’s Wesco Anixter is funding a new art project that has enabled young people in Bolsover to turn their special interests and imaginations into digital artwork, which will be projected inside Bolsover Castle next month. This sponsorship is made possible by Wesco Cares, the company’s corporate philanthropic program that aims to support communities where employees live, work and deliver.

The art piece, titled Our Digital Tapestry, was commissioned by Junction Arts and will feature at this year’s Bright Winter Nights event. The piece showcases the ideas and inspiration of students from Stubbin Wood School and families attending Neurohub, a welcoming local space for neurodivergent youth.

Over eight workshops, 43 young participants collaborated with Junction Arts to create visuals using light drawing photography, surreal collages, and acetate drawings. At the same time, sound artist Tim Baker led audio sessions with Stubbin Wood students, blending traditional instruments like drums and guitars with creative sound-makers such as rice tubes, foil, and rain sticks to explore tone, tempo and melody. Visual artist Will Lindley then transformed these creative outputs into Our Digital Tapestry, a digital animation celebrating young people’s passions and identities, which will be projected at Bolsover Castle’s Riding School.

Our Digital Tapestry will be one of three new artworks at this year’s Bright Winter Nights event. Now in its third year, the Junction Arts event showcases unheard voices through large-scale projections, soundscapes, and interactive artworks, transforming the castle into a glowing canvas of community spirit and creativity.

This year’s theme, “Hear My Voice,” ensures that all artworks are co-created with young people from Bolsover, including students from Shirebrook Academy and members of Boza Youth.

Junction Arts Project Manager Kylie North said: “Our Digital Tapestry is a youth-led animation professionally produced to create a beautiful and immersive film for The Riding School at Bolsover Castle. Visitors will experience artwork that stimulates the senses through sight and sound.”

“We are proud to support our local community by sponsoring Bright Winter Nights, an amazing event that celebrates Bolsover’s history and its future, added Sophie Whitfield, Sustainability Leader EES EMEA from Wesco Anixter. “The young people involved have been incredible, sharing their creativity and interests, which form the heart of this exciting new artwork. We are excited to see it displayed next month.”

Bright Winter Nights will take place on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 November, 4.30 p.m.to 7.30 p.m., with a dedicated quiet session from 4.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.. Tickets cost £3 for adults, £2 for children and under 5s are free. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on the English Heritage website.

Notes to Editors 

About Wesco Anixter

Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) builds, connects, powers and protects the world. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wesco is a FORTUNE 500® company with more than $22 billion in annual sales and a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions. Wesco offers a best-in-class product and services portfolio of Electrical and Electronic Solutions, Communications and Security Solutions, and Utility and Broadband Solutions. The Company employs approximately 20,000 people, partners with the industry’s premier suppliers, and serves thousands of customers around the world. With millions of products, end-to-end supply chain services, and leading digital capabilities, Wesco provides innovative solutions to meet customer needs across commercial and industrial businesses, contractors, government agencies, educational institutions, telecommunications providers, and utilities. Wesco operates nearly 800 branches, warehouses and sales offices in more than 50 countries, providing a local presence for customers and a global network to serve multi-location businesses and global corporations.

About Junction Arts

Junction Arts is one of the UK’s longest-running community arts charities, established in 1976, it will celebrate its 50^th birthday next year. They help communities facing social barriers to create a better future through the arts. The charity’s festivals, workshops, and events give people the opportunity to be creative, learn new skills, and build stronger communities.

About Brights Winter Nights

Launched in 2023 by Junction Arts to celebrate 30 years of the Bolsover Lantern Parade, Bright Winter Nights has quickly become a highlight of the winter calendar. Each year, the show combines large-scale projections, soundscapes, and interactive artworks to transform the castle into a glowing canvas of community spirit and creativity.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1, 2025 /3BL/ – The William Penn Foundation (WPF), in partnership with Comcast, Connelly Foundation, Future Standard, M&T Bank, and the Philadelphia Foundation, today announced $8.35 million in funding to 19 nonprofit organizations helping individuals across the Philadelphia region access workforce training and obtain quality jobs. The philanthropic support from a coalition of six funders will directly benefit more than 4,100 jobseekers and engage 116 employers to ensure that training programs meet local labor market needs and advance inclusive hiring practices for all.

“As the Foundation seeks to expand access to opportunities in our region, one way we do that is by helping to remove the obstacles that prevent Philadelphians from getting the skills they need to land and keep better paying jobs and achieve greater economic mobility for themselves and their families,” said Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. “With this set of 19 grants, training programs and employers can offer a range of supports that help participants complete training and connect to employment.”

The awards announced today are part of a previously announced $20 million public-private investment that will improve employment and economic mobility in the Greater Philadelphia region. In April, Mayor Cherelle Parker announced a $10 million commitment from the City of Philadelphia to support the City College for Municipal Employment. The William Penn Foundation, with lead support from Comcast, established a coalition of local funders to match the city’s investment. Today’s awards deploy this funding to local organizations whose work will help tackle Philadelphia’s low economic mobility rates through data-driven approaches that remove barriers to employment and expand opportunities. Additional funds are supporting the Good Jobs Challenge led by Philadelphia Works.

The collaborative approach demonstrated by this combination of investments  was informed by research from Harvard Professor Raj Chetty and Opportunity Insights, which shows that when civic, business, and community leaders work together, a generation’s economic mobility improves.

“This is more than an investment in workforce training, it’s an investment in people,” said Dalila Wilson-Scott, EVP and Chief Impact & Inclusion Officer, Comcast Corporation and President, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation.

Together with partners like the William Penn Foundation, we are creating a future where every Philadelphian – regardless of zip code – can access the support, training, and opportunity they need to succeed in family-sustaining careers, including high-growth fields like technology and digital solutions.

Dalila Wilson-Scott
EVP and Chief Impact & Inclusion Officer,Comcast Corporation and President
Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation

The grants announced today support a range of strategies that combine paid, hands-on career training with wraparound support services such as childcare assistance, transportation supports, flexible financial stipends, and case management.

Based on recent research and a regional market analysis from Pew and Brookings Institute, the coalition has prioritized funding for programs in three regional sectors with growth opportunity for quality jobs: enterprise digital solutions, materials machining and fabrication, and biomedical and life sciences.

The 19 organizations that will receive funding and provide access to workforce training services are listed below:

• Big Picture Alliance will provide a variety of wraparound services, including transportation, training stipends, and credential costs for participants in their Media Futures pre-apprenticeship program, which trains youth in multimedia production.
• Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center will provide supportive services, including case management, childcare assistance and transportation for participants in their workforce reintegration and adult education programs.
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will provide stipends, transportation assistance, professional clothing, and emergency funds for trainees in their phlebotomy training and Family & Visitor Services training programs.
• Drexel University will provide transportation and trainee stipends for their Community Health Worker training program led by the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice.
• Fair Chance Institute Inc will facilitate learning cohorts for Philadelphia employers to understand how their practices create barriers to employment for people who have criminal convictions.
• JEVS Human Services will provide employment coaching, tuition assistance, transportation support, and licensing fees for participants in their healthcare training program housed at Orleans Technical College.
• Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. (OIC) will provide integrated supportive services through a Workforce Hub model for participants in their training programs.
• Per Scholas Inc. will provide learning support resources for their cybersecurity and software engineering programs, including case management, coaching, and financial assistance through a zero-percent loan program.
• Phase 3 Training Corporation will provide supportive services connected to their apprenticeship readiness training for energy-focused construction careers.
• Philabundance will provide training stipends and mental health supports for trainees in their Philabundance Community Kitchen (PCK) workforce development program.
• Sustainable Business Education Initiative Inc. will enable Triple Bottom Brewing to provide training stipends, transportation assistance, and uniforms for apprentices in the Future of Service Apprenticeship program.
• Temple University – Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s Biomedical Uplift for Innovation in Local Development program (BUILD Philly) will provide participant stipends as well as wellness and job readiness coaching to training participants.
• University City District will provide wage support, housing assistance, and post-placement services for alumni employed at Penn Medicine.
• Variety the Children’s Charity of the Delaware Valley will provide stipends for Small Group Employment participants as well as support through a Transition Specialist, who works to place participants in employment after they complete training.
• Walt McGill Foundation Inc. will enable Construction Apprentice Preparatory Program (CAPP) to provide transportation and case management to program participants to increase their training completion and success with transitions into building trades apprenticeships.
• Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians will provide contextualized English instruction, digital skills training, American workplace soft skills development, industry-specific education, and individualized career navigation and coaching for three of their signature workforce development programs.
• Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology will provide training program participants with stipends, tuition support, and transportation assistance.
• Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout will provide training stipends, transportation support, and flexible funding to address basic needs for training program participants.
• YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School will provide support to students via internship stipends, housing support, and a job developer position focused on assisting students with transitions into full-time employment.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, our businesses reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. We deliver world-class broadband, wireless, and video through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky; produce, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through brands including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock, and Sky; and bring incredible theme parks and attractions to life through Universal Destinations & Experiences. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

EL CERRITO, Calif., December 1, 2025 /3BL/ – Net Impact, in collaboration with Cisco, announced the Top 5 finalist teams in the global Community Innovation Challenge, a global student case competition to generate tailored social impact programs based on Cisco’s technology and services.

With over 84 applications from 12 countries, the top five teams were selected based on their submission’s rationale for their community selection, their approach to stakeholder management, their use of Cisco’s portfolio of technology and services, their expected business outcomes for the program, and their submission’s overall quality. The top 5 teams will travel to Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to pitch their ideas to Cisco senior executives for a chance to win cash from a prize pool of $17,500.

The Final Judging Panel, which will be evaluating the top 5 teams’ pitch presentations in the Community Innovation Challenge, includes the following executive leaders at Cisco:

• Christian Bigsby, Senior Vice President, Workplace Resources
• Scott McGregor, Director, Community Enablement
• Gretchen Sleeper, Director, AI Capabilities Team, Global Sales AI Center of Excellence
• Shaina Tamburr, Vice President, Market Access Revenue Acceleration

The top five teams’ proposed social impact program ideas range from climate resilience for disaster-prone regions to workforce development that addresses the digital divide to health initiatives for underserved communities abroad.

The top five finalist teams’ proposals include, in alphabetical order:

• Cisco Community Connect Detroit (CCCD), led by Tyler Ambrico, Dominick Petrosino, Kunal Dave, and Marco Andrade of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, addresses the digital divide affecting 60% of low-income families and 70% of students despite existing citywide broadband in Detroit, Michigan.
• DinéLink, led by Mahima Subramaniyan and Devagna Jadeja from Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management, proposes a $7M sustainable connectivity program for the Navajo Nation, where only 33% have reliable internet versus 97% nationally.
• FloodSense Ghana, led by Ayomikun Mesogboriwon, Oluwadarasimi Ariyo, and Augustine Sarfo of Talladega College, is a climate-resilience initiative leveraging Cisco’s IoT, cloud analytics, and collaboration technologies to address severe flooding in Ghana’s urban centers.
• HealthHorizons, led by Priya Rao of the University of Connecticut, Julia Kuang of Wellesley College, and Grace Chen of Swarthmore College, addresses healthcare access in Greene County, Alabama—a “dead zone” where only 50-55% have internet, 27% live in poverty, and chronic disease rates are among the nation’s highest.
• OncoALERT, led by Dr. Jayanti Kumari and Sweta Pandey from The Translational Health Science and Technology Institute in India, combines AI-powered oral cancer screening devices with Cisco’s networking infrastructure to deliver remote diagnostics in rural India.

“We’re delighted to partner with Cisco on such an important initiative — teaching emerging business leaders how to drive social impact with the tools of business,” said Net Impact CEO Karen Johns. “Cisco is a global leader in corporate citizenship, so this experience is giving our Net Impact community a first-hand experience in how to build high-performing social impact programs that are good for both communities in need and the bottom line.”

The winning teams will be shared in mid-December.

More information about the Community Innovation Challenge can be found at netimpact.org/programs/community-innovation-challenge.

About Net Impact
Net Impact, one of the largest and oldest global member organizations focused on impact, engages over 50,000 students and professionals annually. With almost 300 chapters in over 40 countries, our members are pursuing impactful careers and impactful lives across diverse industries, including business, sustainability, and social impact fields. Net Impact engages its global chapter community in experiential education-focused programming, convenings, and civic and community engagement projects. Net Impact is committed to using business as a force for good and building the capacity of the next generation of workforce members. Visit www.netimpact.org.

CONTACT:

Net Impact
Hilary Manzo, Associate Director of Programs
Phone: 415-495-4230 x369
Email: hmanzo@netimpact.org

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Companies like Georgia-Pacific Recycling can also perform waste audits on your materials and bring in a baler to help you package them up for transport—potentially for free, depending on your volume of materials. “The first step is finding the right partner and getting started,” added Gordon. “A lot of people are saying, ‘I know there’s value in this material, but is it worth 50 cents or $5,000? I have no idea.’ That’s what we’re trying to quickly help people validate.”

One participant, a small produce company with three facilities, was paying $1,300 per facility to have its materials recycled, then discovered it could make up to $2,000 a month by filling a truck with recyclables.

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