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MESA, Ariz. and MONTREAL, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – XNRGY Climate Systems, a leading North American manufacturer of sustainable liquid and air-cooling technologies as well as control systems, today announced growth equity financing from Decarbonization Partners (a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek), Climate Investment (CI) and Activate Capital. These investments will fuel XNRGY’s rapid growth, expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint, and accelerate the deployment of next-generation cooling solutions to meet the demand for data centers and other mission-critical infrastructure.

This growth equity financing provides added resources for the 2023 investments from Idealist Capital and MKB, who remain supportive shareholders of XNRGY. Additionally, this transaction marks a second significant investment by Activate Capital in XNRGY, following a previous investment in the firm earlier this year.

XNRGY is a leading North American manufacturer of high-efficiency liquid and air-cooling systems with integrated controls and AI capabilities. Its technologies are designed to meet the evolving demands of hyperscale data infrastructure, offering modular scalability, reliability, and energy efficiency in high-ambient-temperature environments.

“We are delighted to partner with Decarbonization Partners, Climate Investment and Activate Capital as we enter this next phase of rapid expansion,” said Wais Jalali, Founder, Chairman and CEO of XNRGY. “Their experience, industry relationships and company vision align perfectly with our mission to lead through cutting edge innovation and our dedication to scaling and delivering efficient and reliable data center cooling solutions.”

“We’re excited to support XNRGY’s growth as they scale up manufacturing to meet customer demand for energy efficient cooling solutions, which are critical to the data center infrastructure buildout,” said Dr. Meghan Sharp, Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of Decarbonization Partners. “XNRGY’s unique solution directly aligns with Decarbonization Partners’ focus on next generation energy investments that accelerate the digital transformation.”

“XNRGY is building a key thermal backbone of the AI era,” said Patrick Yip, MD, Head of Growth Equity at Climate Investment. “As data infrastructure scales exponentially, the need for energy-efficient, high-performance cooling becomes mission-critical. Our investment reflects CI’s strategy to back companies that we believe are not only commercially scalable but also climate-aligned. XNRGY’s innovation in liquid and air-cooling systems has the potential to significantly reduce emissions across digital infrastructure, supporting our goal of accelerating decarbonization at scale and delivering measurable climate impact.”

“Data centers are among the most energy-intensive assets in the digital economy, and chillers are the central, long-lead infrastructure component that defines their thermal performance,” said Anup Jacob, Managing Partner at Activate Capital. “XNRGY’s technical depth and domestic manufacturing capabilities position it to deliver the efficiency breakthroughs needed to support the AI-driven transformation of global infrastructure.”

This announcement builds on recent XNRGY expansion milestones. On September 17, 2025, XNRGY announced the construction of Mesa 2, a brand-new, 330,000 sq ft facility dedicated to producing its next-generation air-cooled chiller. This cutting-edge chiller will integrate XNRGY’s proprietary controls and AI with industry-leading Copeland technology for unparalleled efficiency and performance. The Mesa 2 expansion marks XNRGY’s fourth significant growth initiative in just three years, bringing its total combined current operational footprint in Mesa, Arizona and Montreal, Quebec to nearly 1,000,000 sq ft.

XNRGY continues to implement state-of-the-art production systems inspired by the automotive standards, integrating digital tracking and rigorous quality control throughout its manufacturing process. Its comprehensive thermal management solutions, spanning Liquid Side, Air Side, and full thermal management solutions with proprietary controls integration are engineered by a team of seasoned experts to meet the increasing demands of modern data infrastructure.

About XNRGY Climate Systems:

XNRGY Climate Systems is a prominent North American provider specializing in the sustainable design and advanced manufacturing of Thermal Management and Liquid Cooling systems. Leveraging decades of experience in thermal management engineering and manufacturing, XNRGY delivers innovative, energy-efficient solutions tailored to meet the critical requirements of diverse industries. These include hyperscale and modular data centers, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical labs, semiconductor clean rooms, electric vehicle battery manufacturing, and life sciences facilities. Operating with divisions in Montreal, Canada, and Mesa, Arizona, XNRGY is strategically positioned to serve its clientele across North America.

For additional information, please visit www.xnrgy.com.

About Decarbonization Partners:

Decarbonization Partners is a joint venture between Temasek and BlackRock focused on late-stage venture capital and early growth private equity investing in next-generation companies that provide solutions and technologies to help accelerate global efforts to achieve a net zero global economy by 2050. Decarbonization Partners combines Temasek and BlackRock’s complementary platforms and expertise in sourcing and underwriting private investments, portfolio and risk management, and sustainable technology and analytics. Decarbonization Partners invests in a wide range of companies that have proven technology and need capital to scale. The partnership attracted $1.40 billion in capital from a diverse set of over 30 institutional investors across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

To learn more, visit www.decarbpartners.com.

About Climate Investment (CI):

Climate Investment (CI) is an independently managed specialist investor focused on driving industrial decarbonization. The firm provides venture to growth equity capital to innovative companies and partner with industry to drive market adoption, create value for infrastructure owners and deliver measurable greenhouse gas (GHG) impact. Operational since 2017, CI has invested in over 40 climate tech companies across energy, transportation, buildings and industry that have collectively delivered 133 MT CO2e of cumulative greenhouse gas reduction in the period 2019-2024.

Climate Investment was founded by member companies of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (“OGCI”). They have invested in Climate Investment funds and deployed many of its portfolio innovations, supporting their early commercial development. 

Visit www.climateinvestment.com.

About Activate Capital

Activate Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm investing in the sustainable, resilient transformation of the global economy. Our portfolio companies address climate and important 21st-century challenges by accelerating decarbonization and strengthening our shared systems and infrastructure. Activate invests in technology companies at their inflection point, led by exceptional entrepreneurs with ambitions to build category-defining platforms of the future.

To learn more, please visit activatecap.com.

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 New free activity sheets help students honor veterans through gratitude, reflection, and movement

ATLANTA, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — GoNoodle, the leading platform for movement and mindfulness content for kids in classrooms, today announced a new collaboration with Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) to provide teachers and classrooms across the country with free Veterans Day activity sheets that encourage students to celebrate and honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Available now on GoNoodle.com, these downloadable resources help teachers bring meaningful, age-appropriate conversations about service, gratitude, and community into their classrooms. The Wounded Warrior Project Veterans Day Activity Sheet blends GoNoodle’s engaging approach to movement and reflection with WWP’s mission to honor and empower veterans.

“At GoNoodle, we believe in helping kids grow stronger in body, heart, and mind,” said KC Estenson, CEO of GoNoodle. “This collaboration with Wounded Warrior Project allows us to extend that mission beyond movement, helping kids connect with the values of service and gratitude that Veterans Day represents.”

The classroom activity sheet includes prompts that encourage reflection on what it means to serve others, inspire kindness, and build awareness of veterans’ contributions. Educators can use the resource alongside other GoNoodle content to create a moment of learning and appreciation that connects directly to social-emotional learning goals.

“As we celebrate 250 years of American independence, we’re reminded that freedom is possible because of those who serve,” said Angela Hemmen, WWP peer-to-peer fundraising events director. “Our nation’s story is one of courage, sacrifice, and resilience – and it’s one our next generation must continue to tell. Ahead of Veterans Day, Wounded Warrior Project is proud to team up with GoNoodle to inspire students to honor our nation’s heroes through service, empathy, and action.”

Teachers can download the free Veterans Day activity sheet here.

About GoNoodle

GoNoodle is the leading movement and mindfulness platform for kids, trusted by 2 million teachers and used in 86% of U.S. public elementary schools. Through engaging video content and interactive experiences, GoNoodle helps children develop healthy habits while supporting emotional literacy and classroom engagement. The platform reaches millions of families across multiple channels, including its website, mobile app, YouTube (18M users), and OTT platforms. Founded with a mission to help kids be their strongest, bravest, silliest, smartest, and kindest selves, GoNoodle has become the definitive platform for children’s health and wellness content. For more information, visit www.gonoodle.com.

About Wounded Warrior Project

Wounded Warrior Project is our nation’s leading veteran services organization, focused on the total well-being of post-9/11 wounded, ill, or injured veterans. Our programs, advocacy, and awareness efforts help warriors thrive, provide essential lifelines to families and caregivers, and prevent veteran suicides. Learn more about Wounded Warrior Project.

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BEIJING, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — When 2025 North Bund Forum opened Sunday, Shanghai caught much attention from global attendees with its endeavors to build more green shipping corridors with overseas partners.

Currently, the green shipping corridors built together with several European and American ports are advancing intensive application of emission-reduction technologies and multiple-party participation to establish a testing field for global shipping industry transformation.

For instance, Shanghai port is co-founding a green ro-ro shipping corridor together with port of Barcelona in Spain and port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. Other Chinese ports are building similar green shipping corridors with German and French ports.

After a year-long operation, the “Shanghai-Hamburg green shipping corridor” unveiled in 2024, has forged ahead in sustainable development.

Apart from the regular shore power service, Shanghai port’s container berths can now refuel LNG and green methanol, while Hamburg port’s berths with 100 percent green shore power service plans to start methanol injection service this year, ready to co-craft an emission-reduction model for Eurasian shipping routes.

Between ports of Shanghai and Hamburg, two regular shipping lines that meet requirements of the IMO carbon intensity indicator have been operated by COSCO Shipping Lines to proactively practice low-carbon shipping.

Against the backdrop of increasingly trending low-carbon development philosophy, more upstream and downstream institutions joined construction of the green shipping corridor, including Det Norske Veritas, China Classification Society, and Maritime Technology Cooperation Center, Asia.

Prior to the corridor, another one between Shanghai port and ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that kicked off in 2022 made new progress in the past year, including 100-percent shore power coverage, deployment of ships with full life-circle low-carbon emission and more injection services of clean marine fuels.

At the forum, an international green shipping corridor cooperation initiative was released, proposing to foster low-carbon vessel development, build zero-carbon ports, improve green fuel supply and share related best practices to jointly establish the “transoceanic zero-carbon bridges”.

Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission and the operator of Melbourne port also issued a joint green shipping corridor initiative, vowing to focus on decarbonization transformation and ecology friendly practices such as use of clean technology and renewable resources to maximumly cut the ecological footprint of shipping activities.

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Giti Tire (Giti) announced that it has completed the issuance of Sustainability Notes, totaling S$150 million, that is jointly arranged by DBS Bank Ltd., Deutsche Bank and HSBC.

The five-year Singapore-dollar notes are priced at par with a coupon rate of 5.750%, raising S$150 million, will be used to finance or refinance expenditure directly related to eligible green and social projects described in Giti’s Sustainable Finance Framework. Moody’s has issued a Second Party Opinion (SPO) on the Framework, available at https://www.giti.com/social-responsibilities. 

Giti’s Sustainable Finance Framework is centered around its mission of “Continual Growth in Business, Stewardship and Uplifts.” In its 2024 Sustainability Report, Giti defines REAL profit as profit earned after factoring in sustainability considerations, aiming to achieve net zero at cash neutrality, balancing climate ambitions with sound financial discipline.

“While working towards our goals, considerations are also made regarding the cost of implementation,” explained Dr Pang Chong Hau, Chief Sustainability Officer at Giti. “Through reciprocal agreements and collaborative efforts, we work closely with partners to expand the definition of value—achieving a balance where the benefits and savings generated by sustainable practices offset the cost of their implementation. This ensures that sustainability and profitability move hand in hand.”

Green Innovation in Motion

Giti embarks on various projects throughout the year that are aligned with its sustainability goals. Recently, Giti collaborated a leading electric vehicle manufacturer, to create the GitiSport e.GTR2 Pro tire for the world’s fastest production car, reaching 496.22 km/h. This highlights Giti’s technological prowess in delivering ultra-high-performance tires for zero-emission vehicles.

The electric vehicle currently used for a zero-emission world record attempt, “Most Countries Visited in an Electric Vehicle”, uses GitiSynergy H2 tires. Journeying over 80,000km and 70 countries, it is a live testament for tire longevity and durability—key to reducing waste and enhancing EV efficiency.

At the manufacturing level, Giti’s new Anhui factory advances sustainable production. The facility features advanced automation and 35,000 sqm of rooftop solar panels, projected to reduce 20-30% annually, and includes Giti’s first net-zero tire production line, paving the way toward fully net-zero operations.

Giti’s sustainability leadership has been recognized with the CDP Disclosure badge and EcoVadis Platinum Award. The company has also developed a 93% sustainably-sourced concept tire, made from renewable and recycled materials—further proving its dedication to circular innovation.

“At Giti, sustainability is not a response to regulation—it is a responsibility we embraced long before global frameworks took shape,” said Dr Enki Tan, Executive Chairman of Giti. “These Sustainability Notes represent a statement of intent and accountability, accelerating projects that reduce emissions and support communities where we operate.”

Trusted by Many, Built for Success, Giti continues to inspire investor confidence, drive sustainable transformation, and reinforce its reputation as a trusted global leader in sustainable mobility.

Further Information
Giti Tire Pte. Ltd. • 150 Beach Road, #22-01/08, Singapore 189720
Website: www.giti.com • Email: inquiry-sg@giti.com • Tel: +65 6249 5399

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