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By Candace Higginbotham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 20, 2023 /3BL Media/ – For the 14th year in a row, Regions Bank is launching Share the Good, an annual outreach program that complements the bank’s year-round community engagement initiatives. This year, teams of Regions volunteers are getting outside and giving back with impactful activities planned throughout April.

“Every year, we look for different ways to make a difference through Share the Good,” explained Wendi Boyen, community advocacy and financial wellness manager for Regions. “Right now, the weather is getting warmer, flowers and trees are blooming, and it’s the perfect time to get our teams together and get out into our neighborhoods, parks, and rivers and join community partners in sprucing things up for the season. It’s a great way of making a visible impact, and it deepens our relationships with organizations that support the quality of life in the communities we serve.”

Share the Good directly complements Regions’ ongoing focus on volunteer service. In 2022, Regions associates provided 74,000 hours of volunteerism through a variety of programs, including Share the Good.

Share the Good initiatives will continue through April 30.

Local highlights include:

Birmingham, Ala.: The Regions Navy is banding together once again to help clean up the Cahaba River, located just outside Regions’ headquarters city. The group of volunteers will hop aboard canoes and walk the riverbanks to pick up debris along this favorite waterway in support of the Cahaba River Society. The river is an important watershed with rich biodiversity, including a unique native water lily – appropriately named the Cahaba Lily.Austin, Texas: Regions associates in Austin are going back to school for Share the Good. A group of volunteers will be helping students learn the benefits of conservation while encouraging STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education. These young scientists will be learning to use water purification kits provided by Elequa, a Regions community partner and winner in last year’s Philanthropitch, a “fast-pitch” competition that provides training, capital and exposure for local nonprofits.Cleveland, Tenn.: Regions associates are spending some quality time at City Fields, where they’ll help plant community gardens and spruce up flower beds. The Alabama-based Regions Foundation, a nonprofit initiative that is funded primarily by Regions Bank, recently presented a grant to City Fields to support access to housing and economic mobility for people who live in the East Cleveland community.Pensacola, Fla.: Regions associates in Pensacola love their beaches (who doesn’t?), and during Share the Good, volunteers will be putting their sunscreen to work in a different way by picking up litter and making sure this coastline, well known for white, sugary sand and clear, blue-green water, keeps its Emerald Coast moniker.Louis, Mo.: Regions Bank Market Executive Scott Hartwig knows how to motivate people! He generously offered to treat a group of Regions volunteers to a tailgate lunch from his RV to show apprecation for their hard work ‘sharing the good.’ The team is all in – and looking forward to a productive morning of removing trash and debris along the Mississippi Greenway at North Riverfront Park.Jonesboro, Ark.: Regions teams are volunteering at Arkansas State University’s Earth Day celebration. The event hosts large crowds, including more than 1,000 elementary school students, and offers programs around recycling, conservation and earth-friendly practices. Regions is also supporting Jonesboro’s Great Outdoors Business Expo.

To encourage participation and provide inspiration, Regions will host a photo contest for associates. Submissions will be featured on the internal RegionsTV each week in April, and winners will be announced at the end of the month. Winning entries will receive a donation to the community partner they collaborated with for their event.

Community engagement is a significant part of the culture at Regions and is fostered through a variety of ongoing programs. For example, every year, Regions offers associates a paid day off to volunteer in their community. Further, as part of its Making Life Better Institute, the bank connects associates with a wide range of ongoing volunteerism opportunities that align with their skills and experience. Examples of the bank’s involvement are available in the annual Community Engagement Report and the Community Engagement section of Regions’ news website, Doing More Today.

About Regions Financial Corporation 
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $155 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates more than 1,250 banking offices and more than 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.

About Regions Foundation 
The Alabama-based Regions Foundation supports community investments that positively impact communities served by Regions Bank. The Foundation engages in a grantmaking program focused on priorities including economic and community development; education and workforce readiness; and financial wellness. The Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation funded primarily through contributions from Regions Bank.

We’re helping solve our customers’ big challenges by innovating and delivering solutions that are better for their business—and for the environment.

Project At-a-Glance:

The opportunity: Don wanted to maximize efficiency and future energy savings when replacing his outdated HVAC units.

The solution: A top-of-the-line efficient HVAC system from a local Trane Residential dealer, including XV20i TruComfort™ variable speed heat pumps paired with the Trane ComfortLink® II XL1050 Thermostat.

Sustainability outcomes:

Reduced energy costs by approximately $200/monthReduced energy demandEliminated noise pollution

When Don’s aging HVAC units became so noisy they were waking him up at night, he knew it was time for an upgrade. A U.S. Air Force veteran and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) retiree, Don owns a beautiful three-story home nestled in a peaceful wooded area in Memphis, Tennessee. The outdated units were struggling to keep up with hot and humid Memphis summers, and his monthly electric bill was steadily increasing. Don recognized that by investing in quieter, more sustainable units, he could use advanced heating and cooling technologies to maximize energy efficiency—and save money in the long run.

Because of his previous experience with their products, Don looked to Trane® for a comprehensive solution.

Heat Pumps for Sustainable Comfort

Don worked with a local Trane Residential dealer to find the right solution. Considering the size of Don’s home, as well as the goal of increased energy efficiency and savings, the team at Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning proposed a top-of-the-line efficient HVAC system that included two XV20i TruComfort variable speed heat pumps paired with two Trane ComfortLink® II XL1050 thermostats.

After exploring all the options, Don chose the heat pump with the variable compressor because it was the most efficient. He knew this was his lifelong home, so he was ready to make an initial investment to get more cost savings in the long term.

Instead of generating heat by combusting fossil fuels, heat pumps are an efficient, electric alternative for heating and cooling. Using about half the energy of a traditional system, they move heat from one place to another, transferring heat from the outdoors to warm a house, or removing heat from the indoors to cool it.

Trane’s XV20i TruComfort heat pumps have the added advantage of variable speed technology, allowing the system to adjust its speed to match the home’s current heating and cooling needs. Each unit works only as hard as it needs to and often at lower, more efficient and quieter speeds.

With a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) of 20, well above the state requirement of 14, Don’s new units are even more energy-efficient, requiring less total energy to operate.

The Value of Efficiency

After the units were installed, Don couldn’t believe the difference in noise levels. “I do not even hear them at all,” he says. “I have to put my ear down on it to hear if it is running.”

Upgrading to Trane’s Trane ComfortLink® II XL1050 thermostats also allows Don to optimize energy efficiency and comfort controls, and easily adjust his home’s temperature from miles away. While out of state, he noticed snow was in the forecast in Memphis. Simply by adjusting the controls on his smartphone, he could change the temperature in his home, keeping his family warm and cozy from miles away.

For Don, the upfront investment in his new system was well worth it. Not only is he sleeping better, but he also reports an average energy savings of $200 per month. The impact was so significant, he was inspired to install LED lighting and make energy-efficient upgrades to his hot water heater, as well.

“The older I get, the more I look back and think I should have spent a little extra money to get the more efficient equipment sooner,” reflects Don. “You can save so much more money in the long run—it really is worth it.”

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LAS VEGAS, April 20, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Recently at QlikWorld 2023, Qlik® and HARMAN®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, announced an expanded strategic relationship to deliver joint solutions for HARMAN’s Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) customers. Extending the proven Qlik-based solutions HARMAN has developed for its own use, these integrated Data and Analytics Solutions using Qlik and HARMAN capabilities will help customers streamline, simplify and modernize enterprise operations.

HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions Chief Product Officer, Dr. Jai Ganesh and Senior Director Digital, Analytics, Annette Jonker will join Qlik CEO Mike Capone during his mainstage keynote address to share how the companies are expanding their trusted partnership to bring the power of data insights to the HARMAN ecosystem of customers and partners.

HARMAN sells nearly 5,000 finished goods, produced among 10+ manufacturing plants, created from over 12,000 components that are sourced from over 2,000 suppliers. Like many other companies with extensive supply chains and internal operations, HARMAN needs access to accurate near real-time data to manage fluctuating demand and ensure effective data-informed decisions across the organization. With data integration and analytics through Qlik, HARMAN’s teams can confidently develop a single source of data truth to quickly align priorities, connect cross-functional teams and deploy agile development to manage the changing nature of market conditions.

“We’ve been on a significant digital transformation journey the past few years, and effectively deployed Qlik to drive our internal data-driven decisioning. With Qlik, we have the data we need to get answers in minutes, allowing us to quickly pivot while still effectively managing different aspects of our business,” said Nick Parrotta, President – Digital Transformation Solutions & Chief Digital and Information officer (CDIO) at HARMAN. “We are excited to strengthen our partnership with Qlik to provide an enhanced experience backed by data and analytics to our enterprise customers, that can potentially improve their performance and drive business results.”

HARMAN has utilized Qlik as a central element in building a strong data and analytics foundation across the business. One key example is the Qlik-powered Helix Analytics Experience Platform. A self-serve analytics enablement platform, Helix helps HARMAN’s cross-functional teams quickly and effectively collaborate, allowing for rapid response to changing conditions while limiting manufacturing disruption. HARMAN also effectively activates key enterprise data from sources like SAP for stronger decisioning with Qlik Data Integration. With Qlik Data Integration, HARMAN seamlessly feeds data from any source into its Snowflake data cloud to blend internal and external data more easily for deeper insights. This provides a clear and accurate picture of capacity and resources to efficiently forecast and meet fluctuating customer demand. It’s these learnings and successes that HARMAN plans to deploy with Qlik to its Digital Transformation Solutions customers.

HARMAN’s Digital Transformation Solutions is a strategic business unit with over 7,000 professionals that bring deep expertise in AI/ML, cloud computing and advanced analytics to hundreds of clients through solutions that make everyday lives richer, easier and more efficient. In partnering with Qlik, HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions will modernize its platform by integrating AI-powered recommendations, big data scalability, embedded visualizations, analytics and governed self-service for a broader range of enterprise customers.

“HARMAN is an amazing example of the type of relationship we’re building with more and more customers, working together to bring the power of data and analytics to a larger ecosystem of their partners and customers,” said Mike Capone, Qlik CEO. “We’re excited about our journey with HARMAN in helping them activate their data across their teams as well as in their solutions to drive performance and revenue.”

About Qlik

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

ABOUT HARMAN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SOLUTIONS

HARMAN’s Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) is a strategic business unit dedicated in blending the physical and digital to make technology more dynamic in order to serve the ever-changing human needs. Leveraging our unique Life-ware approach, our team of over 7,000 employees, spread across 12 countries in 45+ locations, with their expertise across hardware, software, and industry domains are transforming everyday experiences for our 200 clients globally. Compliant and certified with international standard/ management system EN 9100:2018 / AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 13485:2016 and appraised at CMMI-DEV 2.0 ML5, HARMAN DTS aims towards helping customers deliver a holistic experience to their customers – through the convergence of digital, cross channel user experience, cloud, mobility, insightful data, and internet-of-things backed by scalable underlying IT platforms. Healthcare, Communications, Industrial, Retail, Software, and Hospitality being our key focus areas, we have made significant investments into this space. Leveraging our global delivery approach, IPs, platforms and people, we deploy next generation technology platforms across industries, offer cost savings and deliver innovative solutions to help our clients on their digital journey.​​ To know more, please visit https://services.harman.com/

ABOUT HARMAN

HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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Originally published by National Parks Foundation

The National Park Foundation (NPF) is proud to recognize Subaru as our largest corporate partner, providing nearly $55 million in support since 2013. Subaru made the National Park Foundation an early partner of the Subaru Share the Love Event, became the sole automotive partner of the Find Your Park / Encuentra tu Parque campaign, and shared zero-landfill expertise through the Don’t Feed the Landfills initiative. The automaker’s combined efforts have helped increase public awareness and engagement across the National Park System and provided funding to programs and projects such as recycling, composting, and waste reduction operations to help protect over 85 million acres in more than 400 national parks. In addition to being the largest corporate partner of the National Park Foundation, Subaru of America has provided over $68 million to organizations working to conserve national parks.

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Every April 22nd, we celebrate Earth Day, and people from around the globe come together to advance sustainability and climate action. As a leader in the semiconductor industry, AMD has a role to play in mitigating climate change – not only by making our products more energy efficient, but also by powering the research needed to transition to a low-carbon economy.

Maximizing the computing performance delivered per watt of energy consumed is a vital aspect of our business strategy. Our products’ cutting-edge chip architecture, design and power management features have resulted in significant generational energy efficiency gains, and we have the track record to prove it.

In the data center, AMD EPYC™ processors power the most energy-efficient x86 servers, delivering exceptional performance and helping reduce energy costs.[i] AMD EPYC technology can drive energy efficiencies by meeting application performance demands with fewer physical servers than competitive solutions, which can result in a reduced data center footprint and associated energy use and GHG emissions. For example, to deliver 2,000 virtual machines, it takes an estimated 11 2P AMD EPYC™ 9654-powered servers or 17 2P Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8490H-based servers. The AMD solution takes an estimated 35 percent fewer servers, uses approximately 29 percent less power and provides estimated GHG emission savings equivalent to the carbon sequestration of 38 acres of forest in the United States.[ii]

Energy efficiency is paramount when it comes to supercomputing, which is the concentration of processing power across multiple parallel computers. AMD powers 75 percent of the top 20 most energy efficient supercomputers, according to the Green500 List, published in November 2022, and we received a 2022 SEAL Sustainable Product Award for our 30×25 Energy Efficiency Goal for Accelerated Computing initiative, driving innovative and impactful products “purpose-built” for a sustainable future in data centers.

Our continued ambitions are reflected in this AMD goal of a 30x increase by 2025 in energy efficiency for AMD processors and accelerators powering servers for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence-training. We are on track toward achieving our goal as of 2022, having reached 6.8x improvement in energy efficiency compared to 2020 using an accelerated compute node powered by one 3rd Gen AMD EPYC CPU and four AMD Instinct MI250x GPUs.[iii]

One of the most rewarding aspects of my work with our customers and partners is seeing AMD computing solutions that advance technology needs and sustainability objectives. For example, the LUMI supercomputer, powered by optimized 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs and AMD Instinct™ MI250X GPUs (A+A), is helping scientists better understand and model climate change and its impacts, while running on 100 percent renewable energy and repurposing waste heat for a nearby town.

In addition to LUMI’s environmental operating benefits, it is being put to work on some of the world’s most urgent climate-related problems. As part of the European Green Deal and European Digital Strategy, the supercomputer is being used in the Destination Earth project (DestinE), which is funded by the EU’s Digital Europe Programme. The project focuses on climate modeling: the aim is to create a detailed model of Earth – a digital twin of our planet – that can be used to understand climate change and its impacts, including extreme weather phenomena such as floods and hurricanes. With LUMI, researchers can link the climate model to other models to understand the complex interplay between environmental processes and systems.

For Earth Day this year, I encourage you to engage with others across our value chain and share how AMD is striving to empower companies around the world to advance sustainability goals – we can do far more from collective efforts than as individuals. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.amd.com/en/corporate-responsibility/environmental-sustainability

Footnotes:

[i] EPYC-028B: EPYC-028B: SPECpower_ssj® 2008, SPECrate®2017_int_energy_base, and SPECrate®2017_fp_energy_base based on results published on SPEC’s website as of 11/10/22. VMmark® server power-performance (PPKW) based results published at https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results3x.1.html?sort=score. The first 74 ranked SPECpower_ssj®2008 publications with the highest overall efficiency overall ssj_ops/W results were all powered by AMD EPYC processors. For SPECrate®2017 Integer (Energy Base), AMD EPYC CPUs power the first 4 of 5 SPECrate®2017_int_energy_base performance/system W scores. For SPECrate®2017 Floating Point (Energy Base), AMD EPYC CPUs power the first 8 of 9 SPECrate®2017_fp_energy_base performance/system W scores. For VMmark® server power-performance (PPKW), have the top two results for 2- and 4-socket matched pair results outperforming all other socket results. See https://www.amd.com/en/claims/epyc3x#faq-EPYC-028B for the full list. More information about SPEC® is available at http://www.spec.org. SPEC, SPECrate, and SPECpower are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. VMmark is a registered trademark of VMware in the US or other countries.

[ii] SP5TCO-036: As of 01/18/2023 based on AMD Internal analysis using the AMD EPYC™ Server Virtualization & Greenhouse Gas Emission TCO Estimation Tool – version 12.10 estimating the cost and quantity of 2P AMD 96 core EPYC™ 9654 powered server versus 2P Intel® Xeon® 60 core Platinum 8490H based server solutions required to deliver 2000 total virtual machines (VM), requiring 1 core and 8GB of memory per VM for a 3-year period. This includes VMware software license cost of $6,558.32 per socket + one additional software for every 32 CPU core increment in that socket. Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this data, using the Country / Region specific electricity factors from the ‘2020 Grid Electricity Emissions Factors v1.4 – September 2020’, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency ‘Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator’. This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/claims/epyc4#SP5TCO-036. 

[iii] EPYC-030: Calculation includes 1) base case kWhr use projections in 2025 conducted with Koomey Analytics based on available research and data that includes segment-specific projected 2025 deployment volumes and data center power utilization effectiveness (PUE) including GPU HPC and machine learning (ML) installations, and 2) AMD CPU socket and GPU node power consumptions incorporating segment-specific utilization (active vs. idle) percentages and multiplied by PUE to determine actual total energy use for calculation of the performance per Watt. 6.79x = (base case HPC node kWhr use projection in 2025 x AMD 2022 perf/Watt improvement using DGEMM and typical energy consumption + Base case ML node kWhr use projection in 2025 *AMD 2022 perf/Watt improvement using ML math and typical energy consumption) /(2020 perf/Watt * Base case projected kWhr usage in 2025). For more information on the goal and methodology, visit https://www.amd.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-center-sustainability.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 19, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has renewed its partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation to support the planting of 80,000 trees across the U.S. each year. The reforestation projects will focus on a mixture of sustainable forestry and land restoration efforts. Forty PHLY employees kicked-off this year’s campaign during a two-day planting project this week in Clackamas County, Oregon. They joined the Arbor Day Foundation and local forestry partners in Milo McIver State Park on Wednesday and Thursday planting 950 of the 80,000 trees.

Since 2015, the national insurance carrier has invited independent agents, brokers, and policyholders to support its annual mission of planting 80,000 trees in forests and communities throughout the U.S. by enrolling in paperless billing. The company uses the cost savings to help fund planting projects each year.

To date, the partnership has resulted in the planting of over 570,000 trees. In 2023, PHLY will fund tree planting efforts in forests located in Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and West Virginia. The focus of these projects will assist restoration efforts involving fire recovery, watershed improvement, and better forest management on historically degraded land.

“It’s so exciting to partner with an organization who not only wants to make this world a better place, but also invites colleagues, clients, and communities to get involved in that effort,” said Dan Lambe, Chief Executive Officer of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Thanks to their dedicated support of helping restore our most vulnerable ecosystems, Philadelphia Insurance Companies has brought meaningful participation through their network to the large scale impact we strive to accomplish.”

For the past 50 years, the Arbor Day Foundation has worked to plant nearly 500 million trees in forests and communities around the world. Through a global network of partnerships, the Foundation facilitates projects that empower organizations of all sizes to reach their sustainability goals via measurable, impactful work through trees and forests. The Foundation recently announced an initiative to plant 500 million trees over the next 5 years in the forests and communities that need them most.

“This is a remarkably fun and important project for PHLY and to our employees, who appreciate the opportunity to make a sustainable impact all across the country,” said John Glomb, President and CEO of Philadelphia Insurance Companies. “The continued support of our business partners, customers, and employees has helped us plant over half a million trees in areas in need, benefitting several communities for years to come.”

In addition to helping recover devastated forests, the PHLY80K Trees initiative aims to provide security for communities across the U.S. where. As insurance losses from increasingly frequent wildfires and natural disasters impact the lives of more and more individuals, promoting healthier forest ecosystems helps protect surrounding communities from further loss. Healthy tree populations help to mitigate flooding, improve air and water quality, and stabilize soil, all of which can help minimize and even prevent excess damage when disasters occur.

About Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Philadelphia Insurance Companies designs, markets, and underwrites commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance products incorporating value added coverages and services for select industries. The Company is rated “A++” (Superior) by AM Best Company and “A+” for counterparty credit and financial strength by Standard & Poor’s. In business for over 60 years, PHLY is nationally recognized as a member of Ward’s Top 50, one of the Best Places to Work in Insurance, and one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America. Based outside of Philadelphia, the organization has offices strategically located in all major metro areas across the United States to provide superior service. For more information, please visit www.PHLY.com

About the Arbor Day Foundation

Founded in 1972, the Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s largest membership nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees. With a focus in communities and forests of greatest need, the Foundation — alongside its more than 1 million members, supporters and valued partners — has helped to plant nearly 500 million trees in more than 50 countries. Guided by its mission to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees, the Arbor Day Foundation is committed to unlocking the power of trees to help solve critical issues facing people and the planet. Learn more about the impact of the Arbor Day Foundation at arborday.org.

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WILMINGTON, Del., April 19, 2023 /3BL Media/ – The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) (NYSE: CC), a global chemistry company, and TC Energy, a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure, have executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the potential development of two electrolysis-based hydrogen production facilities at or near Chemours’ Washington Works and Belle manufacturing sites in West Virginia. The MOU supports the companies’ participation in and goals of the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) in West Virginia.

The agreement covers the companies’ interest in developing, constructing, and operating clean hydrogen production facilities and associated infrastructure. The proposed development includes using established proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers manufactured in America and utilizing Chemours’ NafionTM ion exchange membranes.

Under the terms of the MOU, a non-binding off-take agreement for hydrogen produced by the project would be executed, supporting the facility demands of Chemours. Additionally, hydrogen produced in excess of the off-take agreement would be stored and available for loading and shipment to nearby merchant users.

“As West Virginia’s largest chemical manufacturer, we’re excited by the potential these clean hydrogen production facilities can offer to the State through ARCH2, as well as furthering the decarbonization of our operations,” said Jonathan Lock, Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer at Chemours. “Working with TC Energy, we’ve conducted hydrogen blend testing at our Washington Works and Belle sites, demonstrating the feasibility of feeding a hydrogen-natural gas blend fuel to existing fired boiler equipment. We look forward to moving these potential projects forward as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s call for regional clean hydrogen hub submissions alongside the State and seeing how they can assist us in reaching our bold greenhouse gas reduction goal.”

“At TC Energy, we take a customer-driven approach to developing and executing energy solutions,” said Corey Hessen, Executive Vice President and President, Power & Energy Solutions at TC Energy. “This relationship with Chemours is an excellent example of putting that commitment into effect – serving their green hydrogen demand. With our long history of operating critical infrastructure in West Virginia, we are excited to develop new clean energy production opportunities and to forge a strong relationship with Chemours.”

Responsibility and collaboration are two core company values at TC Energy and Chemours. As the companies continue to progress under the agreement, they will engage community stakeholders to share updates and information.

About The Chemours Company 
The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) is a global leader in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials providing its customers with solutions in a wide range of industries with market-defining products, application expertise and chemistry-based innovations. We deliver customized solutions with a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals products for markets, including coatings, plastics, refrigeration and air conditioning, transportation, semiconductor and consumer electronics, general industrial, and oil and gas. Our flagship products are sold under prominent brands such as Ti-Pure™, Opteon™, Freon™, Teflon™, Viton™, Nafion™, and Krytox™. The company has approximately 6,600 employees and 29 manufacturing sites serving approximately 2,900 customers in approximately 120 countries. Chemours is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware and is listed on the NYSE under the symbol CC.

For more information, we invite you to visit chemours.com or follow us on Twitter @Chemours or LinkedIn.

About TC Energy 
We’re a team of 7,000+ energy problem solvers working to move, generate and store the energy North America relies on. Today, we’re taking action to make that energy more sustainable and more secure. We’re innovating and modernizing to reduce emissions from our business. And, we’re delivering new energy solutions – from natural gas and renewables to carbon capture and hydrogen – to help other businesses and industries decarbonize too. Along the way, we invest in communities and partner with our neighbours, customers and governments to build the energy system of the future.

TC Energy’s common shares trade on the Toronto (TSX) and New York (NYSE) stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. To learn more, visit us at TCEnergy.com.

Forward-Looking Statements 
This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forwardlooking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to a historical or current fact. The words “believe,” “expect,” “will,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “project” and similar expressions, among others, generally identify “forwardlooking statements,” which speak only as of the date such statements were made. These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, the outcome or resolution of any pending or future environmental liabilities, the commencement, outcome or resolution of any regulatory inquiry, investigation or proceeding, the initiation, outcome or settlement of any litigation, changes in environmental regulations in the U.S. or other jurisdictions that affect demand for or adoption of our products, anticipated future operating and financial performance for our segments individually and our company as a whole, business plans, prospects, targets, goals and commitments, capital investments and projects and target capital expenditures, plans for dividends or share repurchases, sufficiency or longevity of intellectual property protection, cost reductions or savings targets, plans to increase profitability and growth, our ability to make acquisitions, integrate acquired businesses or assets into our operations, and achieve anticipated synergies or cost savings, all of which are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations of future events that may not be accurate or realized. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements also involve risks and uncertainties that are beyond Chemours’ control. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the national and global economy and commodity and financial markets, which has had and we expect will continue to have a negative impact on our financial results. The full extent and impact of the pandemic is still being determined and to date has included significant volatility in financial and commodity markets and a severe disruption in economic activity. The public and private sector response has led to travel restrictions, temporary business closures, quarantines, stock market volatility, and interruptions in consumer and commercial activity globally. Matters outside our control, including general economic conditions, have affected or may affect our business and operations and may or may continue to hinder our ability to provide goods and services to customers, cause disruptions in our supply chains such as through strikes, labor disruptions or other events, adversely affect our business partners, significantly reduce the demand for our products, adversely affect the health and welfare of our personnel or cause other unpredictable events. Additionally, there may be other risks and uncertainties that Chemours is unable to identify at this time or that Chemours does not currently expect to have a material impact on its business. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Chemours assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law.

CONTACTS: 

INVESTORS 
Jonathan Lock 
SVP, Chief Development Officer, Chemours 
+1.302.773.2263 
investor@chemours.com 

Kurt Bonner 
Manager, Investor Relations, Chemours 
+1.302.773.0026 
investor@chemours.com 

Gavin Wylie / Hunter Mau 
Investor relations, TC Energy 
investor_relations@tcenergy.com 
+1.403.920.7911 or 800.361.6522 

NEWS MEDIA 
Thom Sueta 
Director, Corporate Communications, Chemours 
+1.302.773.3903 
media@chemours.com 

Stone Grissom / Reid Fiest 
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FARMINGTON, Conn., April 19, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Four student teams around the world won their respective regional competitions aimed at developing unique mobility solutions to offset the challenges brought on by climate change in their local communities. The third annual Made to Move Communities™ Student Challenge from Otis Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: OTIS), paired volunteer mentors from the vertical mobility leader with 230 students across 15 countries and territories.

With the guidance of their Otis mentors, students developed innovative solutions based on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that they believe can mitigate some of the obstacles to real-world mobility issues.  

“We are so proud of these talented students and the ingenuity they displayed in creating innovative STEM solutions to what is arguably the defining issue of the 21st century,” said Otis Chief Communications Officer Randi Tanguay. “Made to Move Communities demonstrates, year after year, the potential of the next generation of innovators to help shape their communities for the better while improving our world for the future.”  

The winning schools selected in each Otis region were:  

Americas: Wilson High School, Florence (SC), United States 

Proposed a variation of a composite roofing shingle to help decrease temperatures and lower energy consumption/cost for homeowners. These shingles would also be less expensive and require fewer repairs than asphalt, reducing associated runoff waste. 

Europe, Middle East & Africa: Nový PORG, Prague, Czech Republic 

Developed a concept for a mapping application that enables users to select the best mode of transportation and route to a destination to minimize carbon emissions. The app also includes ways to identify if certain routes are accessible for persons with disabilities. 

Asia Pacific: Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Wangchan District, Thailand 

Created a website that shows real-time flood data, with push alerts, to help drivers avoid dangerous and/or impassable areas. 

China: China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China 

Presented contactless transit that both absorbs vibration and repurposes wasted energy for improved efficiency and a smoother ride. 

Student teams spent up to eight weeks working with Otis mentors to identify, research and develop solutions to eliminate mobility barriers caused by climate change – each with the goal to create more sustainable and inclusive communities. Teams virtually presented their ideas to a panel of regional Otis leaders who carefully evaluated their projects. Winning teams earned grants for their respective schools to further STEM programming and benefit even more students.   

The program is also driving progress toward three of Oits’ ESG targets: impacting 15,000 students globally through STEM and vocational training, directing 50% of giving to STEM programs and dedicating 500,000 colleague volunteer hours by 2030.  Read more about the company’s performance in the 2022 ESG Report. 

The announcement of the Made to Move Communities winning schools is part of Otis’ annual Lift Our Communities Month celebration. Throughout the month of April, the company celebrates its ongoing commitment to support the communities where its colleagues live and work.  

MTMC Year 3 Winners Video

About Otis 

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company. We move 2 billion people a day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry’s largest Service portfolio. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, Otis is 69,000 people strong, including 41,000 field professionals, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information, visit www.otis.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @OtisElevatorCo.  

When it comes to teambuilding and giving back to their communities, our Henkel employees don’t play around.

As they planned to gather in person for an “All-in” employee meeting, several teams within the Hair Professional Business of Henkel Consumer Brands, knew they wanted to help improve life in the San Diego community where their meeting would be held.

“We try to build volunteerism into the framework of these all-employee meetings so we can pour back some positive energy into our communities,” says Alicia Williams, who led the efforts to organize the volunteer activity.

Where Purpose Meets Play

Alicia worked closely with Angela Curley, Henkel’s Senior Manager of Corporate Citizenship and DEI, Camille Coward, Senior Manager of Brand Experience & Events, and San Diego Habitat for Humanity to arrange a volunteer opportunity for approximately 75 employees that would build teamwork — and playhouses with pizzazz.

Through San Diego Habitat’s playhouse program, groups who want to give back construct and decorate durable playhouses, each measuring 4x5x6’. Habitat then offers the playhouses to low-income families through partnerships with several local charities, military groups, foster networks, and the Habitat ReStore.

“These playhouses offer children a special place of their own where they can let their imaginations run free,” notes Linnea Lagerstrom, Corporate Partnerships Manager for San Diego Habitat for Humanity. “In turn, the funds raised through the playhouse program ensure that Habitat can continue to build and repair more affordable homes throughout the region.”

Good Will & Good Times

With severe weather forecasted for the build day, Camille Coward arranged a last-minute pivot to an indoor location: a carefully protected hotel conference room. Employees gathered in seven teams to build and decorate seven playhouses. Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity were on hand to guide the day’s activities.

Over a three-hour period, the playhouses began to take shape. After construction, each house was decorated in keeping with a playful theme — from dinosaurs and sea creatures to castles and clouds. Considering that these Henkel volunteers work in the beauty industry, it is no surprise that they produced some show-stopping playhouses that are sure to be the envy of the neighborhood.

“The designs brought all of the playhouses to life, and everybody really got into it. One team was absolutely covered in paint,” says Williams. “Lots of laughs were shared, and that was probably the best part of the experience.”

Each family had their brand-new playhouse delivered right to their home after the build.

“For some families, the playhouse is a surprise for their children and for others, they’re anxiously waiting for the playhouse to arrive,” says Lagerstrom. “All the families were so grateful to receive their playhouse, and the kids are loving them!”

Henkel & Habitat

Henkel employees are united by their desire to help others. Henkel is there to support them. The playhouse build was no exception.

Through the Make an Impact on Tomorrow (MIT) program, Henkel provided a grant to cover the costs of materials for the playhouses and funds to support Habitat for Humanity’s mission.

Celebrating its 25th year in 2023, the MIT program provides financial and other resources to support the causes closest to our employees’ hearts.

“Henkel and its employees are committed to creating positive change to help make society “future-fit”. The MIT program is a grassroots effort that helps us connect with communities in meaningful, sustainable ways,” says Angela Curley. “Habitat is one of those causes MIT supports year after year because we can see the impact of their mission to provide safe and affordable housing.”

“We are so grateful for Henkel’s active support of our mission to ensure that everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home,” says Lagerstrom. “We particularly appreciate collaborations like this where people from all over come to San Diego, not just for the lovely weather, but also to give back to the community they are visiting.”

Our volunteers walked away filled with team spirit — and the joy of knowing that happy memories will be made in those playhouses for years to come.

“Some of us are still new to the Henkel team. It was a great feeling to connect with each other and to give back,” says Williams. “It was very meaningful to see how just a few hours of our time is going to provide endless possibilities for kids to play in their backyard and let their imaginations shine.”

TAIPEI, April 19, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Acer Group has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and announced its net-zero strategy outlining nine directions under three major pillars of operations, products and services, and value chain. The nine strategies are: minimize energy consumption; use renewable energy; carbon removal and offsets; low-carbon products and services; choose sustainable materials; smart, circular and renewable applications; commit to carbon reduction targets, green manufacturing and logistics; and realize low carbon and circular economies to reduce the overall carbon footprint.

Acer also signed a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) on renewable energy with Energy Helper TCC Corp., a subsidiary of Taiwan Cement Corp., which will provide about 10 million kilowatt-hours of wind power annually, to gradually realize the goal of sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2035 and move toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for the Acer Group.

“In addition to Acer’s commitment to reach net-zero,” said Jason Chen, Chairman and CEO, Acer Inc., “we have gained global recognition for our transparent ESG reporting and actions with our Earthion sustainability mission. Next, our goals are to achieve carbon neutrality among our global operations, design low-carbon and smart products, and work with our supply-chain partners to bring sustainable changes, and ultimately move forward on our path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.”

Acer’s Net Zero Strategy

Since 2015, Acer has sourced more than 40% renewable electricity for eight consecutive years, achieved through building its own solar power generation sites and purchasing renewable energy certificates. Acer owns the largest solar power plant in northern Taiwan and has installed solar power generation equipment in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain. In 2022, Acer signed a long-term renewable energy CPPA with Taiwan Cement Corp. to reach the phased goals of using 60% renewable electricity by 2025, sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2035, and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

In addition, aligned with the 1.5°C pathway, Acer expects to achieve the goal of cutting emissions by 50% compared to 2019 [1] by 2030. Since 2020, Acer has integrated the climate-related financial disclosure framework (TCFD) into its reporting to better manage climate-related risks and opportunities, strengthen the company’s climate resilience, and through an internal carbon price mechanism, encourage various departments and global operations to actively take carbon reduction actions, develop energy-efficient products and services, and evaluate solutions such as introducing natural solutions and carbon negative technologies.

Low Eco-friendly Products that Respond to SDGs

The international trends in applying carbon taxes on trade, manufacturing emissions, and such, mean that products’ carbon footprints may directly impact on their cost and competitiveness. Taking into consideration the concept of a circular economy, the life cycle of products, and innovations to reduce the environmental impacts, Acer seeks to strike a balance between product management and environmental performance.

In 2022, a carbon footprint tool was introduced to complete the carbon report of Acer’s commercial business products and ChromeOS devices. A new Modern Standby power management mode was developed to reduce energy consumption of notebook computers by 39% and of desktop computers by 35%, compared with the base year of 2016. At the same time, Acer’s eco-friendly Vero product line continued to increase the use of eco-friendly materials, such as post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and ocean-bound plastic (OBP), extending this use across other product lines to reduce carbon footprint, implementing tangible actions toward the goal of a circular economy.

Acer’s subsidiaries have also launched various innovative products that incorporate the concept of sustainability, including: integrated smart parking meter with electric vehicle charging station that respond to the global net-zero policy of transportation electrification; the eKinekt bike desk that converts pedaling power to electricity to create a sustainable and healthy lifestyle; electric vehicles with the Xplova e-scooter and “ebii” ebike; enabling zero-carbon emission to be practiced in daily life and responding to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG 3 for good health and well-being, SDG 11 for sustainable cities and communities, and SDG 13 Climate Action.

Work with Supply Chain Partners to Speed Up the Net-zero Goal

As one of the world’s top ICT companies, Acer seeks to amplify the positive impacts on the environment through united actions. Starting from its Project Humanity initiative in 2017, employees around the world were united to take eco-friendly actions, laying the foundation for the company to implement its net-zero carbon emission strategy. In 2021, Acer launched its Earthion program to extend the concept of carbon reduction to like-minded people and began working closely with suppliers and partners to take actions focusing on energy, product design, packaging design, production, logistics, and recycling to reduce the proportion of plastic materials used throughout the production process.

Acer aims to optimize communication with its supply chain partners through annual ESG communication meetings, ad hoc business meetings, CDP supplier training, and carbon management-related training courses. In addition, Acer’s ESG scorecard management mechanism incorporates suppliers’ greenhouse gas inventory, carbon management, carbon reduction actions, and renewable electricity usage into its procurement evaluation. This encourages suppliers to commit to net-zero carbon emissions, set reduction goals such as RE100 or SBT, and work toward the goal of net zero by 2050.

[1] Achieve scope 1 and 2 of carbon inventory.