Schlumberger Becomes First Company in Upstream E&P Services to Commit to Science-Based Target in Emissions Reduction

The target will align Schlumberger with the goals of the Paris Agreement to reduce climate change

PARIS-Saturday 21 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Schlumberger announced today its commitment to setting a science-based target to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Schlumberger’s commitment has been submitted to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and, in line with the defined criteria, Schlumberger will define its reduction target by 2021. This commitment is part of the company’s thought leadership and focus on environmental and social sustainability through its industry-leading Global Stewardship program.

Science-based targets in line with the latest climate science must meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, an agreement developed in 2016 by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that seeks to reduce GHG emissions. The Paris Agreement focuses on limiting global warming to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

Schlumberger CEO Olivier Le Peuch said, “The energy industry has a key role to play in reducing the effects of climate change. Schlumberger seeks to lead positive, measurable changes in GHG emissions within the industry to help reduce climate change. The application of our industry-leading environmentally responsible technologies will help drive process efficiency and environmental footprint reduction.”

The SBTi champions science-based target setting as a powerful way of boosting companies’ competitive advantage in the transition to the low-carbon economy. It is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments.

About Schlumberger

Schlumberger is the world's leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. With product sales and services in more than 120 countries and employing approximately 105,000 people who represent over 140 nationalities, Schlumberger supplies the industry's most comprehensive range of products and services, from exploration through production, and integrated pore-to-pipeline solutions that optimize hydrocarbon recovery to deliver reservoir performance.

Schlumberger Limited has executive offices in Paris, Houston, London and The Hague, and reported revenues of $32.82 billion in 2018. For more information, visit www.slb.com.

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Contacts

Global Stewardship
Lees Rodionov, Vice President of Global Stewardship, Schlumberger Limited
Tel: +1 (713) 375-3535
communication@slb.com

Media
Joao Felix, Director of Corporate Communication, Schlumberger Limited
Tel: +1 (713) 375-3535
communication@slb.com


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Indonesia Embraces GCEL’s Digital Economy Platform to Unleash a New USD 20 Trillion Digital Services Industry by 2035, Nearly 10 Times the Size of the Current Oil and Gold Production Combined

JAKARTA, Indonesia -Friday 20 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Indonesia Vice-President H.E. Jusuf Kalla congratulated the Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics (GCEL) and the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce (KADIN) for the recent execution of MOUs at the Indonesia Stock Exchange between GCEL, KADIN and Bukalapak, Indonesia’s largest e-commerce firm, and Kresna Finance and Insurance with the aim to fast track the deployment of GCEL’s Digital Economy Platform.

Indonesia's public and private sectors are actively engaged in the development of the Digital Economy to support inclusive sustainable economic growth. Indonesia was among the first G20 countries to engage in GCEL’s digital initiative through the Indonesia Shipment Efficiency Assessment which was completed with the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Insitut Teknologi Bandung, and KADIN.

GCEL’s Co-Chairman Captain Samuel Salloum highlighted the assessment’s findings, “Indonesia’s deployment of new digital B2B marketplace tools can reduce its annual excess trade costs by USD 140 billion, increase trade by USD 46 billon and create nearly 12 million jobs. As signified by the MOUs signed by Bukalapak and Kresna, Indonesia can grow its finance, insurance and e-commerce services by almost USD 500 billion. Globally, these services can increase nearly USD 20 trillion by 2035.”

The MOU signatories desire to support the G20 Leaders’ Digital Economy Policy directive and achieve Indonesia’s economic objectives through the deployment of the Digital Economy Platform via the Asia Benchmark Trade Lane Program, a tangible economic development program that will improve operating efficiency and economic prosperity, especially benefitting SMEs.

The Digital Economy Platform is being deployed by the world’s leading technology, e-commerce, finance and insurance firms, delivering thousands of free business apps that digitize the global value chains of the USD 150 trillion B2B marketplace. Through the use of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and Block Chain technologies, the platform provides seamless point-to-world integration via plug in or portal-in access for large, medium and small enterprises to access innovative platform features that de-risk commerce, reduce costs, and create greater access to e-commerce, finance and insurance services worldwide.

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Contacts
GCEL
Mr. Gregory Bird
Deputy Secretary General
Email: info@gcel.net
www.gcel.net


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Värde Partners Exceeds Target Raising Nearly $2.5 Billion in 13th Flagship Fund

Fund Seeks Opportunistic Investments in Credit and Assets Globally



MINNEAPOLIS & NEW YORK & LONDON & SINGAPORE-Friday 20 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced it has raised its 13th flagship vehicle, Värde Fund XIII (“the Fund”), with $2.47 billion in commitments.

The Fund exceeded its $2 billion target and will have the flexibility to invest in a range of credit and credit-related assets globally across liquid traded credit, special situations, real estate and financial services.

“Over the past 26 years we have built a global platform with the agility to seek attractive risk-adjusted value in opportunistic credit and asset markets,” said George Hicks, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “In this fund, we utilize our deep experience through many market cycles with the flexibility to invest in both private and liquid markets, across capital structures and regions.”

Värde expects the opportunity set to be driven by systemic distress factors, including where financial systems retain persistent high levels of non-performing loans, and cyclical opportunities associated with industry or economic downturns.

“Against a backdrop of intense economic uncertainty, there are several significant pockets of distress around the world today, and we expect that opportunity to grow over the investment period of the Fund,” said Ilfryn Carstairs, Global Co-Chief Investment Officer. “We have strategically built our right to play in markets where we can target the gaps left behind by traditional capital providers as they continue to retrench.”

“The strong support for this fundraise came from both new and long-time investors,” added Jon Fox, Partner and Global Head of Business Development and Investor Relations. “We appreciate the confidence that this diverse investor base has in the power of the Värde platform.”

In addition to its flagship funds, Värde has previously raised dedicated capital for targeted investment strategies in Asia, Europe, mortgages, private debt, real estate, and specialty finance.

Värde Partners is a leading global alternative investment firm with roots in credit and distressed. Founded in 1993, the firm has invested more than $68 billion since inception and manages over $14 billion on behalf of a global investor base. The firm’s investments span corporate and traded credit, real estate and mortgages, private equity and direct lending. Värde employs more than 300 professionals across 13 offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.varde.com.

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Contacts

Värde Partners
Andrea Raphael, Global Head of Communications & Public Affairs
communications@varde.com

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Ingram Micro Cloud Certified as Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider

Prestigious certification ultimately helps partners grow their own managed services

IRVINE, Calif.-Tuesday 17 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingram Micro Cloud today announced that it has earned the Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) certification, the premier certification for MSPs that designates Ingram Micro Cloud as a top global provider of managed services for Microsoft Azure.

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The certification enables Ingram Micro Cloud to further assist partners to grow their own businesses by extending services and expanding their offering portfolio. For cloud resellers, Ingram Micro Cloud offers the ability to white label its Microsoft Azure professional and managed services, helping them to more efficiently manage their resources in relation to their customer demands.

“We’re excited and honored by this outstanding recognition from Microsoft, as it underscores our ‘More as a Service’ initiative and extensive efforts to provide more meaningful value-added services to Azure customers,” said Nimesh Davé, executive vice president Global Cloud, Ingram Micro. “The certification expands our strong partnership with Microsoft and reflects the tremendous investments we have made to help our partners and customers become more successful.”

“Ingram Micro has shown time and again through countless customer engagements that they are one of the world’s go-to Microsoft Azure experts,” said Mark Rice, general manager, Microsoft Worldwide Services Partners. “We would like to congratulate them on achieving this top honor, which is an objective confirmation of the company’s ability to help MSPs build and scale their Azure businesses.”

To be certified, each Azure Expert MSP is required to pass a rigorous screening process, including an extensive two-day onsite audit where they must demonstrate top tier expertise in managed services—spanning all aspects of the customer lifecycle from initial assessment through architecture and design—and a trusted relationship with Azure customers for ongoing support, security and optimization.

The Ingram Micro Cloud team coupled this expertise with its extensive cloud IP—including the Ingram Micro CloudBlue platform—to realize a comprehensive solutions-oriented business that fulfills the highest standards set by Microsoft.

In addition, CloudBlue—with its full suite of solutions, including CloudBlue Commerce, CloudBlue Connect and CloudBlue Orchestrator—is the only out-of-the-box platform that solves for the technology component of the Azure MSP certification. As the certification is granted on a limited basis, those resellers that do not gain Azure MSP expert status will still benefit from the adoption of CloudBlue regardless, as the platform enables next-level expansion of cloud capabilities for MSPs, which furthers their ability to drive revenue and increase profit.

To learn more about Ingram Micro Cloud’s Managed Services, visit https://www.ingrammicrocloud.com/iaas-lifecycle-services/. Additional information about the Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider program is available at https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/membership/azure-expert-msp.

About Ingram Micro Cloud

At Ingram Micro Cloud™ we view cloud not just as a single technology, but as a foundational platform to run and drive a whole new way of doing business. By leveraging our platforms and ecosystem, cloud service providers, telecom companies, resellers and enterprises can quickly transform and get up and running in the cloud within minutes, with little to no investment. Our portfolio includes vetted security, communication and collaboration, business applications, cloud management services and infrastructure solutions designed to help clients monetize and manage the entire lifecycle of cloud and digital services, infrastructure and IoT subscriptions. For more information, please visit www.ingrammiccrocloud.com.

About Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro helps businesses realize the promise of technology. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivaled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships, set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. Discover how Ingram Micro can help you realize the promise of technology. More at www.ingrammicro.com.

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Contacts
Global Media Contact:
David Yang
CloudBlue and Ingram Micro Cloud
714-382-3357
david.yang@ingrammicro.com

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United Way Appoints Dr. Juliette Tuakli to Head Worldwide Board of Trustees

First Woman to Lead United Way’s Governing Body

ALEXANDRIA, Va-Friday 20 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- United Way, the world’s largest privately funded non-profit, has appointed Dr. Juliette Tuakli, a widely-acclaimed pediatrician, researcher and public health expert, to lead its Worldwide Board of Trustees, effective immediately. Dr. Tuakli, a Nigerian-American, becomes United Way’s first woman Board Chair. She lives and practices in Ghana and succeeds Punit Renjen, Deloitte Global CEO, who had led the Worldwide Board since 2017.

Dr. Tuakli joined the Board in 2014 and has served in a number of leadership roles. These include Chair of UWW’s Governance and Membership Committees, and as a member of UWW’s Leadership Council. In addition to her service on the Board, Dr. Tuakli has been an active supporter of United Way of Ghana, South Africa and Greater Nigeria.

“Dr. Tuakli is a recognized expert in the field of public health, and her passion and commitment have helped to improve the health and quality of life for countless children and families in Africa and the U.S.,” said United Way Worldwide CEO, Brian Gallagher. “United Way has benefited from her insights and perspective during her tenure on our Leadership Council and Board of Trustees, and I am confident that her continued leadership will help guide us as we advance our mission globally.”

“Around the world, philanthropy has become increasingly important in bringing people and sectors together to improve the well-being of families and communities,” said Dr. Tuakli, “I’ve seen firsthand, United Way’s ability to convene those who can make a difference to create collective impact in vulnerable populations. I look forward to continuing my work with United Way in this new role.”

With a career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Tuakli’s public service includes teaching positions at Harvard Medical School and the Children’s Hospital in Boston, as well as leadership and advisory roles with the African Union, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, World Health Organization and Mercy Ships, among others.

After founding and working at the Community Pediatric Department at the Children’s Hospital of Boston, Dr. Tuakli traveled to Ghana to serve as the Deputy Director and Community Care Advisor of the NGO Family Health International, where she co-developed and implemented a very successful 10-year national HIV/AIDS program.

In 2006, Dr. Tuakli founded CHILDAccra, a full-service clinic that provides clinical care and public health care services to children and their families throughout West Africa. She currently serves as CEO and Medical Director. Beyond her work in pediatrics and global health, Dr. Tuakli is active in a number of philanthropic endeavors including serving on the Boards of Mercy Ships and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. She was a co-Founder and ex-officio Board member of the MOREMI Girls Leadership Initiative and serves as an Advisor to the African Union and other organizations.

Dr. Tuakli’s academic credentials include studies at St. Mary’s Hospital, London; UCLA School of Public Health; Zambia Medical School; and Children’s Hospital of Boston. Most notably, she was the first African woman senior Faculty member of Harvard Medical School (Pediatrics).

Dr. Tuakli’s work has earned her numerous awards including an African Union Award for Medical Excellence, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Africa-based CEO Global, and Best Pediatric Practitioner of the Year Award by the West African Clinical Alliance Awards.

About United Way

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. Supported by 2.9 million volunteers, 8.3 million donors worldwide and $4.6 billion raised every year, United Way is the world’s largest privately-funded nonprofit. We’re engaged in nearly 1,800 communities across more than 40 countries and territories worldwide to create sustainable solutions to the challenges facing our communities. United Way partners include global, national and local businesses, nonprofits, government, civic and faith-based organizations, along with educators, labor leaders, health providers, senior citizens, students and more. For more information about United Way, please visit UnitedWay.org. Follow us on Twitter: @UnitedWay and #LiveUnited.

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Contacts
Southerlyn Reisig
Southerlyn.reisig@uww.unitedway.org
703.836.7100 x321

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YORK® YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller launches in the Middle East

Award-winning chiller offers the widest-operating envelope to support the region’s climate

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Monday 16 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Johnson Controls is pleased to offer the YORK® YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller to its Middle East customers. The YZ delivers up to 35% annual energy savings, reduced maintenance costs and is optimized for ultimate performance with a low-GWP refrigerant. Cooling capacity ranges from 165 to 1350 tons (580 to 4747kW).

“With the launch of the YZ chiller, we are proud to be delivering another industry-leading chiller to meet the demands of our customers in the Middle East,” said Claude Allain, VP and GM — Building, Technologies and Solutions, Middle East & Africa. “The extreme, dry climate of the region presents a variety of cooling challenges. Coupled with the success of magnetic bearings in the region, the operating map of YZ makes it an ideal choice for a variety of application needs in the Middle East.”

Since its initial launch in 2018 the YZ has made a significant global impact, capturing top honors in North America, China, Europe and Australia. The YZ chiller was named 2019 AHR Innovation Award winner in the Cooling category. The success of the chiller has already been seen in the Middle East, as the first YZ project has been sold in the region. Globally, this is the second largest YZ project.

The YZ is the first chiller fully optimized for ultimate performance with a next generation refrigerant R-1233zd(E) with ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) of 1, chosen for its efficiency, safety, cost, non-flammability and availability.

The YZ chiller can deliver significant energy savings and lower operating costs by taking advantage of the off-design conditions where chillers operate 99 percent of the time. The YZ chiller operates with entering condenser water temperature as low as 4.5°C, providing enhanced performance over widest operating envelope in the industry. The YZ uses an optimized single stage design to provide industry-leading real-world energy efficiency.

The YZ chiller brings together groundbreaking YORK® innovations refined over decades of real-world use to create a revolution in chiller design and optimization. It represents a solution from the chiller experts, who like to think of the YZ chiller as tomorrow’s chiller, available today.

Visit www.YORK.com/Next

About Johnson Controls

At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. We deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 105,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com, follow @johnsoncontrols on Twitter

Contacts
Sweeney D’costa

+97143099941

Sweeney.Dcosta@jci.com

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NTT Group Launches Compliance Management Solution Using Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

TOKYO -Friday 20 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In recent times, there has been a growing demand for companies worldwide to strengthen their compliance and risk management. To help our clients manage these requirements, NTT Group, represented by NTT Advanced Technology Corporation (hereinafter, NTT-AT), Everis Spain S.L.U. (hereinafter, everis) of NTT DATA Corporation, itelligence AG (hereinafter, itelligence) of NTT DATA Corporation are announcing a compliance management solution using robotic process automation (RPA). This solution aggregates and analyses data from internal HR and compliance on-premise and cloud-based systems, supporting customer initiatives to strengthen responsibility and internal governance control. The NTT Group plans to start providing this service in the second quarter of 2020.

Due to stricter regulations across many industries, particularly the financial industry, businesses are facing the threat of multi-regime controls and high fines by local authorities. Due to the complexity of the regulations and reporting requirements, these institutions are facing problems to identify compliance issues, along with a lack of transparency in governance. This often leads to increased manual workload, process time and paperwork due to the complexity of their IT environment.

The integrated solution provided by NTT Group combines; the RPA tool "WinActor ® (*1)" of NTT-AT, the SMCR solution of everis, and the consulting and the integration capabilities of itelligence to achieve the combination of reducing complex manual operations and coordination of compliance-related data managed across multiple systems, such as Excel (*2) and existing systems.

This solution will initially be provided as a compliance management solution for the “Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR)" in the UK and will be expanded outside the UK in response to regulations and to support clients compliance and governance management globally.

NTT helps its clients accelerate their digital transformation journey by implementing innovative technologies, such as WinActor®.

Notes:

About "WinActor®"
WinActor is a robotic process automation (RPA) tool which has been developed using the in-house technologies by NTT Access Network service system laboratories and has been achieved into commercialization.
WinActor records and automates various types of human operations such as those via Windows (*2) application, Web Application and so on. It runs automatically routine repetitive tasks and large volume works instead of or collaborating with human. Additionally, by changing the existing jobs into new automatic work style, it would bring out a large value in business perspective such as efficiency, quality and cost effectiveness without modifying any software of existing system.
WinActor has been rapidly introduced and spread since 2017 especially in the organizations which seek for “Work style revolution” regardless the type of industry and size of the company. Currently, in November end of 2019, more than 4,200 companies have introduced WinActor.
For more information, please refer to https://winactor.biz/.

(*1) "WinActor" is a registered trademark of NTT Advanced Technology Corporation.
(*2) "Excel", “Windows” is registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and/or other countries.

About NTT
For more information on NTT, visit www.global.ntt/
For more information on NTT-AT, visit www.ntt-at.com/
For more information on everis, visit www.everis.com/global/en
For more information on itelligence, visit itelligencegroup.com/us/
For more information on the solution, visit uk.nttdata.com/SMCR

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Contacts

CONTACT for Japanese
NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
URL: https://www.ntt-at.co.jp/inquiry/koho/

CONTACT for Global
everis
Ricardo Langa - Partner - Banking Lead NTT Data Market Focus Team
E-mail: ricardo.langa.arnau@everis.com

itelligence
Jan Ammann - Global Head of Public Cloud Solutions (SaaS) - Cloud LoB Lead NTT Data Market Focus Team
E-mail: jan.ammann@itelligence.de

CONTACT for Press
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Public Relations Office
E-mail: ntt-cnr-ml@hco.ntt.co.jp


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