The advent of cleantech is going to transform capital markets as well as the business and physical landscape.
What is cleantech and why is it important?
Cleantech – short for clean technology – is mitigating the negative consequences of the climate crisis and improving environmental sustainability through various technologies and practices: from renewable energy and recycling to improving efficiencies in production processes and supply chains. To ensure that we have a liveable planet in the future, we urgently need to transform our industrial economy and encourage the investing public to support a broad range of capital-intensive clean technologies.
Moreover, professional PR agencies can help cleantech companies better position themselves and achieve better branding results by doing the following:
→ Help cleantech fast growth businesses find the necessary funding to get to market.
→ Drive exposure for cleantech businesses into key vertical markets.
→ Drive the profile and brand of cleantech business in front of key financial markets when it comes to further fund raising.
→ Help position cleantech businesses in front of the employees of tomorrow.
→ Assist cleantech business to shine a light on their circular economy prowess.
→ Drive cleantech success stories towards maximised exits.
Delta-Q Technologies (Delta-Q), a leading provider of battery charging solutions, recently announced the release of its new high-performance charger, the RQ700. A part of the RQ Series, the RQ700 provides a high-volume, cost-effective charging solution for battery-powered light e-mobility, industrial and commercial equipment.
Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, continues to reap the agricultural-industry benefits of its innovative state-of-the-art LaserWeeder. Earlier this year, the company announced a new capability for the LaserWeeder – LaserThinning. The company is also seeing tremendous sales growth of the LaserWeeder and plans to deliver implements to growers across 17 states in the U.S. and three provinces in Canada by the end of 2023.
The circular economy is a model in which existing buildings, materials and products are preserved, reused, repaired, refurbished and recycled for as long as possible. “We are in the middle of the cycle because we live in a built environment,” says Kerstin Müller in reference to the construction industry. The architect is the managing director of Zirkular, which specialises in expert planning for circular economy and reuse in the building sector. The company, which is based in Basel and Zurich, emerged from the building office situ.
Sendle, the Certified B Corp shipping solution that offers 100% carbon neutral shipping for small businesses, today announced that it is now Climate Neutral Certified. The certification was issued by Climate Neutral, a non-profit organization that helps brands measure their carbon footprint and implement strategies to reduce their footprint down to zero by measuring greenhouse gas emissions, purchasing eligible verified carbon credits to offset that footprint, and implementing plans to reduce emissions.
Renewable energy distribution systems (wind and solar) generate savings, improve storage, and contribute to environment preservation.
Prova Investments continues to grow its European portfolio of early-stage businesses operating at the forefront of cleantech, sustainability and the circular economy, by taking an equity stake in Composite Braiding.
Lesensky.cz was in charge of the PR campaign for Chytré Líchy, a “green city” district project that was developed on the outskirts of the South Moravian town of Židlochovice. The new approach to sustainable urban development is unique in the country and is intended to serve as a model for dealing with modern and sustainable housing in the Czech Republic.
by Sympra, Germany
Prova is a multi-award-winning corporate communications consultancy that specializes in clean technology, sustainability, and the circular economy. Success stories include their client DS Smith, whose growth targets were helped met through Prova’s multi-channel content, which positioned the brand as a world-leading sustainable packaging company.
Located in South-Western France at the crossroads of major European gas flows, Teréga has more than 75 years of expertise in the development of gas transport and storage infrastructures. They research and implement innovative solutions to meet the environmental challenges and demands within the energy sector throughout Europe.
Milestones in Communication supports the sustainable company Edenred. They offer vouchers which employees can use for their lunch at work. The employees get the vouchers as a benefit from their employer. The products of Edenred are now fully digital. Edenred is the digital pioneer among domestic providers of employee benefits. Now the company is launching its latest product: Digital vouchers now simplify both the handling for employers and the redemption by employees at over 20,000 acceptance partners throughout Austria. The Edenred solutions Ticket Restaurant, Ticket Service and Ticket Compliments are now also available in purely digital form in the MyEdenred app. While maintaining the highest IT security standards, they replace conventional paper vouchers and, if necessary, prepaid cards made from recyclable material. From now on, employees have fast and uncomplicated digital access to their lunch allowance – whether at home, in the office or on the road between appointments.
With the global COVID-19 pandemic severely impacting and restricting daily social and business activities around the world, traditional education models were also seismically disrupted. The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the UAE’s largest federal, applied higher education institution, was urgently required to consider how it would continue to provide classes and assessments mid-way through a semester, so approximately 23,000 students could complete their respective programs and graduate.
Aleph Communicacion supports the social media channels of Santander bank by managing a blog about financial education and personal economy. They also published a post known as “Choose”, a project in which Santander Consumer Finance collaborates and allows you to offset the CO2 emissions of your car. The initiative gives every individual the opportunity to participate in different climate projects with the corresponding monetary amount of your CO2 emissions.
Moreover, Prova has positioned the food waste recycler ReFood at the heart of the food waste debate through powerful media relations, engaging digital content, hard-hitting thought leadership and visionary lobbying reports.
by Milestones in Communication, Austria 
NEFIN Group is a renowned Asian carbon neutrality solutions provider and investor with a unified energy management platform committed to achieving carbon neutrality for organisations. CCG has been working with NEFIN since 2019 as their sole PR and branding agency for Asia. Headquartered in Hong Kong, CCG’s footprint is all over the markets such as Singapore, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Futhermore, Milestones in Communication communicated for Insektianer. The company is specialized on insects that process food (that does not meet the high retail criteria and would be thrown away) into animal feed, cosmetics and fertilizer.
CHINT, a global leader in smart energy solutions, is rapidly expanding their business in Asia Pacific (APAC) with Vietnam as one of their key markets. CHINT had been listed twice in Forbes’ top 50 Asian listed companies in the electrical equipment industry. Today, it is the largest manufacturer of circuit breakers in the world – producing up to 3 million circuit breakers daily to serve the needs of the world.
Eliminating waste and improving efficiency are goals for every supply chain. But the ultimate win in eradicating supply chain waste can be realized when systems and processes are redesigned to be circular.
Merlo – the engineering company based in the province of Cuneo, Italy, has launched the eWorker, its first full-electric telehandler, designed to reduce environmental impact to zero and significantly improve manoeuvrability, comfort and fields of application.
In 2020, the Chinese government officially announced that it would reach carbon peaks by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Many people might not realize how this statement will impact the economy and society in the future, nor realize how low carbonization will greatly affect each of our lives.
The U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Robert F. Godec and Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Earth Science Division Director at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), launched the SERVIR-Southeast Asia program – a collaboration between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and NASA – to help communities across Southeast Asia adapt to regional and transboundary climate issues and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
In the first half of 2022, 77.2 percent of all newly registered e-vehicles in Austria were registered by companies, according to Statistics Austria. Since company vehicles usually enter the used car market after three to four years, these young used vehicles also play a decisive role for private individuals to make a cost-effective switch to more environmentally friendly mobility.
Robotic applications in the health sector has gotten a new look during the pandemic. An example of this is a pioneering work carried out by the Phi robotics research lab group, based at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, which provides for the decontamination of hospital environments through the use of robots. The device uses ultraviolet light and ozonated mist to prevent and reduce the spread of infectious agents such as the coronavirus.
In the spring of 2021, our client Carbon Robotics, an agriculture robotics company, became a sensation when it revealed a “laser-shooting” robot to eliminate weeds. This innovative and organic approach to weeding would help farmers solve one of the most challenging, time consuming and costly parts of farming.
Reducing emissions is an essential component of reaching global climate goals. The pandemic may have reduced carbon emissions briefly, but as consumer demands for immediacy increase, emissions are likely to rise. Without making industrial equipment and manufacturing processes more sustainable, we risk falling short of climate objectives in an already imminent climate emergency.
Wearables, technological devices used as accessories, and even pacemakers can suffer concrete invasion threats, endangering the lives of patients, says Raul Colcher, a member of the IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.
A poolside aperitivo on the hotel rooftop surrounded by plants? Anything is possible in Brussels, where a somewhat anonymous concrete building has been transformed into the eye-catching Jam Hotel, whose main attraction is its rooftop garden, complete with a pool and cocktail bar to enjoy the capital’s skyline in the heart of Europe. Building a swimming pool and planting trees on a roof is easier said than done: waterproofing must be especially good and plant roots, logically, must not puncture waterproof membranes. 
Recently, Milestones in Communication communicated that AMAG, the Austrian Metall AG, won the Sustainable Digitalization Award in the field of “Data Science.” The award-winning project is about reducing scrap and saving valuable energy and raw materials using IOT, Big Data, Data Science and Microsoft Azure Cloud. For more than 15 years, AMAG has been developing physics-based simulation tools to describe and optimize the complex process steps in the manufacture of rolled and cast aluminium products. A few years ago, the application of statistical methods and the so-called big data approach to solving material and process development issues was started. In the meantime, the combination of these IT solution approaches has led to very successful new developments and optimizations at AMAG.
In 2006, the then Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, declared that the World Cup managed to be even more universal than the UN itself, as FIFA had 207 members compared to 191 of the United Nations. From this statement, it is already possible to understand the dimension and power of attraction that the Cup and its stars exert on the world’s population. At the last event, in Russia, the audience reached 3.5 billion people. This year, in the Qatari edition, it is estimated at an incredible 5 billion people!
The Spanish company Camerfirma offers solutions to digitize all business processes of companies, organizations and institutions, ensuring compliance with general and sector-specific regulations.
Aleph Communicacion also provided communications support to Beneo, a world leader in health and nutrition foods that has invested half a million euros in river transport to reduce its dependence on road transport. With this initiative, Beneo will reduce the carbon emissions associated with inbound transportation of rice from the port to the plant by 20% per year.
by open up, Switzerland
Prova was productive in delivering market insight for their client REMONDIS through an integrated programme of creative marketing, industry-leading thought leadership and stakeholder engagement. Prova positioned REMONDIS as a European leader in managing hazardous waste.
