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Farmerline Joins the Business Call to Action with Commitment to Provide Mobile Communication Services to Rural Farmers

Leading Ghana-based technology provider Farmerline has announced plans to join the Business Call to Action. The company plans to empower 500,000 small-scale farmers by 2019 in West Africa to advance their livelihoods by accessing information that helps them to improve their harvests. The company also plans to provide a specialized mobile communication and data-collection platform to 5,000 development organizations and agribusinesses in the next five years.

PE INTERNATIONAL Helps Companies Make Sustainability a Priority from Field to Fork With New Food and Feed Database

(Marketwired) Close to one quarter of all the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are generated by food production. To lower these numbers and empower companies to improve their sustainability and support their business, PE INTERNATIONAL announced its Food and Feed life cycle inventory database today at the LCA Food Conference in San Francisco. The expansive database provides companies with information from 'field to fork' on crops, animals, food manufacturing products and by-products and major commodities raised, harvested and productized across the globe.

Start-Ups Seek to Accelerate Their World-Changing Ideas

GreenBiz Group announced today the 14 companies selected as finalists for 2014 VERGE Accelerate, a showcase for innovative startups at the convergence of technology and sustainability, part of VERGE San Francisco.

VERGE San Francisco, the flagship of a global event series produced by GreenBiz Group, focuses on how technology accelerates sustainability solutions across industries and cities in a climate-constrained world.

UNIDO and Dell Join Forces to Implement Sustainable Solution for E-Waste Management in Africa, Asia and Latin America

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Dell International LLC, the multinational technology solutions company, have signed an agreement to cooperate on identifying and implementing a sustainable solution model for e-waste management for developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

MCPc Achieves 17th Consecutive Cisco Channel Partner Award

- (Marketwired) - MCPc has been named to an unprecedented 17th consecutive cycle with the Cisco Channel Customer Satisfaction Excellence rating, the highest possible distinction in Cisco's Channel Partner Program.

This announcement comes on the heels of previous announcements, and further underscores the strength in their relationship with Cisco. This is the 17thconsecutive cycle in which MCPc has received this distinction, and is the 23rd of the last 26 cycles.

Joined by Energy Secretary Moniz, GMP Launches "eHome" Energy Home Renovation Program

(Marketwired) - Joined by U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Green Mountain Power today announced a new initiative called "eHome," a first in the nation holistic home energy services program. The first home in the program is in Rutland and is called the Energy Home of the Future. It will serve as the model for energy efficiency, weatherization and the use of innovative new alternative energy technology tools such as high tech thermostats and smart electrical plugs.

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