Arçelik Has Announced Its Sustainability Targets for 2030

ISTANBUL, June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Adopting sustainability as a business model with its "Respecting the World, Respected Worldwide" vision, Arçelik published its 12th Sustainability Report, announcing short, medium, and long-term targets towards 2030.

Arçelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu
Arçelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu

Arçelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu spoke about the company’s 12th Sustainability Report, commenting, "A sustainable world is possible in the future with the steps we will take today. Our ‘In Touch Technology’ approach is based on this point of view. With our global reach, broad network of stakeholders, and our technologies that improve our planet, lives and business, we strive to be a part of the solution in tackling environmental and social problems. The COVID-19 outbreak has affected the whole world in a short period of time, and it has once again reminded us that our most important responsibility is to protect our environment, the ecosystem, biodiversity and natural resources. We believe that all companies will adopt sustainability as their business model after the pandemic. People will also encourage companies to take responsibility for environmental and social problems with their purchase decisions."

Energy and water consumption per product will decrease by 45%

Arçelik shared its solutions to combat the climate crisis and other environmental issues under the "In Touch with our Planet" section. By 2030, the company aims to establish 15 MW of renewable energy systems and reduce the energy consumption per product in its South Africa, Russia, Turkey, Romania, China, Thailand and Pakistan operations by 45% compared to the base year of 2015. In 2019, Arçelik reduced its energy consumption per product by 43.5% compared to 2010 in its Turkey, Romania, China, Russia, and South Africa operations. Now it aims to become a carbon-neutral company in its Turkish production plants by 2025 and reduce its water consumption per product by 45% by 2030 compared to the base year of 2015. The company also reached its 2020 targets by reducing its water consumption per product by 52% compared to the base year of 2012 in its Turkey, Romania, China, Russia, and South Africa operations.

The female manager ratio will increase to 30% by 2030

Under the "In Touch with Business" section, Arçelik explained its employee-oriented targets focusing on being a source of inspiration for its stakeholders, to begin with its supply chain and dealers. The company increased its female manager ratio to 18.6% in 2019 and now aims to raise it to 30% by 2030. Arçelik also aims to ensure that over 50% of its employees participate in a minimum of one volunteering activity per year.

Arçelik will help 80 million people gain awareness on healthy living

Through "In Touch with Human Needs" approach, Arçelik, with its Beko brand, aims to raise awareness amongst 80 million people about healthy living by 2030 with ongoing programmes to contribute to healthy, future generations. Arçelik also joins Grundig in the fight against food waste to raise awareness amongst 3.5 million people about responsible consumption and provide 1 million meals to 500,000 people by saving 1,200 tons of food.

The Industry Leader in Sustainability

Arçelik reinforced its leadership in national and global platforms with its sustainability efforts in 2019. Arçelik has been selected as the Industry Leader for the "Household Durables" category in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). The index represents the gold standard in corporate sustainability and ranks the largest companies based on their sustainability performances. Arçelik has been the first and only industrial company from Turkey to be included in the DJSI Emerging Markets category for three consecutive years.

Arçelik maintained its achievements by being listed in the Borsa Istanbul (BIST) Sustainability Index, MSCI Sustainability Index, and FTSE4Good Emerging Markets Index, and by receiving the Zero Waste Private Sector Award from the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.

Arçelik has received A- in the 2019 Climate Program of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the world’s most respected environmental initiative with its campaigns against climate change and became one of the Turkish companies to earn the highest score in this program. The company also received B in the CDP 2019 Water Program.

You can download Arçelik’s 2019 Sustainability Report here.

 

Arçelik 2019 Sustainability Report
Arçelik 2019 Sustainability Report

 

 

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IBM Services Collaborates with Lotte Card to Adopt A Hybrid Cloud Strategy To Help Transform Core Financial Accounting Systems

Lotte Card to Modernize Core Functions with IBM Cloud to Help Drive Innovative Services for Cardholders

ARMONK, New York, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that the Korean credit card company, Lotte Card, which services a wide network of retailers including department stores, hypermarkets and cinemas, is collaborating with IBM Services to transition its entire enterprise system, including mission critical and core financial accounting systems, to a hybrid cloud environment. By using cloud native technology from IBM and Red Hat Openshift to migrate its core business applications to a managed private cloud, Lotte Card aims to achieve greater visibility, scalability, security and speed while reducing costs, risk and complexity to its IT infrastructure so it can deliver innovative services to its clients.

Lotte Card to Modernize Core Functions with IBM Cloud to Help Drive Innovative Services for Cardholders
Lotte Card to Modernize Core Functions with IBM Cloud to Help Drive Innovative Services for Cardholders

With several economic, demographic, regulatory and technological factors in play, the Cards & Payments industry is witnessing rapid innovation across the value chain. Additionally, today’s tech-savvy consumers are using various payment options like simple payment service. To meet the need for innovation with speed, as well as deliver applications and services with minimal cost and risk, Lotte Card plans to leverage open, hybrid cloud technologies from IBM and Red Hat to introduce a diverse set of new digital services for its Korean customer base.

With its hybrid cloud strategy, Lotte Card plans to deliver new technologies to support customer service, such as the expansion of the Lotte Card LIFE application that offers a super-personalized service and gives its mobile users a 360-degree purview of all the Group’s best benefits and services in one platform. The flexibility of using cloud technologies over a traditional IT infrastructure, can allow Lotte Card to respond with greater agility to rapidly changing market conditions and competition, to help serve their customers better in near real time.

Lotte Card previously migrated its mobile application to the cloud in order to build a scalable and flexible system foundation that can actively cope within an enterprise grade mobile environment. With this project, Lotte Card experienced very positive results throughout its business, such as improvement of customer satisfaction, and enhanced performance of its mobile apps as well as a reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO). Based on this initial success, Lotte Card decided to work with IBM to adopt a hybrid cloud strategy to migrate and manage its additional enterprise systems, including the account system.

"We look forward to bringing the power of IBM’s hybrid cloud capabilities and financial services industry experience to Lotte Card’s mission-critical infrastructure," said Archana Vemulapalli, GM IS Offering Strategy, Management and Development, IBM Services. "IBM is intently focused on working with our financial services clients all over the world to help them address critical requirements and enable industry innovation so they can service the public, while addressing the industry standards for regulatory compliance, security and resiliency."

To power the program with Lotte Card, IBM has introduced DevOps-based agile methodology in order to speed up the development, testing, modification and release of new software or services in the cloud. IBM will also provide Lotte Card with automation tools designed for strong security and efficient system operation.

IBM has the capability and knowledge to provide end-to-end cloud services from cloud consulting, to building, migrating and managing cloud. It also has experience with regulation, security and open innovation provisions.

This agreement was signed during IBM’s Q1, 2020.

Media Contact:

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Communications, IBM
[email protected] 
+1 (914) 765-4980

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Templafy Expands into Australia and Appoints Kavita Herbert as Director of Sales for APAC

Herbert brings extensive experience driving early growth for leading tech companies in Australia

SYDNEY, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Templafy, a global leader in enterprise document creation and automation, has announced today that it is physically expanding its presence into the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, establishing an office in Sydney, Australia under the guidance of veteran commercial executive, Kavita Herbert, and Templafy’s Head of Strategy and Analytics, Mads Ejstrup Frederiksen.

Kavita Herbert
Kavita Herbert

To better serve new and existing customers in the APAC market, Templafy is building a dedicated team with feet on the ground in Sydney, composed of experienced employees from offices across the world and local new hires.

"We have always seen a lot of organic interest for our product across the APAC region and have great local partners. The ANZ market in particular is ahead of the cloud adoption curve and presents a vast opportunity for Templafy’s next stage of growth," said Frederiksen. "Kavita has a strong background in leading early-stage growth at top tech companies, and we’re thrilled to have her on board as we expand into APAC."

Herbert comes to Templafy with over a decade of professional experience in enterprise sales, business development, strategic partnerships and client services. Before joining Templafy, she led enterprise and mid-market growth through new restaurant partnerships for Uber Eats ANZ, and before that was part of the early growth teams in ANZ at Dropbox and LinkedIn.

"With a strong product, vision and ‘people-first’ culture, Templafy is on the fast track to becoming the next big enterprise software solution, and I’m excited to lead its commercial expansion in the Asia-Pacific market," said Herbert.

With over 2 million licenses sold worldwide, Templafy represents a global portfolio of enterprise clients, such as KPMG, BDO, IKEA and Pandora.

Learn more about Templafy’s APAC office here: https://www.templafy.com/APAC/

About Templafy
Templafy helps many of the largest companies in the world drive workforce alignment, reduce their liability and increase their productivity through the market leading document creation and document automation platform.

Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2014, Templafy’s team leveraged more than 15 years of experience in template management and document automation to develop an enterprise cloud service solution, which is now a global market leader within its category, validated by blue-chip enterprise customers on every continent.

For more information on Templafy’s product and company, visit www.templafy.com, or follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/templafy/ or Twitter: @templafy

Media Contact:
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Walker Sands (for Templafy)
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Prysm Launches 225″ LPD World’s Largest Seamless Interactive Display- Preparing Businesses for Pandemic and Post-pandemic World

SAN JOSE, California, BEIJING and DUBAI, U.A.E., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Prysm Inc.,a leading display and visual collaboration solutions provider is creating a new category in the display market by unveiling its World’s largest seamless interactive display – the Prysm Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) 6K  Series, 225" which is 20ft wide and 5ft high. The Prysm LPD 6K Series are interactive large-format displays that offer a panoramic image uninterrupted by seams or bezels.

Prysm launches World’s Largest Seamless Interactive & Energy-Efficient Display
Prysm launches World’s Largest Seamless Interactive & Energy-Efficient Display

 

The LPD 6K Series deliver top-notch experiences across different use cases. The flexible, impact-resistant surface offers smooth touch interaction and can be viewed at any distance & at any angle without eye fatigue. The latest interactive LPD is an extremely energy-efficient, shatter-resistant, flexible and offers rollability for transport.

The LPD 6K Series is uniquely optimized for executive briefing centers, command and control centers, training rooms, collaboration and innovation centers. Coupled with Prysm’s visual collaboration platform, it makes meetings, presentations & analysis more engaging and immersive, resulting in better, faster decisions. It is ideal for central monitoring of business processes and workflows across the entire organization.

The new modular design helps speed display integration and permits installation in a variety of locations. The durable front screen – made of a specially coated polycarbonate layer – is rolled into a cylinder for easy transport. It can enter through standard doors and passenger elevators during set-up. The LPD 6K Series 225" is currently in general availability & shipping to partners & customers.

"We are excited to launch our largest LPD seamless interactive display, the LPD 6K 225". Prysm has been constantly innovating and pushing the boundaries of technology," said Amit Jain, President and CEO of Prysm. "In today’s challenging business environment, where organizations are looking for interactivity, seamless integration, connectivity and collaboration, we allow teams to work together from any part of the world, saving countless travel hours and resources."

"Virtual life-like experiences will become so much more important in the new age of reducing travel and commuting to prevent undue health exposures while helping the environment. The LPD 6K 225" adds to the existing product line; the LPD 6K 190" and the LPD 6K 135". The new 225" form factor allows displaying two large 125" 16:9 content side-by-side with uncompromised scaling. Simultaneous data and visual feeds can be broadcasted to and from mobile or standalone displays with high cloud security," said Dr Roger Hajjar, Founder and CTO, Prysm.

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Pantum Assists Salespeople and Distributors in the Indian Market to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

ZHUHAI, China, May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, Pantum has sent critical medical supplies to local sales teams and is actively working with its local distributors to combat the challenges unleashed by the pandemic.

As brick-and-mortar stores are currently only open in certain regions, Pantum has mobilized its local sales staff to shift to working from home quickly.  To further optimize its local services, Pantum is actively organizing online sales staff training, covering product, marketing, management, and company culture training. In doing so, Pantum seeks to ensure that business expansion and service improvement can swiftly pick up when the pandemic subsides.

Pantum Assists Salespeople and Distributors in the Indian Market to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges
Pantum Assists Salespeople and Distributors in the Indian Market to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

With its close attention to employee and partner health and safety, Pantum has sent masks to each local salesperson as they continue to actively seek bids and prepare themselves for the rapid resumption of work. In the meantime, Pantum has also ensured that their distributor partners are able to confront difficulties, and they have expressed their gratitude for the care that Pantum has shown them, as well as how Pantum products have helped them achieve impressive business results. Several partners have conveyed their appreciation of Pantum and its products.

  • "Pantum has cultivated a very positive brand image in the market," said Mr. Umang Lalani, CEO of Lalani Infotech Ltd., a pioneer in IT, telecom, and home appliance distribution in India with a strong network of 5,000+ dealers. "Pantum printers are known for being cost-effective and easy to use without compromising on quality and efficiency, creating significant value for users."
  • "Pantum is a fairly new name in the Indian market and in competition with brands like HP, Epson, and Canon," said Mr. Munish Jain, CEO of Paramount International, a New Delhi-based distributor. "We are confident that we can create a good market share for their products. The customers who have been using Pantum have been recommending it to others."
  • "Pantum offers an exciting range of laser printers, and their management and field team have a clear idea of how to address the Indian market, with lots of exciting plans in the works," said Mr. Saikat Mahapatra, CEO of Laptop Forum, a leading distributor of IT equipment in India. "Customers understand that Pantum is the best value for money."

Pantum has teamed up with 50 dealer partners for elevating national sales channels across 20 states in India, with 1,500 stores in first-tier and significant second-tier cities. In addition to continuously improving its distributor network, Pantum is committed to standing with its partners to combat the pandemic and leveraging its brand and product strengths to help them achieve continued business success. 

About Pantum

Founded in 2010, Pantum is the original printer manufacturer, with its business covering printers, printing materials, and printing solutions and services. In 2011, Pantum began its overseas expansion and is currently active in more than 50 markets and regions across the world, including China, the US, Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa. Driven by its patented technology, Pantum is continuously innovating its office products so as to meet the evolving needs of customers, offering economical, user-friendly, and energy-efficient products as well as reliable printing solutions. Today, Pantum is now also bringing greater value to its Indian customers thanks to its cost-effective products, services, and sales policies.

For more information, please contact:
Mr. Aaron Zhao
Pantum India Sales Director
Mobile: +86 18928036307
Email: [email protected]  

Mr. Abhra Das
Pantum India Sales Head
Mobile: +91 9831849971
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pantum.in  
Facebook: Pantum India
Service hotline: +91-1800-419-3160

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