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November 2026 in energy: COP31 opens in Antalya, global energy-intensity gains of about 1.8% fall short of the 4% needed, and Denka Platinum adds results at PrintoPack and Soho Hotel.
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October 2026 in energy: the IEA sees oil demand falling 2.6 mb/d this year, the G7 speeds up diesel releases and COP31 proposes a 25% cut in building energy intensity. Plus new Denka Platinum results.
Ms. Maria Alsammarrie
The IMF’s October 2026 outlook sees the world economy growing 3.1% this year, held up by AI investment while trade slows. For mid-sized companies, the message is to plan for resilience rather than a rising tide.
Dr. Alaa Alyaman
September 2026 in energy: Brent averaged $114, diesel passed $200 a barrel and the World Bank energy index jumped 25.7%. Meanwhile Denka Platinum verified 14.7% savings at Nestlé Waters.
Ms. Maria Alsammarrie
Distribution companies, contractors, platforms and water-project operators all start in the same place: spreadsheets, WhatsApp and a lot of re-typing. Here is how we move them to one system.
Corex® Team
One in four people worldwide still lacks safe drinking water at home. Where water is delivered, the cost of purification, energy and logistics decides who can afford it.
PURISOL® Team
August 2026 in energy: India’s peak demand hit 258 GW, Egypt’s grid set a 40,000 MW record and Texas braced for new peaks. Why cooling-heavy sites turn to Denka Platinum.
Ms. Maria Alsammarrie
The IEA now forecasts 3.6% electricity demand growth in 2026 and 3.8% in 2027. Denka Platinum (Denka®) customers have verified 9% to 16%+ savings in 2026 by treating power-quality losses.
Denka® Team
July 2026 in energy: the IEA expects electricity demand to grow 3.6% this year, wholesale prices in the EU and Japan rose over 30%, and grids hit summer records. How Denka Platinum helps sites use less.
Ms. Maria Alsammarrie
The EU AI Act’s first obligations already apply, and the high-risk rules have been pushed back to 2027–2028. Waiting for the deadline is the wrong strategy: how a company governs AI is a question of values.
Vivara® Team
June 2026 in energy: the IEA counts $3.4 trillion of investment, a US–Iran memorandum pulls Brent down to $73.74, and energy security moves up every agenda. Why Denka Platinum efficiency is the fastest domestic supply.
Ms. Maria Alsammarrie
The world throws away electronics containing $91 billion of metals a year and recycles barely a fifth. The circular economy is usually framed as an environmental duty. It is first an economic opportunity.
Dr. Alaa Alyaman
The WTO expects merchandise trade volume to grow just 1.9% in 2026, down from 4.6% in 2025 — and only 1.4% if energy prices stay high. Companies that control their own costs will be best placed.
OCCASIO® Team
Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending of $6.15 trillion in 2026, with software growing 14.7%. Most of the growth is AI infrastructure. For mid-sized firms, the best returns still come from getting the core systems right.
Corex® Team
The 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer finds business is the only institution seen as both ethical and competent — and employers are trusted by 78% of their people. In an insular world, that trust has to be earned in every decision.
Vivara® Team
IEA-4E data puts electric motor systems at 53% of global electricity use and 72% in industry. Denka Platinum (Denka®) treats the high-frequency losses on motor circuits — with verified savings in cement and plastics.
Denka® Team
McKinsey’s State of AI 2025: 62% of organisations are experimenting with AI agents, but only 39% report any EBIT impact — and for most of them it is under 5%. The gap is data and process, not models.
Corex® Team
From 1 January 2026, the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism moves from reporting to paying. The October 2025 simplification exempts small importers — but cement, steel, aluminium and fertiliser exporters still need verified emissions data.
OCCASIO® Team
Canalys warned that around 240 million PCs could be scrapped when Windows 10 support ended in October 2025. There is a better path: upgrade what you can, and replace the rest with refurbished Windows 11-ready hardware.
Techrenova® Team
Jordan’s time-of-use tariffs charge industry far more at the evening peak. Plants that combine load shifting with efficiency can cut costs twice — once on the price, once on the volume.
OCCASIO® Team
GCC–Japan free-trade talks moved into a second round in Tokyo this summer. Beyond oil and cars, the bigger opportunity may lie in technology, services and the mid-sized firms that connect the two economies.
Dr. Alaa Alyaman
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2025 reports global engagement down to 21% and manager engagement down to 27%, costing an estimated $438 billion in lost productivity. The fix starts with how leaders decide.
Vivara® Team
The IEA expects data-centre electricity use to reach about 945 TWh by 2030. Denka Platinum (Denka®), a clip-on high-frequency passive filter, targets the losses that power electronics create along the way.
Denka® Team
The UN World Water Development Report 2025 says about 4 billion people face severe water scarcity at least one month a year. In Jordan, renewable fresh water is around 61 cubic metres per person — far below the scarcity line.
PURISOL® Team
For a decade, competitiveness meant cheaper labour and bigger scale. In a world of rising electricity demand and volatile prices, the output a company gets from each kilowatt-hour is becoming just as decisive.
Dr. Alaa Alyaman
The EU Council adopted the Right to Repair directive on 30 May 2024. Repair and reuse are becoming the default expectation in Europe — and refurbished business IT is part of that shift.
Techrenova® Team
E-waste is growing five times faster than documented recycling. Only 22.3% of 2022’s record 62 million tonnes was properly collected and recycled. Extending device life is the fastest lever companies have.
Techrenova® Team
A January 2024 study in PNAS used a new imaging technique to count nanoplastics in bottled water — 10 to 100 times more particles than earlier estimates. Here is what it means, and what it doesn’t.
PURISOL® Team