BLUETTI empowers Leave No Trace's educational programs with innovative clean energy solutions.
SYDNEY, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BLUETTI, a leading innovator in clean energy solutions, announced a partnership with Leave No Trace, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering responsible outdoor practices. This collaboration build on a shared ESG commitment, integrating clean energy solutions into outdoor adventures for more sustainable outdoor recreation and lifestyle.
"Over a decade, we've been supporting responsible nature exploration through clean energy solutions that minimize our environmental footprint," stated James Ray, spokesperson for BLUETTI. "Our alliance with Leave No Trace comes from a deep resonance with sustainability. Together, we're taking tangible steps to reduce environmental impact, respect wildlife, and more."
Powering Leave No Trace Traveling Teams with Clean Energy
Since 1999, Leave No Trace's Training Team has transformed trails into classrooms, engaging thousands of hikers, campers, and adventures across the U.S.
In their mission to inspire responsible outdoor recreation, the traveling educators are utilizing the BLUETTI Elite 200 V2 solar generator as a vivid example of responsible energy use in nature.
Operating at a whisper-quite 16dB, the Elite 200 V2 ensures minimal disturbance to wildlife and fellow adventurers. Additionally, the solar generator provides a clean, smoke-free power source for outdoor cooking, lowering wildfire risks. To further reduce carbon footprint, the team members can store excess power from their vehicles by installing the BLUETTI Charger 1 Alternator Charger. Along with the 200W Portable Solar Panel, they can recharge on the go using solar energy.
Making Clean Energy the New Trail Marker
As outdoor life increasingly relies on energy solutions, BLUETTI and Leave No Trace are redefining sustainable nature exploration with clean energy. This partnership enhances eco-friendly outdoor energy use while promoting Leave No Trace principles, contributing to a greener planet for future generations.
About BLUETTI
BLUETTI is a committed advocate for sustainability embodying ESG initiatives. Through projects like LAAF, BLUETTI is helping off-grid communities in Africa access affordable, sustainable energy. The blend of expertise, reliability, and a focus on real-world needs is what makes BLUETTI trusted in over 110 countries and regions. Visit BLUETTI at https://www.bluettipower.com/
About Leave No Trace
Utilizing the power of science, education for all and stewardship to support and protect nature, Leave No Trace is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for the outdoors. Learn more at: www.LNT.org.
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BLUETTI Partners with Leave No Trace to Power Sustainable Outdoor Adventures
ARMONK, N.Y., April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has acquired Hakkoda Inc., a leading global data and AI consultancy. Hakkoda will expand IBM Consulting's data transformation services portfolio, adding specialized data platform expertise to help clients get their data ready to fuel AI-powered business operations.
Hakkoda has leading capabilities in migrating, modernizing, and monetizing data estates and is an award-winning Snowflake partner. This acquisition amplifies IBM's ability to meet the rapidly growing demand for data services and help clients build integrated enterprise data estates that are optimized for speed, cost and efficiency across multiple business use cases.
Hakkoda also brings a strong portfolio of generative AI powered assets that can speed up data modernization projects. Their industry solutions complement and build on their consultants' deep expertise in industries like financial services, public sector, and healthcare and life sciences. Hakkoda will further expand IBM's ability to bring both consulting expertise and AI to clients using its AI-powered delivery platform, IBM Consulting Advantage.
"IBM is at the leading edge of the consulting industry with how we're supercharging our consultants with AI," said Mohamad Ali, Senior Vice President and Head of IBM Consulting. "With Hakkoda's data expertise, deep technology partnerships and asset-centric delivery model, IBM will be even better positioned to deliver value faster to clients as they transform with AI."
"From the beginning, Hakkoda has committed to being 'in the arena', not observing the greatest transformation in history but shaping it," said Erik Duffield, CEO and Co-founder of Hakkoda. "It is because of this that we are excited to join IBM at this critical moment when organizations are looking for a trusted partner to help them modernize their data for the AI era. IBM's heritage of innovation, their commitment to discovery and deep partnerships with clients on their most technical challenges is a perfect pairing to take Hakkoda's industry focused modern data consulting to the global marketplace."
Estimated global spending for enterprise intelligence services initiatives stands at $169 billion and, with a five-year CAGR of about 13 percent, is expected to grow to more than $243 billion by 2028, according to IDC1. To extract value from their data, business leaders need a thoughtful data migration strategy and a modern, multi-use case data platform on the cloud.
As an Elite Snowflake partner, Hakkoda brings hundreds of SnowPro core and advanced certifications. They were named the 2024 Snowflake Healthcare & Life Sciences Services Partner of the Year and 2023 Snowflake Americas System Integrator Innovation Partner of the Year. Hakkoda is also an advanced-tier partner of AWS.
Hakkoda is headquartered in New York and brings hundreds of experts across the United States, Latin America, India, Europe, and the United Kingdom to IBM Consulting. For more information on Hakkoda, visit https://hakkoda.io/.
The acquisition closed on April 2, 2025, and financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more information.
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1 IDC Worldwide Enterprise Intelligence Services Forecast, 2024–2028, doc # US51423624, July 2024
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IBM Acquires Hakkoda Inc., Expanding Data Expertise to Fuel Clients' AI Transformations
