GRAND RAPIDS - Meijer is looking to outpace science-based climate targets by making a big sustainability pledge. The retailer announced an ambitious goal to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2025. "At Meijer, we believe in taking responsibility for the well-being of the world around us," Meijer President and CEO Rick Keyes said.
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is hosting a webinar introducing the state’s potential for agrivoltaics, the planting of food crops, pollinator habitats and other vegetation underneath photovoltaic solar panels. Featured speaker is Byron Kominek, founder of the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center and owner and manager of Jack’s Solar Garden, the largest commercially active
DETROIT - Paczki Vodka, made with real Paczkies made in Detroit, will be going on sale online on Friday Feb. 11 at 8 am. A year ago the cult classic sold out the entire run of 4000 bottles in 22 minutes. Detroit City Distillery co-owner Michael Forsyth joins Matt and Mike on MITech TV to
DETROIT—As electric vehicle fever hits the U.S. auto market this year, Veyha, an EV charging station installer startup, says it’s playing a growing role in recruiting and training the green power workers of the future—electricians who will be needed to install and maintain EV chargers across the country. Founded in Detroit, Vehya offers EV charging
TROY—Flagstar Bank has announced that applications are now open for its third MortgageTech Accelerator program. The national program was designed by Flagstar Bank, the sixth largest bank mortgage originator and subservicer in the country. All applications are due Feb. 18 at flagstar.com/accelerator. The accelerator program focuses exclusively on incubating fintech startups engaged in developing innovative
ANN ARBOR—Fifth Eye, a medical software startup developing real-time clinical analytics, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided clearance to market its second generation clinical decision support software, the AHI System, to hospitals in the United States. AHI, pronounced AH-hee, stands for Analytic for Hemodynamic Instability. Hemodynamic instability is a condition in which
ANN ARBOR - Renaissance Venture Capital DEI UnDemo Day® will bring together some of the region’s top early-stage companies and technologies for a virtual event with venture capital investors from around the country. Chris Rizik, who manages the Renaissance Fund, provides the back story in this video interview. He said this is the first UnDemo
ANN ARBOR - ITC Michigan is the middle business between electric utilities and consumers of electricity - households and businesses. Simon Whitelocke, the ITC Michigan president, joins MITech TV to kick off an educational series, the ITC Energy Report, that will explain not only what ITC does, but the challenges ITC and the electric Grid
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center has announced it has become the sixth state to join CONNEX, designed to strengthen the local and domestic manufacturing supply chain in Industry 4.0. Michigan joins Missouri, Kansas, Florida, Oklahoma and Utah. In each state, the platform is managed by an MEP center to provide a coordinated
DETROIT – Michigan Central is launching a public-private partnership with the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, and Google is joining Ford Motor Company as a Founding Member of the pioneering mobility innovation district headquartered at the renovated train station in Cork Town. These critical partnerships will enable Michigan Central to advance its
