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Beckhoff Automation is one of the world's leading specialists for automation and PC-based control technology. We are an owner-managed family business that employs 5,300 people (March 2025) around the world, and we generated sales of 1.17 billion euros in 2024. Our headquarters are located in Verl, East Westphalia. Thanks to an additional 23 branches in Germany, 41 international subsidiaries and global cooperation partners in over 75 countries, we are always within close range of our customers so that we can provide support on-site at any time. Our passion for innovation Beckhoff is a high-tech company. Our employees develop and produce our innovative products and solutions entirely in-house, using a strong foundation of PC-based control technology. Bundling all of our skill sets within our own company is a crucial factor in our success. Our product range spans the main areas of industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation, and hardware for machine vision. Our customers use this diversity to successfully implement pioneering concepts for controlling and automating their applications. Our mission is to develop products and automate production processes in such a way that they consume less resources and less energy than in the past. Every year, effectiveness and productivity must be increased to meet the global desire for more prosperity in an ecologically sustainable way. As we say at Beckhoff, 'Engineers must save the world!' Legal Notice: www.beckhoff.com/english/beckhoff/impressum.htm

Climeworks is a leading high-quality carbon removal provider, combining decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with holistic carbon removal solutions. Climeworks offers an end-to-end enterprise service for premium carbon removal. Our tailored portfolios of nature-based and engineered solutions are designed to maximize business value and minimize risks. We run the world's first two DAC plants in Iceland, demonstrating our core commitment to high-quality carbon removal that is backed by over 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment. By advancing the most reliable solutions in the market, Climeworks accelerates the global transition to net zero, unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is the world’s largest multilateral fund for the environment. Its family of funds work together to address the planet's most pressing challenges in an integrated way. Its financing helps developing countries address complex challenges and work towards meeting international environmental goals. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $27 billion in financing, primarily as grants, and mobilized another $155 billion for country-driven priority projects.