SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, PERSEFONI, AND IBM JAPAN HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS DECARBONIZATION
TOKYO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ("SMBC", President and CEO: Makoto Takashima), Persefoni AI, Inc. ("Persefoni", CEO: Kentaro Kawamori), and IBM Japan, Ltd. ("IBM Japan", GM and President: Akio Yamaguchi, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan) announced today that they have entered into a strategic collaboration that will provide Persefoni's leading Climate Management and Accounting Platform, IBM Japan's deep systems integration experience, and SMBC's unprecedented leadership position to high profile companies throughout Japan. This collaboration enables customers to analyze and support their global carbon footprint management. In addition to this collaboration, SMBC is also announcing that it is the first multinational financial institution in Japan to sign a multi-year contract with Persefoni to use the Persefoni CMAP for SMBC's own operations.
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