MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 30, 2025--
Promega Corporation, a global biotechnology manufacturer headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, has committed to set near-term company-wide emission reductions with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This begins a defined process to develop science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the company’s global operations.
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This action reflects Promega Corporation’s long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship, shaped by scientific understanding, accountability and a focus on long-term impact.
Scientific Approach to Climate Responsibility
Promega Corporation is guided by a 100-year vision that informs how it builds, operates and grows. Sustainability is integrated into daily decision-making and long-range planning. As a science-based company, Promega approaches climate action with a focus on realistic, science-aligned goals that reflect operational realities.
Structured 24-Month Target-Setting Plan
Following the SBTi framework, Promega Corporation will engage in a 24-month cross-functional process to model, define and submit its science-based targets. Teams from sustainability, manufacturing, engineering and facilities will collaborate to ensure the goals are ambitious, achievable and grounded in how the company operates globally.
“Joining this effort reflects our ongoing commitment to science-informed environmental responsibility,” said Corey Meek, Promega Corporate Responsibility Program Manager. “We’ve taken a careful approach to ensure our targets are supported by a clear path to achievement. We approach this effort with the same long-view perspective that informs our decision-making and direction across the organization.”
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Learn more about how Promega Corporation is working to minimize environmental impact, support employees and give back to our communities in our Corporate Responsibility Report.
About Promega Corporation
Promega Corporation is a leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to the life sciences industry. The company’s portfolio of over 4,000 products supports a range of life science work across areas such as cell biology; DNA, RNA and protein analysis; drug development; human identification and molecular diagnostics. These tools and technologies have grown in their application over the last 45 years and are used today by scientists and technicians in labs for academic and government research, forensics, pharmaceuticals, clinical diagnostics and veterinary, agricultural and environmental testing. Promega is headquartered in Madison, WI, USA with branches in 16 countries and over 50 global distributors. Learn more at promega.com
Promega is committing to set company-wide greenhouse gas emission reductions with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The move reflects the biotechnology manufacturer's focus on environmental stewardship shaped by scientific understanding. Kornberg Center, the company's research and development center in Madison, Wisconsin, was constructed to use 60% less energy than a comparable facility built to building codes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government's deadly crackdown on protesters, according to an Arab diplomat familiar with the matter.
Top officials from Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have raised concerns in the last 48 hours that a U.S. military intervention would shake the global economy and destabilize an already volatile region, said the diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the sensitive conversations.
Oil prices fell on Thursday as the markets appeared to take note of President Donald Trump's shifting tone as a sign that he’s leaning away from attacking Iran after days of launching blistering threats at Tehran for its brutal crackdown.
Nevertheless, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday maintained that “all options remain on the table” for Trump as he deals with Iran.
“The truth is only President Trump knows what he’s going to do and a very, very small team of advisers are read into his thinking on that,” Leavitt said. She added, “He continues to closely monitor the situation on the ground in Iran.”
The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown that activists say has killed at least 2,637 people.
The delicate diplomacy from Arab officials comes during a period of rhetorical whiplash from Trump.
Trump, in a matter of a day, went from offering assurances to Iranian citizens that “help is on its way” and urging them to take over their country's institutions to abruptly declaring on Wednesday that he had received information from “very important sources on the other side” that Iran had stopped killing protesters and was not going forward with executions.
The Arab officials also urged senior Iranian officials to quickly end the violent repression of protesters. They warned that any Iranian response to a U.S. action against the U.S. or other targets in the region would have significant repercussions for Iran, the diplomat said.
Asked about reports of allies asking Trump to hold off on the strikes at a White House briefing, Leavitt did not directly address the matter.
Ambassador Mike Waltz, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said military action is an option that remains in play.
“President Trump is a man of action, not endless talk like we see at the United Nations,” said in remarks at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the Iran protests. “He has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter.”
But Trump himself appeared to send signals he could be backing away from a potential U.S. strike on Iran after days of threatening one was in the offing.
He took to social media to highlight a Fox News headline about the suspension of a death sentence for an Iranian shopkeeper, 26-year-old Erfan Soltani.
Iranian state media denied Soltani had been condemned to death. Iranian judicial authorities said Soltani was being held in a detention facility outside of the capital.
Alongside other protesters, he has been accused of “propaganda activities against the regime,” state media said.
“This is good news. Hopefully, it will continue!” Trump said in his post about the reported pause in the execution of the shopkeeper. The White House later asserted that Iran had halted 800 scheduled executions.
Trump has been known to purposefully display ambiguity about his intentions to maintain an element of surprise.
Last June, as Trump was weighing whether to follow Israel as it carried out strikes on Iran, Leavitt read a message to reporters that she said came “directly from the president” in which Trump said he would decide whether to strike Iran “within the next two weeks.”
Less than two days later, Trump ordered B-2 bombers to carry out strikes on critical Iranian nuclear sites.
Jeremy Shapiro, research director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, said Trump may have decided to hold off on strikes because of concerns about the current U.S. force posture in the Middle East.
There are currently no U.S. aircraft carriers, considered a critical asset a significant military operation, in the region after the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group were deployed to the U.S. Southern Command region as the part of a massive counter-narcotics operation focused on Venezuela.
“It might be that they’re delaying things and using the time for getting that posture correct,” Shapiro said.
The Trump administration on Thursday also announced new sanction s against Iran.
Included in Thursday’s sanctions is the secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security, whom the Treasury Department accuses of being one of the first officials to call for violence against Iranian protesters.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also designated 18 people and companies that the U.S. says have participated in laundering money from sales of Iranian oil to foreign markets as part of a shadow banking network of sanctioned Iranian financial institutions Bank Melli and Shahr Bank.
Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein contributed reporting.
President Donald Trump waves during his arrival at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
