Our Scans · (LF.17) Partnerships for the Goals · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

• [New] MitoQ New Zealand has signed a research partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS) to assess the potential of mitochondria for healthy ageing as it seeks to deepen research partnerships across Asia. NutraIngredients.com
• [New] Driven from the maritime hub of Singapore, the Ericsson-Net Feasa partnership will provide vessel owners, shipping companies and port operators with real-time, end-to-end visibility of cargo from the point of departure to the destination port. Cision PR Newswire
• [New] The partnership between the United States and Taiwan remains rock solid, and that the U.S. Congress will continue supporting Taiwan's self-defence capability and maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait. Vision Times
• [New] Russia and the Southern African Development Community have extended their military and technical cooperation deal until 2028, moving a long-running partnership into a new phase of implementation. OkayAfrica
• [New] The USAF will likely formalize a tiered international partnership framework for CCA increment one that distinguishes co-funding partners from observer nations, as the current bilateral model could create interoperability inconsistencies if expanded informally to multiple allies simultaneously. Drone Warfare
• [New] A partnership with the City of San Antonio and Centro San Antonio is expected to deliver 1,000 trees downtown by 2035 as part of a Trees Everywhere initiative. Deceleration
• The Manitoba Metis Federation plans to build 30 to 35 windmills just north of Neepawa as part of the Fleury Winds project, in partnership with U.K.-based Renewable Energy Systems Limited. National Wind Watch
• Rebuilding Ukraine will require significant resources, institutional resilience, strong governance, and global partnership. World Bank Group
• In partnership with Expedia Group, users in the U.S. will have access to a wide selection of hotels, ultimately growing to more than 700,000 properties in destinations around the globe. Uber
• Cure Blindness Project and The Fred Hollows Foundation announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the elimination of avoidable blindness in Rwanda and Laos by 2035, while addressing cataract backlogs in additional countries. PentaVision
• The U.S. government has acknowledged that utilities are not willing to take on the financial risk themselves, and a public-private partnership model is needed to kick-start the next building cycle. / USA Sprott ETFs
• Iran aligned more closely with Russia and China in hopes that great power partnership would raise the cost of Western action and create strategic insurance. Manara Magazine
• Smackover Lithium, the partnership between Standard Lithium and Equinor developing the SWA Project, will supply Trafigura with 8,000 metric tonnes per year of battery-quality lithium carbonate over a 10-year period, beginning at the start of commercial production. BNN Bloomberg
• Nvidia announced in September that it was investing $5 billion in a partnership where Intel is expected to make custom chips for Nvidia. Gizmodo
• Anthropic emerged as one of the week's most aggressive AI infrastructure spenders, announcing a major compute partnership with SpaceX that will provide access to hundreds of megawatts of data-center capacity and massive GPU clusters. Dwealth.news
• The EU will undoubtedly use its partnership with South Africa as a template for how it will roll out and structure its Global Gateway framework across the African continent. ISI
• By maintaining structured channels for legitimate engagement, Arctic middle powers could reduce incentives for China to rely exclusively on Russian partnership for access to northern resources, infrastructure, and shipping routes. ArcticToday
• Insilico's $120 million partnership with Qilu Pharmaceutical will result in the development of cardiometabolic therapies. Deepgram
• The partnership with US defence company Anduril Industries will use Rocket Lab's HASTE testbed suborbital launch vehicle. BusinessDesk
• The DeltaQuad manufacturing partnership, while accelerating production, concentrates a critical supply node in the Netherlands, a geography that adversary intelligence services will likely map as a targeting priority in any escalation scenario. Drone Warfare
• Fraud has become the defining threat of the digital age, and the UK Government has rightly recognised that meaningful progress in the fight against fraud requires effective partnership between states, law enforcement, regulators and the private sector. Mishcon de Reya LLP

Last updated: 25 May 2026