Sustainable Procurement News

A group of global companies including Apple, Nike and PepsiCo have launched the Clean Energy Procurement Academy to train supply chain partners in the Asia Pacific, where renewable power is tougher to source.

Over the past five years, big corporations have signed contracts to buy 148 gigawatts of clean energy, with the aim of slashing their Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions (the most direct form of carbon dioxide production). Now, a half-dozen of those companies are funding a training program to accelerate the adoption of renewable power in their Asia Pacific supply chains.

The region’s renewable power potential is immense, yet Southeast Asian nations have been slow to harness this wealth of clean, affordable energy. This, however, is changing, as some countries are beginning to realise just how much they are missing out on.
As such, many governments in the region are now racing to power their people in ways that help combat air pollution and climate change. Clean energy investors and developers are answering their calls, and solar and wind projects are springing up across Southeast Asia at rates unimaginable only two years ago.

Heineken España has signed a partnership with Iberdrola, that will allow the company to brew its beer using only renewable energies by 2023, as part of its commitment to sustainability. The companies claim that the strategic partnership is Spain’s first long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) between an electricity supplier and a brewer, and that it will help both firms reach their clean energy goals.

As an ongoing onslaught of federal clean energy and climate policy rollbacks persists inside the Beltway in Washington, D.C., there is an increasing disconnect between the federal political debates on energy and the reality on the ground as clean energy continues to speed ahead across the country. Large corporations are buying more wind and solar power than ever, as investors who understand the economic benefits of clean energy urge companies to take action to realize those benefits.

The Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (ZEVA), passed on May 29, 2019, means all new light-duty cars and trucks sold in the province will be clean energy vehicles by 2040, delivering on a key commitment the government made in its CleanBC plan. British Columbians are already buying the most zero-emission vehicles per capita in Canada. In the first quarter of 2019, they made up over 6% of new light-duty vehicle sales in B.C. Due to the popularity of its CEVforBC rebate program, the government recently topped up the incentives with another $10 million, part of the $42 million that was committed in Budget 2019.

Online crafts retailer Etsy Inc will go green by offsetting planet-warming carbon emissions from its shipping activities, the U.S. company said on Wednesday, joining a host of companies making public moves to battle climate change. Etsy will buy clean energy certificates supporting tree conservation in the United States, wind and solar power in India and clean automotive technology, it said.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE ) has set goals to offer Zero-Carbon 1Redeem™ renewable natural gas (RNG) at all of its fueling stations by 2025, summarized in its Corporate Sustainability Report unveiled today at the GreenBiz Conference.

The state of New York has passed legislation in its latest budget that will require its public power provider to source 100% clean energy for electricity production by the end of this decade. The move boosts renewable energy and could give the public more control over their energy.

The legislation allows New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build renewable energy projects as well as own and operate them, which could move more utilities away from private companies.

ArcelorMittal MT.LU, the world's largest steelmaker, committed on Wednesday to being carbon neutral by 2050, although it said a level playing field with green border adjustments and abundant, affordable clean energy would be required to get there.

Dutch brewing giant released join financial and sustainability report as it sets sights on developing new 2030 Science Based Targets for CO2

Heineken has toasted further progress against its green goals for carbon emissions, clean energy, and water consumption over the past year while simultaneously boosting profits worldwide.

Published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the Corporate Energy Outlook report states that corporations, globally, signed contracts to purchase 8.6GW of clean power between January and June 2019, up from 7.2GW during the same period in 2018. The US was confirmed to continue dominating this growth, with 5.95GW of deals having been secured in the first half of 2019. This means that the country accounted for 69% of all activity during this period. "Companies are once again flocking to Texas - historically the largest corporate procurement market in the country - where 40 per cent of the activity in 2019 has occurred,” the report states. Indeed, big-name brands with solar or wind generation facilities in Texas include the likes of Target, Facebook, Google and Nike.

Verizon is strengthening its commitment to sustainability today, stating the company aims to go carbon neutral by 2035 in its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. This is to be achieved through a combination of reducing those emissions directly, migrating energy procurement in favor of renewable and clean energy and through the purchase of carbon offsets. 

Verizon is strengthening its commitment to sustainability today, announcing the company will go carbon neutral by 2035 in its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. This will be achieved through a combination of reducing those emissions directly, migrating energy procurement in favor of renewable and clean energy and through the purchase of carbon offsets. 

A new crowdsourced web platform launched today aims to help sustainability professionals meet increasing demands to reduce corporate climate impacts and chemical footprints, and showcase results. The platform will fill a vital gap in sustainability departments’ capacity to stay informed on the latest resources to address environmental impacts across global supply chains. While nearly half of Fortune 500 companies (48 percent) have at least one climate or clean energy target, today’s sustainability professionals are tasked with reducing impacts across their entire value chains.