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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Elsa Wenzel. It is already at 96 percent renewable energy toward the 2030 goal of 100 percent.

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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Look for easy-to-decarbonize areas of your operations where you can make a difference right away.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Sustainable Finance

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In August 2021, NRG issued an additional $1.1 Throughout 2021, we’ve continued engaging with policymakers at both state and federal levels. When possible, we collaborate with groups focused on clean energy access and climate solutions. NRG Energy: Our journey to a greener tomorrow. SOURCE: NRG Energy. ENGAGING ON POLICY.

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NRG Energy 2021 Sustainability Report: Our Sustainability Strategy

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: 2021 was another year of progress, made possible through collaboration and innovation. Supplemented our annual public policy and political contributions disclosure with an inaugural report on the climate positions of our disclosed membership organizations . NRG Energy: Our journey to a greener tomorrow.

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Commitment to Customers, Transparency, and Decarbonization

3BL Media

Third, we recognize that recent acquisitions – including Direct Energy in 2021 and Vivint Smart Home in 2023 – have broadened NRG’s business activities beyond electricity generation. In 2022, however, our GHG emissions increased relative to 2021, driven by increased generation, which in turn was driven by power market conditions and weather.

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Change the World: By Focusing on the Human Impact of the Climate Crisis, Companies Can Turn Risks Into Opportunities

3BL Media

For example, in 2021 Nestlé announced its ambition to foster regenerative food systems , in alignment with its commitment to addressing the two-thirds of its greenhouse gas emissions generated from agriculture. In 2021, more than 2 million farmers associated with Better Cotton produced 20% of the global cotton supply.

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IKEA Parent Ingka Launches its First Battery Storage Project to Support Clean Energy Goals

ESG Today

Utility-scale energy storage unlocks the full potential of clean power to decarbonize our economy while providing increased reliability and certainty for our electric grid.” The new project follows a commitment by Ingka Investments in 2021 to expand its investments in renewable energy to €6.5 billion by 2030.