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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. Did that experience influence the final shape of the climate goals? Andrew, an avid scuba diver who joined PepsiCo about 4.5 Photo courtesy of PepsiCo.

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The clean energy sector needs more young people

Business Green

The Powering Jobs Census from Power for All has some answers. Thinking about alternative approaches to power the world has never been more crucial. The DRE sector represents a path forward to provide rural and peri-urban youth with meaningful, stable employment and a career path. Accessing the energy workforce.

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Salesforce, Microsoft get creative with clean energy procurement

Business Green

Climate justice considerations are at the heart of Salesforce's latest renewables deal, while Microsoft moves to shore up access to US solar panels Corporations bought a record 36.7GW in renewable energy last year, according to the latest figures from BloombergNEF. That was up a respectable 18 per cent from 2021 levels.

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How Erica Mackie Leads Grid Alternatives’ Push for Low-Income Solar

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Mackie also said he needed a climate-controlled environment throughout the year due to his medical conditions. Last year, the organization expanded internationally through its acquisition of Power to the People , a U.S.-based based nonprofit that installs off-grid solar systems in Nicaragua’s rural regions.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

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. Many "firsts" are on the list, especially in terms of the number of women cracking the glass ceiling in their roles. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told.

DeSmogBlog

This article, a joint reporting project of Floodlight and NPR , is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. “If you look at Chevron’s website and you look at The Richmond Standard, a lot of the information is copy and paste,” says Katt Ramos, a local climate activist.

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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” In 2020, the CEOs of dozens of forestry businesses announced “an agreement of principles” stipulating that logged forests are beneficial for the climate.

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