“This is your problem, not your successor’s,” Helen Clarkson, CEO of the Climate Group, said during her opening remarks at Climate Week. “And as exhausting as all of this sounds, I still think we can be optimistic about our ability to get it done.”
Netherlands, CALSTART’s Drive to Zero to lead new int’l coordinated effort targeting zero-emission trucks, buses
OVO Energy, an electricity and gas supplier in the UK, has added 40 Kia e-Niros to its fleet — for its “Field Force” team. OVO Energy has a goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions in its operations by 2030, something many top climate and energy scientists would applaud. This is … [continued]
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The Swiss Post and the Austrian Post have both committed to converting their significant delivery fleets to 100% electricity by 2030 in a move that puts more pressure on automakers to step up to the challenge of building functional, affordable electric vehicles for fleet operators as well as normal customers.
British companies RBS (formerly Royal Bank of Scotland) and Landsec have this week increased their corporate climate leadership positions, becoming the world’s first companies to become members of all three corporate leadership initiatives of The Climate Group — RE100, EV100, and EP100.
The first EV100 Progress and Insights Annual Report shines a light on companies’ fleet and charging commitments.
Irish construction company John Sisk & Son (Sisk) has become the first Irish business to join the EP100 initiative, a global initiative led by The Climate Group designed to drive and support the adoption of policies that double a company’s energy productivity, reducing energy usage and lowering energy costs at the same time.
A day before French Presidents Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet Summit launches, two French multinationals — Schneider Electric and EDF Group — have signed up to The Climate Group’s corporate leadership campaigns RE100, EP100, and EV100, sending a strong signal to governments that businesses are stepping up to fight climate change.
A group of new big-name businesses including Baidu, Ikea, and Vattenfall have this week launched EV100, the first initiative of its kind to fast-track the uptake of electric vehicles and accompanying infrastructure.
