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Azuri Technologies and Unilever Kenya have partnered to bring a pay-as-you-go solar home system to off-grid homes in Kenya. Unilever’s Kenya distribution network has about 67,000 traders that can help Azuri’s Quad solar home system be sold to more off-grid customers.
Major food and drink companies have been making strong steps toward reducing their CO2 emissions according to a new report from the Food and Drink Federation, which showed that CO2 emissions from manufacturing was down 51% in 2016 compared to a 1990 baseline.
The Powering Past Coal Alliance, launched only last month by the UK and Canada at COP23, has seen its membership blow out past 50 countries, regions, and businesses, according to news revealed at the One Planet Summit held in France on Tuesday.
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.
European consumer goods company Unilever has announced that its UK manufacturing sites are now powered 100% by renewable energy, thanks to several Power Purchase Agreements it has signed over the past six months.
Big-name Fortune 500 companies like Goldman Sachs, Nike, Johnson & Johnson, Starbucks, and others, have pledged to 100% renewable electricity. As part of Climate Week NYC, a number of big-name Fortune 500-listed companies have joined RE100, “an ambitious global campaign led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, to engage, support and … [continued]
NRG Energy, the largest independent power producer in the United States, announced Wednesday that its subsidiary, NRG Renew, will join Kaiser Permanente, a major nonprofit US health provider serving over 9 million people, in creating one of the top three on-site commercial solar portfolios among all US companies. The California project will … [continued]
Over the past year or so, corporate climate leaders have begun to take responsibility when international agreements can only provide useful answers, not actions. We saw this demonstrated visibly last September when many Fortune 500 CEOs joined presidents, prime ministers, and ordinary people in New York to discuss climate at … [continued]
By Denis Kuznetsov Open innovation has been a hot topic in the business world since its introduction by Professor H. Chesbrough in 2003. Having initially evolved in technology and consumer goods corporations (like IBM and P&G), the open innovation paradigm is now spreading to most industries, including energy and cleantech. In simple words, the … [continued]
