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EV100 presents its Progress and Insights Report for 2020, highlighting the strength and progress of the campaign to have businesses switch their fleets to electric vehicles (EVs) and/or installing EV charging company-wide by 2030.

JPMorgan has committed to facilitating $200 billion this year for projects that advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and support climate action.

Bertelsmann, a media company that includes Penguin Random House, announced Feb. 17 a new commitment to reducing its operational greenhouse gases by 50% and be carbon neutral by 2030.

Brine Wells Development has closed a $9.9 million Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) transaction that will finance energy efficiency upgrades on its Marriott Syracuse Downtown property in Syracuse, N.Y.

Ernst & Young (EY) will be carbon neutral by the end of 2020, according to an announcement made Jan. 30.

Widespread adoption of medium and heavy-duty electric vehicles (EV) is beginning to take root. However, Shashank Sane, SVP at Invenergy warns in this expert column, if a business really wants to meet its sustainability goals with an EV fleet while meeting its business obligations, managers need to think beyond just adding chargers and put into place a truly resilient charging infrastructure.

Shell is expanding its investment in renewable energy through a multi-year power offtake deal that will make possible the construction of a 100 MW battery story project in England – the biggest in Europe to date.

The richest man in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced Feb. 17 through an Instagram post his newest philanthropic initiative: the $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund.

A Connecticut-based real estate company has successfully completed energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across its portfolio of offices and independent living and multi-family apartment complexes.