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o9 Solutions, an enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision making, announced the submission of its science-based emission reduction targets was validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

At its recent Net Zero Forum, Smart Energy Decisions conducted live interviews with energy customers at various stages of their decarbonization strategies. This episode of the Heard at NZF mini-series features interviews with energy customers in the commercial space. The guests are Joshua Witte, Director of Energy Sustainability and ESG at Dollar Tree stores, Rebecca Hensley, Senior Manager of Environment Programs at CSX, and Gary Hilberg, Chief Sustainability Officer at Local Bounti.

Catalent, Inc., a company enabling pharma, biotech, and consumer health partners to optimize product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply, announced its targets to lower GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 42% by 2030.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) along with the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced 111 entities that will receive funding to advance their clean energy technologies.

HSBC, an investment bank, announced it will no longer provide new lending or capital markets finance for the specific purpose of projects pertaining to new oil and gas fields and related infrastructure projects when the primary use is in conjunction with new fields.

Real estate actors, certifiers, advocates, and policymakers are increasingly using the term “net zero emissions building.” But, what precisely makes a building net zero emissions? As the U.S. Department of Energy looks for input, this column from IMT (Institute for Market Transformation) explores what you need to know about the proposed definition - and what is missing.

Panda Express, an Asian dining concept with about 2,500 U.S. locations, signed an agreement to optimize energy consumption and lower energy costs.

The Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria installed an energy-savings solution at their hotels that lowers the need for air conditioning during peak electric demand, reducing GHG emissions, energy use and costs.

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Google announced it has begun construction on a new data center in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire that will handle off-site heat recovery.