Industrial

The Ashdown Pulp Mill facility in Arkansas announced its adoption of a first-of-a-kind carbon capture and storage project.

Retailer IKEA announced that its use of renewable energy in IKEA retail and other operations grew to 71% in FY24 from 67% in FY23, with its share of renewable electricity increasing from 77% to 81%.

Rio Tinto, a metals and mining company, entered into a partnership to identify and evaluate available carbon capture technologies for future implementation in the aluminum electrolysis process.

Retailer Walmart announced its New Home Office campus in Bentonville, Arkansas, includes sustainable features such as renewable energy, electric vehicle charging and glass that lowers energy use.

Adient, a global automotive seating manufacturer, announced the company achieved a 38% reduction in global Scope 1 and 2 absolute GHG emissions compared to the base year 2019 with a goal of achieving a 75% reduction by 2030.

Lumentum Holdings Inc., a designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products for cloud, networking and industrial applications, announced its near-term and net-zero science-based targets for GHG emissions were approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). 

GOJO, the manufacturer of hand hygiene and healthy skin product PURELL, announced that its climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will add a carbon capture system for a facility in Taiwan this year.

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it is making a minority investment in CH4 Global, a company seeking to lower methane emissions.

The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) approved Marimekko’s near-term science-based emissions reduction targets.