Energy Management Articles | Page 252

CyrusOne, a global data center developer and operator, fulfilled its goal of using 100% renewable electricity in Europe ahead of its original goal. The company’s European facilities also met their 2030 carbon reduction commitments eight years early.

Buildings contribute to approximately a third of U.S. emissions and 40% of global emissions, so we cannot meet consensus climate targets without transforming the buildings sector. In this column, Lotte Schlegel, Executive Director, IMT, explores critical lessons from the latest UN climate report and describes three ways to best advance building decarbonization while addressing social considerations.

Allianz Group is accelerating its climate strategy and announced new commitments in both its core business and operations by limiting the GHG emissions deriving from Allianz’s sites and activities to net zero by 2030,

Sports company PUMA cut its own carbon emissions and those coming from its supply chain between 2017 and 2021 as the business grew strongly during this period.

DHL Global Forwarding neutralized the carbon emissions of all less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments since January 2021 by using certified, sustainable marine fuels (SMF).

Milliken & Company reported the progress the diversified global manufacturer made towards its sustainability goals, including increasing renewable energy use to 97,608 MWh/year, over 97% of the 2025 goal of 100,000 MWh/year.

DocGo and Jefferson Health, which provides a range of primary care to highly specialized care through hospitals and outpatient locations, announced that they have partnered to transport the first patient in DocG.

ACRE, a global real estate private equity firm, announced its commitment to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

Workhuman announced it has achieved carbon neutrality for its 2021 Scope 1 and 2 emissions, in addition to a portion of its Scope 3 emissions through verified carbon removal offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs).

Performance Food Group Company announced the addition of 10 net zero emission refrigeration trailers to its fleet at the company’s Gilroy, California distribution center.