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Walmart saw a 3.8% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions last year, reflecting a 7.7% decrease since their baseline year of 2015.

Tempur Sealy announced Sept. 8 their new commitments to sourcing 100% renewable electricity for their U.S. and European Tempur-Pedic and Sealy manufacturing operations this year and sourcing RECs from wind farms across the U.S.

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.

Apple announced Sept. 3 that they are investing in two of the world's largest onshore wind turbines in Denmark that will power their data center in Viborg and provide surplus energy into the Danish grid.

Take some time to catch up with Smart Energy Voices, a new podcast series from Smart Energy Decisions featuring conversations with leaders of the energy transition. The first five episodes feature interviews with executives from General Motors, Novartis, and Goldman Sachs and topics including Diversity in the Energy Space, and Purpose Driven Organizations. New episodes are available every Friday.

The RealReal announced Sept. 2 that they joined the United Nations Global Compact alongside other fashion brands such as Burberry, Hermes, Kering and LVMH and pledged to be carbon neutral by 2021.

Timberland announced Sept. 1 their new goal to be net positive by 2030.

Unilever announced Sept. 1 that they will be replacing 100% of the carbon derived from fossil fuels in their cleaning and laundry product formulations with renewable or recycled carbon by 2030 as part of their €1 billion Clean Future investment.

Amy Bond, Energy and Sustainability Program Manager for Sprint (now part of T-Mobile), starts every day committed to “doing the work that matters.” It’s that day-to-day work – meetings, nurturing relationships, etc. – that allows her to share the benefits of clean energy and inspire others. Watch Amy’s story, part of a video series from Duke Energy Renewables, to see how her tenacity and positive energy is helping Sprint achieve its sustainability goals.

DaVita and Zimmer Biomet Holdings signed PPAs with a 331 MW solar project in Andrews County, Texas, that is expected to come online in the second quarter of 2021.