Smart Energy Decisions News

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, Brent Trenga, Director of Sustainability at Kingspan North America, shares the company’s ambitious Planet Passionate program and its progress over the first four years of this 10-year initiative. Brent dives into the challenges they faced and the innovative solutions they have implemented to overcome them. He also highlights the value of benchmarking, setting aggressive sustainability targets, and internal buy-in from company leadership and employees to drive impactful change in sustainability efforts for this global building products manufacturer.

Brilliant Earth Group, Inc., a fine jewelry company, announced that the Science Based Targets initiative has verified the company's long-term target to achieve net-zero GHG emissions across its operations (Scopes 1 and 2) and its supply chain (Scope 3) by 2050. 

The Brussels Airport signed a deal for the delivery of 25 kilotons of SAF via a pipeline to the airport.

Envista Holdings Corporation, a global dental products company, announced a 26% year-over-year reduction in its absolute Scope 1 GHG emissions and a 3.5% reduction of total (Scope 1 and 2) GHG emissions on an intensity basis.

Boulder City, Nevada, and its police department announced the completion of an electrification project featuring Level 2, high-powered, networked EV charging stations.

Harvard University, Mass General Brigham and Massachusetts Institute of Technology partnered with other Boston organizations to procure clean energy via two virtual power purchase agreements.

Packaging company Packsize committed to becoming carbon-neutral by purchasing carbon credits and renewable energy certificates to offset its Scope 1 emissions.

Meijer, a Midwest grocery retailer, plans to bring more public fast charging infrastructure to its store locations throughout its six-state footprint by deploying up to 480 new public fast charging stalls.

Rio Tinto inked definitive agreements to help accelerate a steel decarbonization project in France.

Daly Seven, an owner and operator in the hospitality industry, signed a strategic partnership for the addition of electric vehicle charging stations across its portfolio of 42 properties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.