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GHG Emissions  -  August 17, 2021

Argo Blockchain Achieves Climate Positive Crypto-Mining Operations

Argo Blockchain announced Aug. 17 that it is now the first publicly-traded cryptocurrency mining company to report becoming climate positive in its Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from its crypto-related operations.
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Energy Efficiency  -  August 16, 2021

LG Commits to Eliminate Emissions from Product Use by 2030

LG Electronics announced Aug. 11 its ambition to eliminate emissions associated with the use of its products, which previously accounted for more than 80% of its greenhouse gas emissions, by 2030.
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Energy Storage  -  August 16, 2021

Carrier Global Reduces Carbon Footprint, Ties Compensation to ESG Goals

Carrier Global Corporation announced Aug. 11 that it has reduced its customers' carbon footprint by 68 million metric tons in 2020.
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Commercial  -  August 16, 2021

Alphabet Allocates $3 Billion from Sustainability Bond

Google parent company Alphabet allocated $3.47 billion from the proceeds of a portfolio of sustainability bonds issued last year and announced a new target for Google to run on carbon-free energy 24/7, 365 days a year by 2030.
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Finance  -  August 16, 2021

DOE Awards $84 Million For Building Efficiency Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Aug. 13 a new program that will fund 44 projects dealing with energy-efficient building technologies, construction practices, and the U.S. buildings-sector workforce.
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August 14, 2021

Weekend Reads: Biden's Plan for the EV Transition; What the IPCC Report Means for Businesses

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.
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Energy Efficiency  -  August 13, 2021

Kruger Products Receives Efficiency Investment from Canadian Government

The Canadian government will support the low-emission transition of its manufacturing sectors through investment in Kruger Products for the purpose of improving the efficiency of its tissue production operations.
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Industrial  -  August 13, 2021

Twin Metals Plans EV Mining Fleet Conversion

Twin Metals Minnesota announced Aug. 12 that it plans to transition its underground mining and support fleets to electric vehicles, a project that could reduce its onsite greenhouse gas emissions by 65%.
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August 13, 2021

Nomura Uses NLP for SDG Bond Determination

Nomura Securities Co. (NSC) announced Aug. 11 that it began researching possibilities to use natural language processing (NLP) technology for the purpose of determining SDG bonds.
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Sourcing Renewables  -  August 13, 2021

Dominion Energy to Convert 8,600 Vehicles to EVs

Dominion Energy announced Aug. 10 that it plans to convert more than 8,600 vehicles across 16 of its service area states to electric or clean-burning alternative fuels by 2030.
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