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European Parliament Plenary President Elect Ursula von der Leyen announced that she plans to maintain the emission reduction goals set for 2030 and 2050.

Five years into The Climate Pledge, Amazon's 2023 Sustainability Report showcases its progress in becoming a more sustainable company. This column presents highlights from the report, including how the company is meeting its energy goals, making strides to decarbonize its transportation and delivery fleet, improving delivery efficiency to reduce emissions, investing in climate solutions and more.

New York Governor Hochul announced the start of construction on New York’s largest offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt project.

American Tower Corporation announced the company achieved continued reduction in combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions and increased on-site renewable energy generation by 40% globally, growing capacity from 87 megawatts to approximately 120 MW across over 18,000 sites and producing more than 100 gigawatt hours of clean energy.

Polk County Supervisors in Iowa approved funding for the first phase of the installation of solar panels on county-owned buildings.

Danaher Corporation, a global life sciences and diagnostics company, announced its divisions lowered emissions and increased the use of renewable sources.

There has been tremendous growth in corporate and institutional procurement of renewable energy in the past few years - 172% in C&I purchases since Constellation first started offering customers an off-site renewable product in 2018. "Preparing for the Next Stage of Corporate Renewable Purchasing," a white paper from Constellation, offers their approach and lessons that can be leveraged to support the growth that's still required to meet the needs of the clean energy grid of the future, as well as a look at innovations to make sustainability solutions more widely available.