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At its recent Net Zero Forum, Smart Energy Decisions conducted live interviews with energy customers at various stages of their decarbonization strategies. This episode of the Heard at NZF mini-series features interviews with energy customers in the commercial space. The guests are Joshua Witte, Director of Energy Sustainability and ESG at Dollar Tree stores, Rebecca Hensley, Senior Manager of Environment Programs at CSX, and Gary Hilberg, Chief Sustainability Officer at Local Bounti.

Catalent, Inc., a company enabling pharma, biotech, and consumer health partners to optimize product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply, announced its targets to lower GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 42% by 2030.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) along with the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced 111 entities that will receive funding to advance their clean energy technologies.

The Warren Woods Public Schools in Warren, Michigan signed an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC).

HSBC, an investment bank, announced it will no longer provide new lending or capital markets finance for the specific purpose of projects pertaining to new oil and gas fields and related infrastructure projects when the primary use is in conjunction with new fields.

The University of California Riverside (UCR) entered into a partnership to help develop and advance technologies that can significantly lower GHG and other emissions in natural gas generators.

Real estate actors, certifiers, advocates, and policymakers are increasingly using the term “net zero emissions building.” But, what precisely makes a building net zero emissions? As the U.S. Department of Energy looks for input, this column from IMT (Institute for Market Transformation) explores what you need to know about the proposed definition - and what is missing.

Heineken, an international brewer, launched a long-term decarbonization program at its beer and malt production sites.

Panda Express, an Asian dining concept with about 2,500 U.S. locations, signed an agreement to optimize energy consumption and lower energy costs.

Rockwell Automation, a company that provides industrial automation and digital transformation solutions to manufacturers, joined the UN Global Compact and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as part of its new 2023 ESG initiatives.