Expert Columns
Sourcing Renewables - June 18, 2018 - By Ryan Martel
One year later, companies and investors are Still In
June marks one year since President Trump announced that he would pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement. In the hours and days after, Ceres, along with several partner organizations including World Wildlife Fund and Climate Nexus, helped to mobilize hundreds of influential companies
MoreDistributed Energy Resources - June 1, 2018 - By Ganesh Kalyanaraman
LEMs: An Emerging Corporate Energy Management Tool
Have you considered whether your captive power generation may be to the power industry what spare bedrooms are to Airbnb and car-sharing is to Lyft? Distributed energy resources—power generated by businesses and homeowners, usually via renewables—may prove highly disruptive to traditional utilities.
MoreEnergy Efficiency - April 30, 2018 - By Target: A Bullseye View
Target's charging up its EV program to reach more than 20 states
All throughout Earth Month and every day at Target, we’re working toward ambitious goals to help keep the planet healthy.
MoreEnergy Efficiency - April 27, 2018 - By Daniel Hill
Four corporate sustainability trends all business leaders should be watching in 2018
Today marks my one-year anniversary of joining EDF Climate Corps, where I’ve spent the last 12 months helping companies think through the strategies for meeting – or setting – their climate goals. What I’ve learned in this short time is that companies are going beyond the “safe bet” to tackling bigger and more impactful projects.
MoreEnergy Efficiency - April 13, 2018 - By General Motors Green
Driving Energy Efficiency in the Industry – Seven Years and Counting
Energy efficiency is a key part of General Motors’ strategy for a future with zero emissions. Last week, the automaker received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence award for the seventh consecutive year
MoreEnergy Efficiency - April 2, 2018 - By Kousuke Ito
Three Best Practices for Launching a Sustainability Program with Business Partners
As businesses look at transitioning to more sustainable practices, a top-down, bottom-up approach to going green can prove beneficial. For a true sustainable approach to business, sustainability must be ensconced within the company’s culture
MoreFinance - March 19, 2018 - By 3Degrees
Close collaboration leads to green tariff that works for businesses and utilities
Data centers are a fast-growing source of energy consumption. While today they consume 2% of the electricity in the US, by 2030 that figure is expected to grow to 10%. Switch, a technology infrastructure corporation, wants to ensure this tremendous growth in energy consumption occurs in the most sustainable way
MoreEnergy Storage - March 14, 2018 - By Michael Robinson, EDF Renewable Energy
The Next Generation of Energy Cost Reductions
How can companies take advantage of changes in the power market to create opportunities to reduce energy costs and generate revenue? This column, presented by EDF Renewable Energy, explores potential solutions, particularly in onsite, behind-the-meter (BTM) storage and battery programs.
MoreSourcing Renewables - March 7, 2018 - By Sheryl Carter
Climate action makes (business) sense for U.S. utilities
When President Trump announced his intention to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord, there were concerns that America's utilities would abandon action on climate. Instead, as this column from Sheryl Carter and Elisheva Mittelman at NRDC reports, utilities are standing by--and increasing--their commitments to clean energy.
MoreEnergy Efficiency - February 5, 2018 - By Rafael Soltanovich
Column: Hulu Moves Data Centers to 100% RE Facility
This column from Rafael Soltanovich, Vice President, Software Development, discusses Hulu's partnership with Switch to migrate their existing data centers to a new renewable energy facility in Las Vegas
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