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Verizon reaffirmed Jan. 20 their commitment to being carbon neutral by 2035 through the use of reducing emissions and investing in renewable energy and carbon offsets.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced Jan. 23 the new Swiss Data Center Efficiency Label, created through the Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association, a partnership with digitalswitzerland.

Smart Energy Decisions has announced the addition of two customer panels and three study tours to the agenda for the 2020 Innovation Summit, set for March 9-11 at the Houstonian Hotel in Houston. Now in its fourth year, the Innovation Summit is designed to help energy executives from commercial, industrial, institutional, and cities/municipalities build and execute their energy management strategies.

Alphabet, Citigroup, Microsoft and Walmart were included in the list of 179 companies on CDP's A List for corporate transparency and action on climate change, created from the scoring of over 8,000 companies worldwide.

Starbucks committed in a letter from their CEO Jan. 21 to reducing carbon emissions in their direct operations and supply chain by 50% by 2030, in addition to becoming resource positive, meaning they storing more carbon than they emit.

Bank of America has achieved its carbon neutrality goal a year ahead of schedule through the reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions, purchasing 100% renewable electricity and buying carbon offsets for the remaining emissions.

Mastercard announced Jan. 17 the Priceless Planet Coalition, which includes a slew of companies committed to reducing their carbon footprint and uniting corporate sustainability efforts.

Microsoft committed to being carbon negative by 2030 and removing all the carbon it has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since 1975 before 2050 in a report released Jan. 16.

JPMorgan Chase is joining a project to use blockchain to achieve 100% renewable energy consumption by the end of 2020.