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Global cosmetics company L'Oreal recently announced it signed a deal with Paris-based Suez Environnement SA for continuous improvement of environmental performance and optimization of resource management throughout its value chain.

The LEGO Group on May 17 announced it had reached its goal of using 100% renewable energy to power its business.

The third edition of this report from Ceres, the World Wildlife Fund, Calvert Research and Management and CDP features breakout case studies on how some of the largest U.S. companies, including Facebook, IBM, Praxair and Target, are steadily increasing their clean energy and energy efficiency efforts while improving their bottom lines. 

Citing growing demand from large energy users for access to clean energy options, Michigan utility Consumers Energy has proposed a program to allow companies to match their load to renewable energy sources.

The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, just recently committed to 100% renewable energy and made its first wind power purchase agreement, but its efforts in energy efficiency are more than a decade in the making.

Among the bold steps Google Inc. is making to accelerate the transition to renewable energy, the company has added its name to a growing list of corporations looking for alternatives to electricity service from Nevada utility NV Energy.

Amid growing demand for decarbonized services from its customers, midmarket cloud delivery network services company Akamai on May 10 announced its investment in an 80-MW Texas wind farm through a virtual power purchase agreement.

Building on a series of other clean energy investments, storage and information management company Iron Mountain has signed a new renewable energy agreement that will supply a portion of its electric needs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

A Florida bill that would eliminate property taxes on solar panels has passed through the state Legislature and on to the governor.