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Microsoft announced the signing of a global renewable energy framework agreement to contribute to the software company's goal of having 100% of its electricity consumption 100% of the time matched by zero carbon energy purchases by 2030. The five-year agreement is a first-of-its-kind global framework agreement that is almost eight times larger than the largest single corporate PPA ever signed.

Through the Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.'s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cadence Design Systems, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., PTC, and a large healthcare company signed an aggregated virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).

BeiGene, Ltd., a global oncology company, is implementing a strategy that includes energy efficiency projects and renewable energy purchases, including installing solar panels on its manufacturing facilities to help it lower emissions.

Equinix, Inc., a digital infrastructure company, maintained 96% renewable energy coverage across its portfolio in 2023, marking the sixth consecutive year of greater than 90% renewable energy coverage across its global footprint.

Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and eight other colleges and universities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania joined together to bring a large-scale solar facility online in western Kentucky.

Stokke, a Norwegian children's premium products company, announced a 22% reduction in carbon emissions during the past year as compared to 2022.

The University of Denver plans to construct on-campus solar and off-site net metering solar projects totaling 23 megawatts DC (MWdc) of clean energy.

Hitachi Vantara — the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. — is working toward lowering GHG emissions by becoming carbon neutral in Scopes 1 and 2 by FY2030.

Unity Christian School in Decatur, Illinois, a ministry of the Lutheran School Association, plans to add solar to its campus.

Nature's Sunshine Products, a natural health and wellness company specializing in herbal and nutritional products, lowered GHG emissions in Scopes 1 and 2 by 43% since 2022.