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Big Tech firms sign pledge to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050

Big Tech firms sign pledge to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050

This is the first time major businesses beyond the nuclear sector have publicly committed to backing the expansion of nuclear power.

12 March 2025

CSO Futures Weekly: Inspiring action with IKEA’s Global Climate and Nature Director

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Inspiring action with IKEA’s Global Climate and Nature Director

+ a Climate Week NYC news roundup, two landmark carbon credit deals and a sign that sustainability work is becoming more holistic.

26 September 2024

New corporate coalition seeks to procure 24/7 local carbon-free electricity

Energy Transition

New corporate coalition seeks to procure 24/7 local carbon-free electricity

"Location-based matching gives a clear demand signal to show where more carbon-free electricity is needed."

25 September 2024

Amazon, H&M, Walmart in US$180mn forest carbon credit deal with Brazil government

Amazon, H&M, Walmart in US$180mn forest carbon credit deal with Brazil government

The deal reflects the growing confidence companies and state actors are placing in jurisdictional forest projects.

24 September 2024

Firms call on world leaders to accelerate wind and solar development

Renewable energy

Firms call on world leaders to accelerate wind and solar development

Renewable energy should be deployed three times faster than current rates to ensure a 1.5ºC future.

23 September 2024

CSO Futures Weekly: Employee activists are a CSO’s allies

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Employee activists are a CSO’s allies

Tips on engaging employees around sustainability, investor calls for stronger climate policies and yet another Big Tech carbon offsetting deal.

19 September 2024

Leveraging employee activism as a Chief Sustainability Officer

People & Culture

Leveraging employee activism as a Chief Sustainability Officer

Employee activists can be a powerful force for positive change – as long as leaders allow their voices to be heard.

19 September 2024

How smarter deployment can help AI remain a sustainability net positive

Data and Technology

How smarter deployment can help AI remain a sustainability net positive

To avoid jeopardising their decarbonisation efforts, CSOs can promote more intentional AI use.

28 August 2024

Andersen names former Amazon circular economy lead as first Chief Sustainability Officer

People & Culture

Andersen names former Amazon circular economy lead as first Chief Sustainability Officer

George Bandy has been a corporate sustainability leader since 1994.

14 August 2024

Amazon claims 100% clean energy, but some criticise an inaccurate depiction

Amazon claims 100% clean energy, but some criticise an inaccurate depiction

Amazon claims that effectively all of the electricity it used last year came from sources that did not emit greenhouse gasses. Experts say the company’s method of determining its footprint has a caveat.

10 July 2024