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Best Buy Sets First Goal To Help Consumers Reduce Carbon Emissions and Commits to Reduce Its Own Carbon Use
ERE member Best Buy announced a goal to help consumers reduce their carbon emissions by 20 percent and save $5 billion on utility costs by 2030, while it works to decrease its own emissions 75 percent** over the same period. “Best Buy exists to help people enrich...
Report Ranks States for Corporate Clean Energy Procurement
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has released the 2020 update to the Corporate Clean Energy Procurement Index. The groundbreaking study, first undertaken in 2017, shows how some states have improved their rankings by enacting common sense policies...
VF Corporation Closes Inaugural €500 Million Green Bond to Support Key Sustainability Initiatives
VF Corporation, one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, announced the closing of its €500 million green bond offering, representing the first green bond issued in the apparel and footwear industry. The amount equivalent to the net...
New York Times: From the Rooftops, Big Box Stores Are Embracing Solar
"Target and Walmart are trying to out-green each other in proving to customers they are environmentally responsible businesses. Target’s famous bull's-eye is so cosmically linked with the brand that it’s hard to imagine the retail behemoth ever messing with the logo’s...
IKEA has Invested in Enough Clean Energy to Power All of its Operations
From Fast Company: "Over the last decade, Ikea’s parent company has invested around $2.7 billion in renewable energy. Today, the company announced that its latest investments—in two large solar plants in the U.S. and a wind farm in Romania—will tip it over a milestone...
Gap Inc. Ramps Up Renewable Energy
Gap Inc. is on track to achieve 100% renewable energy across their globally owned and operated facilities by 2030. “We have a responsibility to reduce our climate impact. For Gap Inc., being a part of the climate solution means making strategic investments in clean...
