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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. Since 2007, Cisco has reduced its GHG emissions by 55 percent since 2007.

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Can the feds jump start 24/7 carbon-free electricity adoption?

Renewable Energy World

Google has been largely carbon-neutral since 2007 through carbon offsets, and was one of the first companies to buy renewable energy directly through power purchase agreements in 2017. Drives significantly more retirement of natural gas power generation. More costly than 100% annual matching clean energy procurement.