CRM solutions provider Salesforce announced today a series of new climate and energy transition-related commitments, including a pledge to purchase $25 million of permanent carbon removals from carbon removal coalition Frontier, in addition to the signing of its first European virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA), as well as nearly $4 million in clean energy-focused philanthropic grants. Salesforce’s new carbon removal…
Business data and reporting solutions provider Workiva announced today the launch of Workiva Carbon, a new solution aimed at enabling companies to collect, manage and report business and value chain greenhouse gas emissions data. According to Workiva, the launch comes as companies face increasing demand for sustainability reporting, including through regulations such as the EU’s CSRD, the U.S. SEC’s climate…
BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) and Microsoft announced today that they have signed a large-scale, long-term nature-based carbon removal agreement, with Microsoft purchasing 8 million tons of carbon removal credits through 2043 generated through TIG’s reforestation and restoration strategy in Latin America. According to the companies, the agreement marks the largest known carbon dioxide removal credit transaction to date,…