Sustainability has officially landed in the CFO’s inbox. And not just as a tick-box exercise.

Amazon announced that it would deploy advanced machines for making custom-fit packaging across its European network, enabling the production of custom-made cardboard boxes and paper bags for customer deliveries. In addition to reducing waste and materials usage, Amazon highlighted sustainability benefits of the new packaging, including emissions reductions by maximizing vehicle space to enable more deliveries with fewer vehicles. The…

United Airlines announced an investment in carbon transformation-focused cleantech company Twelve, supporting the company’s initiatives to turn CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using renewable energy. Founded in 2015, California-based Twelve produces chemicals, materials, and fuels from captured CO2 combined with water. The process is powered by renewable energy and produces water and oxygen as byproducts. According to Twelve, its…

Google announced that it has signed a new renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shell, buying 100% of the power generated by Shell NoordzeeWind, the Netherlands’ oldest wind farm. The wind farm, which was built by Shell and Vattenfall JV NoordzeeWind and began operations in 2007, generates a total of 108 megawatts of power. Shell acquired Vattenfall’s share of…

A coalition of 18 U.S. State Attorneys General, led by New York AG Letitia James announced that they have filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, aimed at blocking the federal government’s move to freeze new wind energy developments across the country. The suit follows a Presidential Memorandum signed by Trump on his first day in office, indefinitely halting all…