New Challenge Backed by Salesforce and Industry Leaders Aims to Accelerate Sustainable Aviation

Salesforce, Airbus, Breakthrough Energy, Boom Supersonic, Deloitte, Eni, JetBlue Ventures, Qantas Airways Limited, and World Energy launched a call for ecopreneurs to submit innovative solutions to support the decarbonization of the aviation sector. This initiative is a collaboration between the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and UpLink to scale and commercialize innovations in sustainable aviation.   Why it’s important: While air travel plays a vital role in connecting people and driving the global economy, the aviation industry contributes to roughly 2% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.  Driving the news: The Sustainable…

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Salesforce Launches ‘Green Code’ Initiative to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Software

Recently at World Tour NYC, Salesforce launched ‘Green Code,’ a new initiative to help reduce carbon emissions associated with the software development lifecycle. Green Code features newly-released sustainability best practices that help technologists — from UX designers and software developers to system architects and IT operations managers — accelerate the world’s journey to net zero.  The information and communication technology sector is responsible for up to 3.9% of global emissions — almost as much as the airline and shipping industries. These emissions are expected to rise as organizations increasingly rely…

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Salesforce Outlines Strategy to Boost Private Sector Support for Nature Conservation and Restoration

As part of Earth Month, Salesforce have announced a Nature Positive Strategy outlining specific actions the company will take to accelerate its existing commitment to a net zero, nature positive future rooted in people and climate justice.  Why it’s relevant: Governments made a global commitment at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) to halt and reverse nature loss, including protecting 30% of the planet by 2030. There was also agreement on increasing private sector support for this effort.  Taking action for a nature positive future: With this news, Salesforce becomes one…

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Salesforce to Buy 280,000 MWh of Renewable Energy to Increase Clean Power Access in Emerging Markets

At GreenBiz 23, Salesforce announced it will purchase 280,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy certificates from small, distributed energy projects over the next eight years to accelerate clean electricity access in emerging markets and help maintain its commitment to match 100% of the electricity it uses with renewables.  Salesforce has contracted with Powertrust, an aggregator of high-impact renewables around the world, and will leverage Distributed Renewable Energy Certificates (D-RECs) – an innovative financial mechanism that enables organizations to accelerate deployment of capital for small-scale, distributed renewable projects – to…

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Nonprofit Pulse reveals nonprofits transforming fundraising & service delivery to survive ongoing crisis conditions

The financial crisis is impacting nonprofits’ approach to service delivery and fundraising across Europe, according to a new report released today by the European Fundraising Association and Salesforce.org. The 2022 Nonprofit Pulse – Tracking Change in Europe report saw EFA and Salesforce.org survey 658 nonprofit representatives from 30 nations across Europe. Now in its third year, the report’s results show the sector faced continued crisis conditions in 2022 with the economic downturn increasing service demand and further stretching resources. In response, nonprofits are transforming fundraising and service delivery as they…

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