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Salesforce Accelerates Energy Transition with New Climate Investments

Stuart Mitchell

Salesforce have announced three major climate investments to accelerate a just energy transition. The company has joined Frontier, an advance market commitment (AMC) to collectively buy more than $1 billion of permanent carbon removal by 2030. Through this membership, Salesforce will commit $25 million to accelerate, scale, and commercialize the most promising carbon removal technologies. Salesforce has also contracted with Qualitas Energy, a leading global platform for investment, management, and development of renewable energy, to expand its renewable energy portfolio with a new 27-megawatt (MW) solar portfolio in Italy. This…

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Pan European Nonprofit Pulse Report 2024 reveals how nonprofits are facing greatest challenges head on

Stuart Mitchell

Nonprofits across Europe are doing more with less amid a perfect storm of rising service demand, increasing workload, and squeezed income, according to the latest annual Nonprofit Pulse report, by the European Fundraising Association in partnership with the UK’s Chartered Institute of Fundraising and Salesforce. Workload, raising sufficient funds, and supporting staff and their wellbeing are the biggest challenges, with just 6% of respondents unaffected by the cost of living crisis, and a fifth (20%) concerned about the future. Once again facing their challenges head on, many nonprofits are responding by seizing the opportunities available to them…

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

Stuart Mitchell

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

Stuart Mitchell

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

Stuart Mitchell

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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