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2026 CEF Annual Leaders Retreat: June 15-18, Albuquerque, NM
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CEF Member News
Amazon
Is launching four water replenishment projects that are expected to restore over two billion liters of water annually (bringing Amazon’s total number of projects to 22, replenishing or improving the quality of over 11 billion liters of water per year). New projects include: a watershed restoration project in Mexico; an effort in New Mexico to keep the Rio Grande flowing; a project to restore and protect longleaf pine forests in North Carolina; and an initiative in the UK to restore natural flood management by removing barriers to reconnect the Thames River to its floodplain. PR »
Signed a 21-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for TotalEnergies to supply Google with 1 TWh of certified renewable power from the Citra Energies solar plant in Malaysia. The plant, which will begin construction in early 2026, will support Google’s data center operations in the country. PR »
Microsoft
Signed an agreement for low-carbon fuel and feedstock producer C2X to provide 3.6 million metric tons of carbon removal to Microsoft over 12 years. At its Beaver Lake project in Louisiana (slated to launch operations in 2029), C2X will convert locally and sustainably sourced forestry residues into bio-methanol and biogenic CO2 that will be captured. At full scale, this project aims to produce 500,000 metric tons of bio-methanol and capture 1 million metric tons of CO2 annually. PR »
Trane Technologies
Set two new circularity impact metrics for 2030, including generating 10% of its revenue from circular products and services, and more than doubling the use of circular materials (baseline 2019). The company aims to reduce material use, increase the use of recycled materials, and redeploy high-quality parts, as well as to optimize the continued use of products through smart services, upgrades, and remanufacturing and recovery programs. PR »