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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 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) agreement for 200,000 tons of CO2 removal with Mombak, a Brazil-based company. Mombak will plant native biodiverse forests to restore degraded land in the Amazon. Google will also use its Perch AI to quantify the biodiversity benefits of reforestation. This follows a CDR deal of 50,000 tons between the two companies in 2024, and is the first project selected by the Symbiosis Coalition, an advance market commitment to invest in nature-based carbon removal projects. PR»
Meta
Signed a series of 13 power purchase agreements (PPAs) with NextEra Energy, totaling nearly 2.5 GW of clean energy coming online between 2026 and 2028 in the U.S. The agreements include 11 PPAs for solar (2.3 GW) and two for energy storage (165 MW). PR »
PepsiCo
Updated the Climate Resilience Platform (CRP), an open-access tool to help agricultural stakeholders plan for and mitigate climate impacts. The tool (CRP 2.0) introduces enhanced capabilities, including quantification of climate risk exposure and opportunities in business terms (e.g. projected yield improvements) and broader accessibility, adding two new crops (cotton and rice) and six new countries. PR »