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Were recognized by JUST Capital’s 2022 Workforce Equity and Mobility Ranking for having the best performance on key disclosure and performance metrics addressing racial equity and advance opportunity and mobility. Compared to Russell 1000 companies, CEF members in the top 100 include Mastercard (#2), Microsoft (#3), Wells Fargo (#4), Alphabet (#6), JPMorgan Chase (#9), Bank of America (#11), Cisco (#13), PepsiCo (#18), Visa (#26), GM (#28), Ford (#32), Boeing (#38), Ecolab (#41), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (#47), Lockheed Martin (#51), Dow (#59), Amazon (#78), BlackRock (#87), Chevron (#89), 3M (#92). MORE » MORE 2 »
Will produce all vehicles manufactured in Michigan with renewable electricity by 2025, thanks to a new 650-megawatt solar energy agreement with Michigan utility DTE Energy. The agreement, the largest renewable energy purchase from a utility ever made in the U.S., will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 600,000 tons and increase the state’s solar capacity by nearly 70%. MORE »
Collaborated with food waste mgmt company, BioGreen360, and soil and mulch producer, Garick, to create a fully circular food waste solution at its Pentagon City facility. Over the past year, 100% of the hotel’s 27 tons of food waste was digested onsite in BioGreen360’s system, diverting the equivalent of 52 tons of CO2 from landfills. The organic material was then integrated into Garick’s compost product. MORE »