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Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) is an invitation-only forum for senior executives representing large, influential companies that demonstrate a serious commitment to sustainability as core to business strategy. With combined revenues of over $5.5 trillion, member companies span all major industries and have a global presence. CEF empowers its members to deliver a sustainable future by cultivating a high-trust, neutral space for candid, closed-door, peer-to-peer discussions that catalyze meaningful connections, focused insights, and bold action.
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CEF Annual Executive Leaders Retreat: June 9-12, 2024 in Stowe, VT
The 2024 CEF 16th Annual Leadership Retreat will be held on June 9-12 at The Lodge at Spruce Peak in Stowe, Vermont. The Retreat is by-invitation for executives from CEF Member organizations. Members are invited to contact CEF Executive Director Amy O’Meara for more information.
CEF Member News
Amazon
Announced that over 50% of European shipments now come in reduced, recyclable delivery packaging, such as a paper bag or cardboard envelope, or no added packaging at all through its Ships in Product Packaging program (which has totaled 700 million shipments in Europe since 2019). PR »
Announced it has signed 1.5 gigawatts of clean energy capacity within one year of debuting its more streamlined Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) Request for Proposal (RFP) approach. The company detailed two cases of using the PPA RFP, in Iowa and the Netherlands, and shared that LevelTen, which co-developed the RFP approach, has now made it available to clean energy buyers across North America and Europe. PR »
PepsiCo
Reached its 2025 global goal of a 25% improvement in operational water-use efficiency in high water-risk areas. Water saving initiatives included new methods to wash corn, using membrane bioreactor technology to purify process water to drinking-level standards, and recapturing water that evaporates during cooking. PR »
U.S. Steel
Announced a new agreement for CarbonFree to capture and mineralize up to 50,000 metric tons of CO2 annually from U.S. Steel’s facility in Gary, Indiana. The CO2 will be converted into calcium carbonate, used to create many products. Operations are projected to begin in 2026, with a 20-year term. PR »