Salesforce, Microsoft get creative with clean energy procurement

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Salesforce, Microsoft get creative with clean energy procurement

Climate justice considerations are at the heart of Salesforce's latest renewables deal, while Microsoft moves to shore up access to US solar panels

Corporations bought a record 36.7GW in renewable energy last year, according to the latest figures from BloombergNEF. That was up a respectable 18 per cent from 2021 levels. But the sheer size of those...

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