Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.

Through Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB), seven world-leading companies have signed an aggregated virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Southern Company for the renewable energy credits produced by the 180 MW Phase II portion of the Millers Branch Solar Facility in Haskell County, Texas. This long-term procurement enables the financing and development of the 180 MW solar project owned by SPC, and the project is expected to achieve commercial operation in the second quarter of 2026. Cisco, Juniper Networks, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cadence Design Systems, IDEXX, PTC, and a large healthcare company joined this agreement, which democratizes access to the commercial and environmental benefits of utility-scale renewable energy by making procurement accessible to a broader range of enterprises. This aggregation is one of the largest peer-buyer organized aggregations to date globally. Today's announcement reflects the fact that the NZCB has achieved 86% of its goal of causing a gigawatt of new renewable energy capacity before 2025. Reaching NZCB’s gigawatt goal would generate enough energy to meet the annual average electricity needs of more than 200,000 U.S. homes while helping mitigate commercial Scope 2 emissions across the business operations of corporate buyers. This transaction demonstrates how the NZCB offers a breakthrough model for commercial collaboration in causing utility-scale renewables, beginning in North America and Europe.?

Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.’s NZCB partners with Synopsys Inc to secure 90 MW of solar energy from Millers Branch Facility in Texas. Learn more here. https://lnkd.in/gbiCBrWs #MillersSolarFacility?#SRInc?#SynopsysInc?#Texas

We’re honored to welcome Professor Stuart L. Hart as the lunchtime keynote speaker of Summit for Sustainable Business VIII: Decarbonizing Corporate Global Operations! Professor Hart will discuss his new book, Business Beyond Shareholder Primacy: Remaking Capitalism for a Sustainable Future. Professor Hart’s book offers a call to action and a beam of hope amid the bleakness of human-caused climate breakdown. The shareholder primacy capitalism that brought us here, he argues, is in the process of transforming into a radically more sustainable, more just economic system. He looks to economic history to argue that capitalism has already changed twice since its fifteenth-century inception -- then offers a framework for how sustainable business advocates can advance the shift to a model based on positive impact. His book predicts, and calls for, a Third Reformation of Capitalism predicated on multi-stakeholder value creation and more sustainable business. Currently a Professor in Residence at the University of Michigan - Erb Institute for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Professor Hart has led the conversation on sustainable business (and sustainability in business education) for decades. Since the early 1990s, he has founded or co-founded multiple sustainable business graduate programs, including the Erb Institute’s dual master's degree. His academic career includes over 100 papers, nine books, and over 50,000 citations. We’re thrilled to welcome him to Summit VIII to discuss his new work, including how it intersects with the morning’s complementary conversations around Dignity-First Leadership. What is the Summit for Sustainable Business VIII: Decarbonizing Corporate Global Operations? SBER Member-Clients will convene on December 6 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a full day of case-based, best-practice insight based on SBER’s 2024 Executive Guidance & Tools. Collaboratively developed and iterated with SBER Member-Clients, this original management research is available nowhere else. Backed by our shared-cost strategic advisory services, this premier executive Summit works to set the enterprise sustainability agenda for 2025 and beyond. Invitation-only and vendor-free, it supports sustainability executives in moving toward the "next-level" sustainability leadership our world desperately needs. Space is limited. Directors of Sustainability and those responsible for decarbonizing global operations at operating companies are encouraged to request an invitation: https://lnkd.in/eMAVJzeY #SBERSummitVIII #Sustainability

SR Inc Member-Client Synopsys Inc has signed a VPPA with Southern Power for 90 MW of the Millers Branch Solar Facility in Haskell, TX, through the Net Zero Consortium for Buyers! Thanks to Synopsys’ past VPPA experience with the NZCB, Synopsys completed its procurement in record time: under three months. James Boyle, David Osborn, Jeff Meltzer, Julia Rothfield, and the rest of the NZCB team enabled Synopsys to identify the most cost-effective, low-risk transactions that have resulted in two VPPAs for purchaser-caused renewable energy. We congratulate Synopsys for taking this substantive step toward its emissions reduction targets, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. A special shout out to Eugene Brown, Sustainability & ESG Director, and Erika Varga McEnroe, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel. Learn more in the press release ?? #CleanEnergy #CorporateSustainability

Colleagues from Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. joined us at Heat-n-Eats last week, and it was a pleasure to have them in the kitchen with us!?? Together, this group packed 240 frozen individual meals that will help ensure students in our community have access to a nutritious meal. Thank you for your commitment to our mission, Sustainability Roundtable Inc!

Does your energy attribute certificate (EAC) procurement process cause new renewable energy capacity? At stake, James Boyle and Sarah Lehan argue, is the global energy attribute certificate (EAC) market’s integrity. To underline this urgent and undervalued need to center causation, they examine: - Why the 24/7 Carbon Free Energy vs Emissions First debate falls short - Why and how the industry must differentiate between three distinct EAC categories (explained with some help from the local waterfowl) - Three conditions that, if met, conclusively establish that a clean energy procurement caused new renewable energy capacity If the world is to meet the UAE Consensus' call to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, corporate procurements must focus on CAUSING new renewable capacity – like the SR Inc Member-Clients who have together caused over a gigawatt (DC) of new renewable energy through our Net Zero Consortium for Buyers. Learn more why Purchaser Causation is essential to EAC market integrity on the Sustainable Leadership Blog! #VPPAs #CorporateSustainability #CleanEnergy

We’re excited to welcome Patrick O'Brien, Director Global Operations Program Manager at IDEXX, as a Life Sciences Roundtable leader at our Summit for Sustainable Business VIII: Decarbonizing Corporate Global Operations. Patrick will moderate a small-group discussion on Scope 1, 2 & 3 Decarbonization to help executives at scaling life sciences companies to absorb and iterate on the lessons from our original management research. With a background in supply chain, Patrick is well-suited to guide decarbonization discussion in a time of increasing attention to Scope 3. We’re excited to learn from his nearly fifteen years of Life Sciences experience. What is the Summit for Sustainable Business VIII: Decarbonizing Corporate Global Operations? SBER Member-Clients will convene on December 6 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., for two days of case-based, best-practice insight based on SBER’s 2024 Executive Guidance & Tools. Collaboratively developed and iterated with SBER Member-Clients, this original management research is available nowhere else. Backed by our shared-cost strategic advisory services, this premier executive Summit intends to set the enterprise sustainability agenda for 2025 and beyond. Invitation Only and Vendor Free, the Summit will support sustainability executives in moving toward the "next-level" sustainability leadership our world desperately needs. Directors of Sustainability and those responsible for decarbonizing global operations at operating companies are encouraged to request an invitation: https://lnkd.in/eMAVJzeY #SBERSummitVIII #Sustainability

We’re excited to welcome Cohu, Inc. to the Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable! Founded in 1947, Cohu is a global leader in supplying test, automation, inspection, and metrology products and services to the semiconductor industry. The breadth and differentiation of Cohu’s product portfolio enable customers to optimize their yield and productivity, accelerating time-to-market for semiconductor manufacturing. Headquartered in Poway, California, Cohu delivers leading-edge solutions for a smarter, safer, and more connected future. We look forward to advising Cohu as they apply their innovation to corporate sustainability. Integrating material sustainability issues into corporate strategy makes for smarter, safer, and more connected companies. We’ll be with Cohu every step of that journey. Welcome to SBER, Cohu! #Decarbonization #CorporateSustainability

Welcome to Sustainability Roundtable’s new Member-Client, Sonic Healthcare! Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, this internationally renowned healthcare provider specializes in laboratory medicine and pathology, radiology, general practice medicine, and corporate medical services. Their commitment to excellence extends across its Australasian, North American, and European operations. Noting the repercussions of human-caused climate change for human health, Sonic Healthcare aims to minimize its environmental impact. Their latest Sustainability Report details how they will: - Reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in line with science-based targets - Reduce, recycle, and reuse waste - Embed sustainability criteria into all procurement decisions We’re excited to work with Sonic Healthcare's team, including Vinayak Gorur, to advise and advance their sustainability goals. For more information on Sonic Healthcare and its environmental strategy, see their 2023 Sustainability Report.

We’re excited to welcome Nell Triplett, Director of Sustainability at Juniper Networks, as a panelist on the Scope 1, 2, & 3 Decarbonization panel at our Summit for Sustainable Business VIII: Decarbonizing Corporate Global Operations! She will also be leading a post-panel, small-group discussion on this topic for the Information, Communication & Technology Roundtable. Recently, Nell spoke at our Q3 Executive Symposium about attaining internal buy-in for decarbonization initiatives. Her sustainability achievements include a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) through SR Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, expected to mitigate a majority of Juniper’s North American electricity demand. We look forward to learning further from Nell’s decarbonization expertise! What is the Summit for Sustainable Business VIII: Decarbonizing Corporate Global Operations? SBER Member-Clients will convene on December 6 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a full day of case-based, best-practice insight based on SBER’s 2024 Executive Guidance & Tools. Collaboratively developed and iterated with SBER Member-Clients, this original management research is available nowhere else. Backed by our shared-cost strategic advisory services, this premier executive Summit intends to set the enterprise sustainability agenda for 2025 and beyond. Invitation Only and Vendor Free, the Summit will support sustainability executives in moving toward the "next-level" sustainability leadership our world desperately needs. Directors of Sustainability and those responsible for decarbonizing global operations at operating companies are encouraged to request an invitation: https://lnkd.in/eMAVJzeY #SBERSummitVIII #Sustainability