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Renewable Procurements

9:00am to 12:00pm
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How to Calculate Your Scope 3 Emissions

Tutorial
LL20B-C

Calculating your Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions can be an onerous task. But it's necessary to understand where your organization stands, and how you're going to decarbonize your supply chain. This half-day, interactive workshop will get your organization on the path to understanding the source of your Scope 3 emissions, methodologies and options for gathering data, and what it takes to get your reporting verified as part of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

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3:30pm to 4:30pm
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Clean Energy Fundamentals

Workshop
LL21C-D

Join to learn what clean energy customers need to know about the U.S. energy market in order to transact in the space. Explore how energy customers establish the business case for clean energy, hear about different procurement options, and get a brief look at current market trends.

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9:00am to 10:00am
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Solving the Credit Barriers to Scaling Clean Energy Procurement

Workshop
LL20 A

Growth in voluntary clean energy procurement is currently stymied by a lack of credit access. Many energy customers cannot access virtual power purchase agreements or other clean energy procurement mechanisms because they have no- or low-credit ratings. In fact, only 23 percent of the most mature U.S.-listed companies have sufficient credit ratings to support the development of large-scale offsite clean energy projects. In this workshop, we'll frame the issue and engage with attendees to unpack this challenge and identify potential paths forward.

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Sponsored: GM’s Energy Transition

Breakout
Room LL21E

Join this interactive discussion about General Motors' strategy to transition to an all-electric, clean energy future. Experts will discuss the technology and collaborations harnessed to accelerate the automaker’s transitions to EVs, and to meet ambitious carbon neutrality and renewable energy goals.

This session is sponsored by General Motors. Sponsored breakouts are sponsor-created and hosted breakouts, created independently by the sponsor without input from GreenBiz. Please note that attendee contact information will be shared with the sponsoring company.

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1:30pm to 2:30pm
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Green Tariffs: Benefits and Opportunities for Energy Customers and Utilities

Interactives
LL20A

Green tariffs and other utility-offered clean energy programs can be an option for energy customers to help meet their demand for impactful clean electricity, particularly in regions with regulated electricity markets. In this session, leading buyers and utilities will share what has made existing green tariff programs successful for both parties. Participants will come away with an increased understanding of where these programs are available, elements that have made the programs attractive to customers, important questions for customers to ask their utility, and how utility/customer partnerships can help meet the needs of customers to access clean energy that is cost-effective, available to customers with smaller loads, drives local benefits and decarbonizes the grid.

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Sponsored: Clean Power by the Hour: Iron Mountain’s Path to 100% Carbon-Free Energy

Breakout
Room LL21E

Like many companies, Iron Mountain is setting ambitious carbon reduction goals to support the effort to combat climate change. As a leading operator of a global data center portfolio, this means a focus on decarbonizing electricity consumption by powering Iron Mountain facilities with 24/7 carbon-free energy. The company has already launched an industry-leading product that enables clients to claim the benefits of Iron Mountain’s renewable energy purchases, and taking this to the next level with hourly granularity is the ultimate step for client decarbonization. However, Iron Mountain discovered early in this journey that the data necessary to achieve 24/7 carbon free energy can be difficult to obtain and time-consuming to analyze.

In this session, learn how Iron Mountain is sourcing clean energy for its data centers and matching that energy to consumption every hour; using hourly carbon accounting to get an accurate, auditable picture of its carbon footprint and progress on renewable energy--progress the company can share with its customers

This session is sponsored by Cleartrace. Sponsored breakouts are sponsor-created and hosted breakouts, created independently by the sponsor without input from GreenBiz. Please note that attendee contact information will be shared with the sponsoring company.

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2:45pm to 3:45pm
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Corporations and Community Solar

Panel
LL20B-C

Community solar is a promising option for companies looking to bring renewable electricity energy to local operations. It also has the potential to ensure more people and communities have access to the benefits of clean energy. Learn how corporations are leading innovative partnerships to spur forward community solar, while achieving clean power goals.

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China: Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Clean Energy Procurement

Breakout
LL21C-D

The imperative for clean energy procurement in China is ever increasing as companies tackle their Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions. Join a session of companies and market experts to discuss procurement options in China, challenges and emerging opportunities.

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4:15pm to 5:15pm
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Why Your Next Procurement Should Be Geothermal

Panel
LL20D

Geothermal energy has great potential as a clean, firm energy resource — the holy grail for reaching deep decarbonization. Yet the technology has had relatively little growth over the last few decades. Corporations and governments can help change that through procurements to spur forward this market. This session will cover advancements in geothermal technologies and highlight the work of early movers to help scale deployments and drive down costs.

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Navigating Clean Energy Supply Chain Disruptions

Panel
LL20B-C

It's been a wild time for supply chains, and that disruption is impacting energy offtakers’ ability to procure the technologies needed to fulfill renewable energy targets at an attractive price point. This session features energy buyers and experts navigating this uncertain world. 

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How the First Mover Companies are Using Purchasing Commitments to Scale Carbon Removal

Partner Session
San Jose Ballroom Salon I, Marriott

Carbon removal is a key focus for the First Movers Coalition, a global initiative harnessing the purchasing power of companies to decarbonize seven hard-to-abate industrial sectors. With global recognition that carbon removal is essential to meeting 1.5 degrees, it is imperative that companies set ambitious commitments to purchase durable and scalable carbon removal solutions. Join this session to hear how coalition partners are using these commitments to accelerate the development of carbon removal technologies to commercial scale by 2030 — and learn how your company can join them.

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9:00am to 10:00am
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Practical Decarbonization: Navigating Targets, Investment Trade-offs and Risks

Workshop
LL20B-C

As companies across sectors work to reduce emissions, leaders are tasked with navigating technologies, layered regulations, tax policy and funding options to reach reach targets.

Companies are faced with assessing investment impacts and trade-offs as they chart their course to decarbonize. This workshop will focus on the business models and approaches that are emerging to consider policies, technologies, and economics.
This interactive session will explore:

  • What are the three questions that every company with a long-term carbon reduction must address to be successful?
  • How are risks being assessed and mitigated?
  • What are the key developments we expect to see in the next 12-24 months as signposts for emerging deep decarbonization business models?
  • In the short-term, what are the tools and insights we can apply?

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1:30pm to 2:30pm
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How Is ESG Changing the Corporate Energy Landscape?

Panel
LL20D

The term ESG — signifying environmental, social and corporate governance criteria — has exploded in the sustainability and climate world, becoming a new guiding principle for organizations and investors alike. What does ESG actually mean for the future of clean energy, and how can companies capitalize on interest to maximize decarbonization impacts?

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