February 11, 2025
A Message from SR Inc's Managing Director
As a new administration brings a flurry of executive orders, SR Inc is guiding Member-Clients through a dynamic landscape, helping them stay on course with their reporting and decarbonization goals.
We recently hosted our SBER Charter Nomination session to spark Member-Client discussion on where this year’s shared-cost, best-practice executive guidance and tools will focus. Thank you to everyone who registered, both for the nomination and for interviews with our Associates. Your feedback on potential topics is invaluable as we tailor the year’s research agenda to Member-Client needs. We look forward to incorporating your requests and to seeing you on February 20 as we ratify the research charter.
In this Quarterly Newsletter, you'll find Member-Client spotlights, new SR Inc teammate introductions, Net Zero Consortium for Buyers news, upcoming event announcements, and more. Follow our LinkedIn page for more SR Inc updates.
— Brittany Nammour
From the Service Leader
Happiness in an Emergency
As we in the Northern Hemisphere head into the heart of our winter, I think it is helpful to examine the history of two words: “emergency” and “happiness.” My goal in exploring these two words is to provide Sustainability Professionals (yes, I think it is time for proper noun capitalization of those in our field) with a powerful new way to understand both the atmospheric “emergency” driving human-caused climate breakdown and the possibility of deep “happiness” in a time of always mounting and more urgent ecological crisis.
Read the full Service Leader message here.
New Member-Client Announcement
SR Inc is excited to have welcomed several new Member-Clients to our Corporate Operations, Information, Communication & Technology (ICT), and Health & Life Sciences Roundtables this past quarter. Here we highlight one of them.
Nayax Ltd. (Nasdaq: NYAX; TASE: NYAX), a global commerce enablement and payments platform designed to help merchants scale their business. Their complete solution includes localized cashless payment acceptance, management suite, and loyalty tools, enabling merchants to conduct commerce anywhere, at any time. With foundations and global leadership in serving unattended retail, Nayax has transformed into a comprehensive solution focused on our customers’ growth across multiple channels.
Nayax’s mission is to improve our customers’ revenue potential and operational efficiency. SR Inc is delighted to partner with them to help advance their corporate sustainability goals.
New SR Inc Team Members
Brianna Jefferson - Associate, Strategic Advisory Services
Brianna Jefferson joins the Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable with abundant sustainability experience. Academically, she earned her Master’s in Environment and Sustainability Management from Georgetown and her Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies with distinction from Yale, where she minored in Energy and French. Professionally, she served as a Capstone Consultant at Flow Environmental Systems, where she assisted with their total addressable market analysis and conducted research on the health and environmental impacts of PFAS.
Brianna will support Member-Clients with decarbonization roadmaps, renewable energy strategies, sustainability reporting, and other outsourced program assistance while contributing to SBER’s best practice guidance and tools.
Leadership in Action
Commonwealth Climate Coalition Leads Massachusetts Energy Data Preservation Efforts Amid Federal Transition Risks
In response to concerns about potential data loss during the Trump administration, the Climate Change Coalition (CCC), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Energy Transformation and Sustainability Roundtable Inc. (SR Inc.), undertook a comprehensive effort to safeguard key energy-related datasets. The initiative focused on identifying, prioritizing, and preserving at-risk data to ensure long-term access.
Highlights of the project included dataset identification, prioritization, and repository matching. 322 initial dataset requests were normalized and deduplicated, resulting in 295 unique datasets. These datasets were categorized by risk level, with 77 high-priority datasets flagged as most at risk. The project involved collaboration with seven partner repositories, including Harvard Dataverse, Zenodo, and Data Refuge. This collaboration successfully facilitated direct preservation of the identified datasets.
Learn more about the CCC here.
Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB) Updates
Synopsys Secures 90 MW of Solar Energy through NZCB
Synopsys has purchased 90 MW of solar energy from the Millers Branch Solar Facility in Haskell County, Texas, through SR Inc’s NZCB. This virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) supports Synopsys’ Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)-approved goal of reducing Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2032. The Millers Branch project, set to begin operations in late 2026, will add new renewable capacity to the ERCOT grid, addressing rising energy demands driven by large-scale computing. This procurement builds on Synopsys’ previous 15 MW wind energy purchase and highlights its ongoing commitment to decarbonization through renewable energy investments. Read the full press release here.
City of Cambridge Announces Largest-Ever VPPA by a U.S. City
The City of Cambridge, in collaboration with SR Inc, has executed the largest VPPA ever signed by a U.S. city. This agreement will add significant renewable energy capacity to the grid, supporting Cambridge’s climate action goals and advancing its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions. Facilitated through SR Inc’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, the VPPA reflects a growing trend of municipalities leveraging innovative procurement models to drive large-scale renewable energy development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more on Utility Dive, Electrek, and pvmagazine USA.
NZCB Achieves 1 GW of New Renewable Energy Development and Announces 10 GW Goal
SR Inc’s NZCB has reached its milestone of enabling 1 gigawatt (GW) of new renewable energy development through its innovative VPPA 2.0 framework. This achievement, driven by aggregated procurements across North America and Europe, includes projects such as Mesquite Star Wind, Liberty Solar, and Serbal Solar. Together, these efforts have mobilized over $1.5 billion in climate finance to support grid resilience and decarbonization.
Building on this success, the NZCB has set a bold new target: facilitating 10 GW of renewable energy development through Advance Market Commitments (AMCs) by 2030. This goal aligns with the global call to triple renewable energy capacity by the decade's end, as emphasized during COP28. The NZCB is already organizing high-credit buyers for its “Next Gigawatt” of procurements, aiming to achieve significant progress by the Summit for Sustainable Business IX in March 2026. Through its VPPA 2.0 model, SR Inc continues to enable scalable, risk-managed transactions that democratize access to utility-scale clean energy solutions. Read the full press release here.
Member-Client Spotlights
Congratulations to SBER Member-Clients Autodesk and Cisco for their inclusion in the Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Companies of 2025! Autodesk and Cisco demonstrate what enterprises can achieve when they seek to align business with life.
Autodesk
In 2024-2025, it:
1. Launched Manufacturing Sustainability Insights for real-time embodied carbon data in product design2. Enhanced BIM tools with lifecycle carbon assessments and digital twin capabilities
3. Expanded the Autodesk Sustainability Tech Partner Program, fostering collaborations to promote digitalization and resource efficiency in construction and manufacturing
Cisco
Cisco's Plan for Possible exemplifies its bold vision for a regenerative future. In 2024-2025, it:
1. Served as the anchor buyer for the Net Zero Consortium for Buyers' 180 MW Millers Branch Solar Facility2. Achieved 96% renewable electricity sourcing globally
3. Incorporated circular design principles into 96% of its new products and packaging
Autodesk and Cisco demonstrate what enterprises can achieve when they seek to align business with life. SR Inc congratulates them on this well-deserved commendation. See the complete Corporate Knights list and analysis here.
Upcoming Events
SBER 2025 Research Ratification
Thursday, February 20, 2025
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm ET
Member-Clients meet virtually
SBER Q1 Executive Symposium
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm ET
Member-Clients meet in Denver, CO, Boston, MA, and virtually
SBER Q2 Executive Symposium
Thursday, June 12, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET
Member-Clients meet in San Francisco, Boston, and virtually
SBER Q3 Executive Symposium
Thursday, September 25, 2025
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET
Member-Clients meet in New York City, and virtually
SBER Q4 Executive Symposium
Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET
Member-Clients meet in Washington D.C. and virtually