Sue Hall
Sue Hall

CEO, Climate Neutral Business Network

Collaboration, a Necessary Ingredient in Progress Toward Sustainability
22 Apr 2016 • openbook 6 minute read
Today, on #EarthDay2016, as world leaders gather in New York to sign the Paris Accord into force, we will be convening another #CleanEnergyU dialogue to ask what the Paris COP1 agreement commits us to deliver in practice – as companies, cities, campuses, students – …
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Targeting 2 Tons: Closer Than We Think?
19 Apr 2016 • openbook 10 minute read
Article co-authored by Claire Fitzgerald. With the Paris Accord and 195 countries pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80-90% by 2050, the world appears to have made a vital pivot towards a more sustainable future. But what does this mean in practice? What …
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A Clean-Energy Future: Where Do We Go From Here?
16 Dec 2015 • openbook 8 minute read
2015 has been a remarkable year: a ground-breaking Paris COP21 Accord; 8m tons CO2 has been retired by Chevrolet to benefit the planet; Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition has launched and the Pope’s Encyclical places addressing climate change at the heart of …
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The Road to A Clean Energy Future
03 Dec 2015 • openbook 26 minute read
As world leaders gather in Paris for COP21, it’s noticeable how progressive climate leadership is now increasingly driven by moonshot commitments from the private sector. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Coalition reportedly inspired the US government to double its o …
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Empowering the Next Generation of EcoLeaders
21 Oct 2015 • openbook 5 minute read
Portland’s Mayor Charlie Hales believes that young people are already the clean energy leaders who stand alongside the Pope and the President capable of delivering our clean energy future. During this fall’s #CleanEnergyU dialogue, we’ve met dozens of these ext …
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The Power of Microsoft’s Progressive Carbon Fee
20 Oct 2015 • openbook 4 minute read
So how does Microsoft power its investments in renewables, efficiency, and a clean energy future? Through its innovative internal carbon fee -- a model that has every business group pay for the carbon emissions it’s responsible for -- Microsoft raises the funds nee …
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The Carbon in Our Stuff: Living Below 2.7 Tons Per Person?
16 Oct 2015 • openbook 5 minute read
As we join Gifford Pinchot on Monday Oct 19 at 3pm ET for his #CleanEnergyU Deep Dive Dialogue, he will be asking how can we best we maximize our happiness while incurring the least damage to the planet and our clean energy future? Steve Gutmann has been creating inn …
The emissions embedded in the stuff Americans buy every year is about equal to the emissions of all of our light vehicles

Radical Collaboration: Stretching Cooperation to Deliver a Resilient Future
15 Oct 2015 • openbook 8 minute read
How do we collaborate towards a clean energy future, asks the #CleanEnergyU dialogue this month? Author of “Green to Gold” and the “Big Pivot,” Andrew Winston’s response? Be radical in your collaborations… You mean like: Sierra Club’s #seizet …
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We Are All Leaders in Our Clean Energy Future
14 Oct 2015 • openbook 5 minute read
So why does Portland Mayor Charlie Hales believe that student leaders with #CleanEnergyU can now stand alongside the Pope and President Obama in order to deliver us a clean energy future? Like these leaders, Mayor Hales believes that a clean energy future needs to be …
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#SeizetheGrid for #OurFuture
13 Oct 2015 • openbook 4 minute read
Ever wondered what it takes to convince a campus — or a company — to commit to go 100% renewable in its energy purchases? There’s a serious group of companies now leading this pathway to RE100, lead by Mark Kenber at the Climate Group — with 38 companies now …
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