Government Sustainability

The Village of Oak Park -- a Chicago suburb -- hires Lindsey Roland Nieratka as chief sustainability officer (CSO). Village facilities seek 100% renewable electricity by 2030

Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) of Florida eliminates chief sustainability and reliance officer position, local media reports.

The City of Mobile, Alabama names Lance Slater as director of resilience & sustainability. Slater essentially succeeds Casi Callaway, who is joining a non-profit that assists local governments with sustainability and resilience leadership.

Nicole Hewitt-Cabral, chief sustainability officer (CSO) for the city of Newark, New Jersey, will leverage the Newark360 Master Plan to improve the city's resiliency to climate change.

Tepfirah Rushdan, director of Detroit's Office of Sustainability, will focus near-term on a solar array project to power municipal buildings.

Cuyahoga County of Ohio hires Eaton and City of Cleveland veteran Jenita McGowan to lead sustainability efforts. Renewable energy microgrids & solar co-op already in place.

CLEAResult, backed by private equity firm TPG, acquires Energetics -- an energy-focused sustainability consultancy that has deep expertise in the U.S. federal government market.

The City of Hoboken, New Jersey creates Department of Climate Action & Innovation. Jennifer Gonzalez named chief sustainability officer.

The public sector has a mandate to lead on sustainability, and this includes their IT footprint. How can governments achieve digital growth while cutting carbon emissions? Capgemini offers guidance.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore names Meghan Conklin as chief sustainability officer & Michael Hinson as chief resilience officer. Here are their responsibilities.

Thoughtworks helps United Nation teams to gain "practical guidance" on sustainability, responsible artificial intelligence (AI), data management & more.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston names Elizabeth Babcock to lead the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) as executive director. Here are Denver's sustainability priorities.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces $40 million in funding for these data center sustainability projects. HP, Intel & Nvidia make the list.

CSM Technologies, an IT consulting firm based in India, wins multi-million dollar contract in Africa to develop digital platform that assists Gabon's forest sustainability.

IBM, RIT, Stony Brook University, Simons Foundation & Bloomberg Philanthropies vow to support $700 million New York Climate Exchange research center.