At the center of the diagram is accelerating ambition," said Nakagawa. "If you create a Venn diagram of 2022, you now have the policy apparatus, the technology and systems that are ready to be deployed, and the most financing we've ever had. In discussing the energy landscape, Nakagawa and Uthayakumar identified grid modernization and resiliency as a primary challenge, but the enormous opportunity companies now have to connect with policymakers to understand where the tensions exist, and how technology can be leveraged to resolve them. Given that energy is our biggest emissions contributor, 60% of which is generated by our customers, we focused on data to tell us what kind of solution we needed to have."Ĭlayton, Nakagawa and Uthayakumar further discussed the importance of science-based targets and using data to accelerate decarbonization and meet climate goals across all sectors.
"In order to declare a net-zero strategy, you have to have a net-zero target.
"With our scale comes responsibility and leadership in terms of decarbonizing," said Uthayakumar. As Chief Energy and Sustainability Officer of Prologis, which operates and maintains 5,500 buildings and 1.1 billion square feet under roof across 19 countries, Uthayakumar oversees energy management for the company and its customer relationships.
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