{"id":20002,"date":"2019-11-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=20002"},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:35:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:35:27","slug":"4-ways-salesforce-lives-its-environmental-values-at-dreamforce-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/4-ways-salesforce-lives-its-environmental-values-at-dreamforce-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways Salesforce Lives Its Environmental Values at Dreamforce and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four days, more than 171,000 registered attendees, and an enormous opportunity to connect with Salesforce community, learn and bring new ideas forward: That\u2019s what Dreamforce is all about. But, Dreamforce is much more than just an enormous tech conference \u2013 it brings like-minded, values-driven companies together to discuss the most pressing challenges businesses face. That includes sustainability. And at an event this large, the environmental footprint and opportunity to elevate sustainability can\u2019t be overlooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Salesforce, we believe the environment is a key stakeholder and are committed to delivering bold climate solutions that drive the change the planet needs,\u201d says Salesforce Director of Sustainability, Sunya Norman. \u201cDreamforce is an opportunity to show we\u2019re putting on not just another conference, but a true immersive experience that hopefully leaves people thinking a bit differently about sustainability than when they walked through the door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are four distinct ways that Salesforce is elevating sustainability at Dreamforce 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


1. We\u2019re reducing dependence on fossil fuels with alternative transportation options.<\/b> Salesforce has encouraged attendees to walk, bike or take public transportation<\/a> to and from Dreamforce since the first edition in 2003. We\u2019ve featured a free bike valet for several years<\/a>, and shuttle buses have ferried attendees to and from more than 100 partner hotels back and forth to San Francisco\u2019s Moscone Center. Salesforce offsets employee travel carbon emissions to Dreamforce, and has partnered with Cool Effect<\/a> to offer attendees quick and wallet-friendly ways to offset their own travel by contributing to projects around the world that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, we\u2019re taking an extra step with our shuttle program by working with global refiner Neste<\/a> to convert more than 25 buses to vehicles that run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel. In doing so, we\u2019ll reduce up to 80% of greenhouse emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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