According to Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) Facebook was the largest US-based corporate buyer of renewable energy in 2018 and 2019.

The company set a goal in 2018 to support its global operations through 100% clean energy by 2020. 

On Thursday Facebook has said it had procured enough new renewable projects to meet 100% of energy needs for its global operation in 2020.

It was 75% of the way toward that goal in 2018, and it was up to 86% in 2019.

More tech giants like Google, AT&T, and Microsoft have focused on powering their data centers sustainably.

As of the end of 2020 Facebook has left Amazon, Google, Verizon, and McDonald's as the largest buyers of renewable energy.

Facebook has contracts in place for more than 6.1 GW of wind and solar across 18 states and five countries.

The social network company has invested $8 billion into green energy projects. 

Among the energy contracted Facebook currently has 2 GW of solar and 1.3 GW of the wind online, along with 720 MW of energy storage.

To mark this event Facebook is launching volunteering sign-ups for environmental organizations on its social network. 

Corporate interest in procuring renewables and storage is expected to continue expanding as more companies work toward their sustainability goals. 

Facebook continues to work toward a net-zero emissions goal for its entire value chain in 2030. 
 

Facebook on Friday rolled out its redesigned website with a less cluttered look and a dark mode. The company first showed the new design of the site at its F8 developer conference in 2019. In fact, Facebook began testing the new feature with a new small number of users earlier this year.

Now the brand new Desktop version is live for many users around the world. If you don’t see it yet it should be available in the next few days.

Facebook desktop site: What’s new?

The new design makes the desktop version similar to the mobile experience. The company says the new design makes it easier to find features such as Videos, Games, and Groups. Like Facebook’s mobile app, the desktop website will load faster. The new design also makes it easier to create Events, Pages, Groups, and ads.

The highlight of the newly redesigned desktop experience is a new dark mode that will help reduce eye fatigue, readability of text, and better contrast. Last month, Facebook brought the dark mode to Facebook Messenger. Facebook-owned WhatsApp also got dark mode in March.

How to switch to Facebook’s brand new website

Go to the Facebook homepage, tap on the down arrow button in the top right corner.

Choose “Switch to new Facebook”

In case you want to enable the dark mode, just tap on the down arrow button, and tap the Dark Mode toggle. The adoption of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have doubled during the coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook is launching Shops, a service that will allow businesses to display and sell products on the world's largest social network's platforms, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.

The move to build up e-commerce offerings follows Facebook's launch last year of limited shopping options on photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp. Company leaders wager making the platforms more business-friendly will generate fresh ad revenue, even as user growth slows.

Facebook Shops will tie at least some of those efforts together, enabling businesses to set up a single online store accessible via both Facebook and Instagram. A checkout feature will enable in-app purchases, while a more deeply integrated messaging feature will allow customers to chat with businesses through WhatsApp, Messenger or Instagram Direct.

Zuckerberg also said the world's largest social network would be working more closely on product integrations with Shopify and seven other online commerce platforms (BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Channel Advisor, CedCommerce, Cafe24, Tienda Nube, and Feedonomics) going forward. 

As with Facebook's other e-commerce features, Shops will be free for businesses to access with the expectation it will boost consumer engagement and ad sales.

"This is the biggest step that we've taken yet to enable commerce across our family of apps," Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said.

The primary focus of Facebook Shops is to make it easy for businesses to have online storefronts to survive during the crisis and ride the online shopping trend into the future, according to Zuckerberg.

Virtual Dressing Rooms

Facebook is also working on free tools including augmented reality to let shoppers see how they will look in outfits, cosmetics or other items for sale, according to Zuckerberg.

"I hope that we can at least help build some of the infrastructures that businesses need not only in this moment but going forward as well," Zuckerberg said.

"Because even when this period and the lockdowns pass... we're going to continue living more of our lives, and doing business, online."

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