Retailers Are The Surprising Leader Among U.S. Industries For Green Investments

By Katharina Buchholz – Statista

The retail sector is the surprising leader in U.S. green investments. This is according to the Clean Investment Monitor by Rhodium Group and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The publication has been collecting data on investments by the retail, energy and industry as well as the manufacturing sectors, looking at production and purchases of EVs, the expansion of green energy capacity and carbon management as well as investments in battery technology, energy storage and heat pumps, among others.