This renewable energy community benefits case study highlights Sustain Our Future Foundation’s collaboration with AES, Microsoft, and local community members in Kern County to advance a community-centered power purchase agreement tied to a 125 MW solar project paired with 80 MW of battery storage. Through this partnership, SOFF facilitated $1.5 million in community benefit grants, illustrating how community governance and locally driven investment can help deliver more equitable outcomes through renewable energy development.

A Microsoft white paper outlining how the company incorporates community benefits into its renewable energy procurement strategy to help meet its 2030 carbon negative goal. Microsoft recognized an opportunity to reinforce its sustainability goals by focusing benefits of its efforts on under-resourced communities and those who have been disproportionately impacted by industrial pollution.

Sustain Our Future Foundation’s 2024 Annual Impact Report reflects the outcomes of our first full programmatic year.

In 2024, SOFF partnered with corporate sustainability teams, renewable energy developers, and community organizations to advance just, community-centered sustainable development. Through this work, we deployed more than $2.2M into community-led climate solutions. This report highlights what we accomplished, what we learned, and where we are headed next.

A comprehensive, practical guide to help organizations navigate the complex process of community collaboration and de-risk sustainable infrastructure project planning.

Sustain Our Future Foundation developed this handbook for renewable thermal project developers, sustainability professionals, and organizational leaders, as a tool for building authentic, mutually beneficial community relationships that advance both organizational sustainability goals and local community well-being.

Sustain Our Future Foundation’s Glossary contains definitions for foundational terms and concepts for environmental justice and equity.