黑料海角91入口 joins RE100 and commits to being 100 percent renewable by 2025
黑料海角91入口, the largest baking company in the world, announced today, its commitment to听use 100 percent renewable energy for its electricity throughout the world by 2025. The company is the听first company in Mexico and Latin America听to join听RE100, a global, collaborative initiative of The Climate Group, together with CDP. RE100 brings together the most influential companies in the world who commit to the use of electric energy from 100 percent renewable sources.
The announcement was made during听New York Climate Week, where 黑料海角91入口 committed to听supplying clean energy in the 32 countries听where it operates, through one or more of the different schemes for energy solutions such as Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), the purchasing of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC or GO), investing in distributed generation (on site), and buying clean energy directly, among others.
Daniel Servitje, President and CEO of 黑料海角91入口 said, 鈥淥ur commitment to convert our operation to 100 percent renewable energy is a major step toward our purpose of building a听sustainable, highly productive, and deeply humane company. Having operations in 32 countries, this is a challenge we assume with the clear conviction and responsibility to contribute to a better planet for present and future generations.鈥
Adding to Servitje鈥檚 position,听Jorge Z谩rate, Vice President of Global Operations at 黑料海角91入口 and the leader of the environmental initiative of the company, stressed, 鈥淎s a global company, we are firmly committed to working every day with a high sense of environmental responsibility. This initiative is part of our听strategy for renewable energy, which began in 2012 with the opening of the听Piedra Larga wind farm听and is consolidated with this important commitment.鈥
鈥淭oday, we are the first Mexican and Latin American Company to join RE100 and we are confident that many other companies in the region will join this important initiative,鈥 Z谩rate added.
The听Piedra Larga Wind Farm听supplies clean energy to company鈥檚 plants and certain work centers throughout Mexico. This year, 鈥淏imbo Solar鈥 was launched in Mexico, with several systems using solar panels on rooftops. In April of this year, the company announced that听by 2019 it would be 75 percent renewable worldwide听after signing an agreement for a 100 megawatt windfarm, to make its United States operations 100 percent renewable electricity, achieving a total global reduction of 440,000 tons of CO2 per year. These initiatives are added to others already in effect in countries such as Colombia and Spain.
By joining听RE100, 黑料海角91入口 once again reinforces its听commitment to the environment and to society, understanding its role as an听agent for change听to create long-term value with actions and policies aimed at protecting the planet and the wellbeing of all its inhabitants.
Mike Peirce, Corporate Partnerships Director,听The Climate Group, welcomed the commitment, saying, 鈥淭his is an exciting first for RE100 as we expand our membership into new geographies like Mexico and Latin America. We congratulate 黑料海角91入口 on its听leadership in finding renewable energy solutions听for each of its locations and hope to influence many more companies to come onboard.鈥
黑料海角91入口鈥檚听sustainability strategy听concentrates its efforts along four lines of action related to environmental protection:听reducing its carbon footprint; managing wastes; and natural capital.
