A new report published by global 100% renewable electricity initiative RE100 and Capgemini Invent shows that companies committed to 100% renewable electricity targets outperform their peers with above-average financial performance.
Global 100% renewable electricity initiative RE100 announced this week at Climate Week NYC the addition of seven new members, bringing the total number of companies up to 152, and introducing the first companies from Latin America and Turkey.
Clothing giant PVH Corp — the parent company of such brands as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, and Speedo — announced this week that it has joined the RE100 initiative and has committed to sourcing 100% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2030.
Global corporate leadership initiative RE100 announced late last week that several big-name companies had joined in commitment to securing 100% of their energy needs from renewable sources, including entertainment and electronics giant Sony Corporation.
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu announced last week that it has committed to sourcing 100% of its needed electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050, coupled with its decision to join the RE100 initiative.
Two big-name companies, telecommunications giant Vodafone and data storage behemoth Iron Mountain, have this week announced 100% renewable energy targets and committed to joining RE100, the initiative spurring corporate renewable energy targets around the world.
Irish construction company John Sisk & Son (Sisk) has become the first Irish business to join the EP100 initiative, a global initiative led by The Climate Group designed to drive and support the adoption of policies that double a company’s energy productivity, reducing energy usage and lowering energy costs at the same time.
With Google and Apple boasting they met their 100% renewable energy targets in 2017, here is a closer look at how big companies go about acquiring the necessary renewable energy, and the difference being “matching” your power and being “powered” by renewable energies.
Apple announced today that its global operations are now powered by 100% renewable energy after years of work in 43 countries around the world.
Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank has become the first Fortune 500 company, the first bank, and the first RE100 member to achieve its goal of securing 100% of its power consumption with renewables in a single Power Purchase Agreement from a single project.
