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DuPont Joins RE100 Global Initiative to Use 100% Renewable Energy

Company reaffirms commitment to 100% renewable electricity in its operations by 2050.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

DuPont announced that it has joined RE100, a global environmental initiative led by the Climate Group in partnership with CDP, which brings together companies committed to shifting the electricity used globally in its operations to 100% renewable energy.

Joining RE100 underscores DuPont’s commitment to its global Acting on Climate sustaina-bility goal, which aims to source at least 60% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. DuPont is also committing to address market and policy barriers to sourcing renewables alongside member companies.

“The rapidly increasing effects of climate change require urgent action from all of us to make the full transition to renewable energy sources, which is critical to achieving sustainable business growth,” said Alexa Dembek, DuPont chief technology & sustainability officer. “At DuPont, we have challenged ourselves with ambitious goals, placing sustainability front and center in our innovations, products, operations, and people. Partnering with RE100 is a significant step forward in our journey to help contribute to a more sustainable future.”

DuPont is developing innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient solutions that help industries and customers decarbonize, and advocates for market-based approaches to consistent, predictable policies and regulations that foster climate innovation and investment.

A critical part of DuPont’s emissions reduction strategy is to procure its electricity from more renewable sources. In 2020, the company expanded use of renewable electricity sources and credits and entered a partnership with Schneider Electric to support its long-term renewable energy procurement strategy,

Last week, DuPont signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC with a generation capacity of the equivalent of 135 megawatts of new wind energy in Texas. This will enable DuPont to increase its renewable energy sources and credits.  The project is the equivalent of approximately 25% of the company usage.

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