Facebook Becomes the World’s Largest Corporate Purchaser of Renewable Energy
In 2018, Facebook set a comprehensive goal of reaching a 75 percent reduction in operational greenhouse gas emissions. Along with that, the company promised to support its global operations with 100 percent renewable energy.
In a post on Tech@Facebook, the company announced that it has now achieved its previously set environmental goal and successfully reached net-zero emissions. Moreover, it exceeded the greenhouse gas emissions goal and has reduced them by 94 percent.
Facebook’s journey of building a portfolio of renewable energy projects began back in 2011. Since then, the results that the company has accomplished are pretty impressive:
Now, Facebook’s offices and data centers are all supported by clean energy thanks to the production of more than 6 gigawatts of wind and solar energy across 18 states and five countries.
Facebook Has Already Set Its Next Environmental Target
The company has already set a new goal that should be achieved by 2030. Facebook is planning to reach zero emissions across not just its own global operations, but also its suppliers. Here’s what else the company has to say about its future environmental plans:
More and more tech companies, including Microsoft (which is hoping to be carbon-neutral by 2030) and Razer (which is also targeting carbon neutral status by 2030), are joining forces to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help with climate change.
So, things may, finally, be moving in the right direction.
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