Renewable Energy Partnership Helps Cut CO2 emissions

June 27, 2019 -- At Mondelēz International, our ambition is to create a future where people and planet thrive by reducing the environmental impact of the snacks we make. That’s why we’re committed to minimizing our end-to-end CO2 emissions at a global level. In fact, one of our goals is to reduce our global CO2 emissions from energy used in manufacturing by 15% by 2020.

To help us getting to that goal, we’re investing in renewable energy and have signed a power purchase agreement with Enel Green Power North America, one of the world’s largest providers of renewable energy. Under this agreement, we will purchase renewable energy from a solar farm in Texas, United State.

This partnership will enable us to make substantial progress against our sustainability goals: it will reduce our CO2 emissions by 80,000 metric tons. That’s 5% of our global manufacturing emissions. To put this in perspective, the renewable energy we will purchase through this agreement will be enough to produce more than 50% of all the Oreo cookies consumed in the U.S. annually – that’s around 10 billion Oreo cookies!

“This agreement demonstrates our commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emissions from our manufacturing footprint around the world, as well as specifically in North America. Together with our broader goals to eradicate deforestation in key ingredient supply chains, it forms a critical element of our sustainable snacking strategy and our contribution to creating a sustainable future,” said Glen Walter, EVP and President North America, Mondelēz International.

For more information on our sustainability goals, read our Impact 2025 Strategy and Progress Report.