Engie is to supply O-I Glass facilities in Europe with renewable electricity under a 10-year deal announced today.
Engie’s Global Energy Management & Sales entity will initially provide an aggregate 4.3 terawatt-hours of electricity to O-I sites in Europe generated from solar, wind and hydro sources.
The company already supplies O-I with natural gas and electricity in several European countries, as well as energy efficiency services for O-I factories in France.
In Mexico and Peru, O-I also sources electricity from Angie, while 25% of O-I’s electricity consumption in the US is supplied by Engie from renewables.
Engie Global Energy Management & Sales executive committee member Olivier Bloeyaert said: “Thanks to a wide range of solutions for energy risk management, Engie is connecting the dots between the challenging sustainability goals of energy-intensive global companies like O-I on the one hand, and innovative low-carbon solutions on the other hand.
“Our large and diverse portfolio of carbon-neutral products was instrumental to design a tailormade solution for O-I.”
“We are proud to support our business partner O-I in their efforts for a sustainable future.”
O-I chief sustainability officer Randy Burns said: “At O-I, our vision is to be the most innovative, sustainable, and chosen supplier of brand-building packaging solutions.
“While we believe glass packaging is already the most sustainable packaging solution, sustainability at O-I is about more than what we make.
“This long-term agreement is an important building block towards our pledge to reduce O-I’s global greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030.
“As part of our roadmap, we are striving to increase our global renewable electricity consumption to between 30% and 35% this year.
“At O-I, the journey to sustainability is grounded in resilience, innovation, and the ever-present challenge to transform what we do.”