Food giant Tate & Lyle has signed an agreement with Alabama Power for the provision of renewable electricity from the latter’s wind farms in Kansas and Oklahoma.
The move represents the next step towards meeting Tate & Lyle’s target of 100% of the electricity purchased for its operations coming from renewable sources by 2030.
Under the agreement, through its Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) programme, Alabama Power will provide Tate & Lyle with RECs and electricity each year to provide all the power needed for its sucralose production facility in McIntosh, Alabama.
The RECs will be sourced through Alabama Power, will reduce the McIntosh facility’s Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions to zero, according to the company.
It will also increase Tate & Lyle’s total purchased electricity from renewable sources globally to more than 30%, and reduce the carbon footprint of its sucralose ingredient by more than 20%, it added.
Tate & Lyle chief executive Nick Hampton said: “Climate change is the biggest threat to the world’s long-term future and so it’s vital that companies accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
“We have set ourselves ambitious science-based targets to significantly reduce our carbon footprint by 2028 and this agreement with Alabama Power is another clear demonstration of our commitment to meet our targets.”