- Jaguar Land Rover sources 100% renewable electricity for its UK facilities
- New purchase agreement with EDF Energy to buy 100% renewable electricity into the 2020s
- Renewables purchasing programme revealed as part of wider commitment to environmental innovation in Annual Sustainability Report.
Jaguar Land Rover has sealed an agreement with EDF Energy to buy all its UK electricity from renewable sources up to March 2020.
Jaguar Land Rover’s electricity supply is backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO), meaning a proportion of EDF Energy’s renewable energy is ring‑fenced specifically for the company. The REGO scheme certifies the proportion of supply that comes from renewable generation – 100% in Jaguar Land Rover’s case.
Our future is low‑carbon, clean and efficient. Our programme to reduce our burden on the National Grid doesn’t end here: we seek continual improvements, both in how we can reduce energy consumption further and how to minimise our carbon emissions.
Our aim is to give our customers assurance that the company’s electricity will come from renewable sources: those being in addition to the solar array at our Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton, one of the largest rooftop installations in Europe.
Ian Harnett
Executive Director of Human Resources and Global Purchasing
JLR is a valued partner of EDF Energy ‑ we share a strong focus on sustainability and are very proud to support Britain’s biggest car maker in achieving their low‑carbon ambitions.
Béatrice Bigois
Managing Director of Customers, EDF Energy
Jaguar Land Rover’s renewables purchasing programme operates within a wider context of sustainability. The latest Annual Sustainability Report shows the business has achieved:
- 32% reduction in European fleet average tailpipe CO2 emissions (2015 compared to 2017)
- More than 38% reduction in energy per vehicle produced, compared to 2007 (UK Manufacturing)
- More than 50,000 tonnes of press shop aluminium waste reclaimed in one year alone (to April 2016) (enough to make around 200,000 Jaguar XE body shells), preventing more than half a million tonnes of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.
- New buildings designed to achieve the highest standards such as the Building Research Establishment's BREEAM 'Excellent' standard. BREEAM encourages designers and others to think about low carbon and act accordingly, minimising the energy demands create
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