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On the road to Net Zero with Edrington and Community Windpower
Are you looking to power your business with 100% renewable energy, from a named asset, in a specific region? Find out how EDF’s Select Renewable supply option is helping Scottish distillery group, Edrington and their journey on the road to Net Zero.
Choose the best renewable energy supply for your business
Companies are rushing to cut carbon emissions and switch to renewable energy. But it’s not like flicking a switch. There’s a surprising number of factors to weigh up as you choose the renewable energy sourcing strategy that’s best for your business. Andy Peyman outlines the various clean energy sourcing strategies for businesses and explains their relative pros and cons. Want more detail? Watch our webinar where Andy dives deeper into the world of renewables.
Our renewable supply options
We offer a range of renewable supply choices, allowing you to pick the right option for your business.
Renewable for Business
Electricity backed by UK REGOs or European GoOs, from a blend of sources including hydro, wind, solar, biomass and landfill gas.
UK Renewable
Electricity generated from renewable sources in the UK, backed by REGOs.
Clean Renewable
Electricity generated in the UK from clean renewable sources. That's wind, solar and/or hydro, and backed by REGOs.
Select Renewable
If you want your electricity supply sourced from a particular renewable technology or from a geographic region, our Select Renewable option gives you the flexibility, offering a strong sustainability message.
How can choosing a renewable supply help your business?
1. Pitching for new business
Businesses are finding that they’re asked for information on their environmental credentials more and more when they pitch for sales or contracts.
Consumers are also becoming increasingly aware of organisations’ sustainability credentials and factoring these in to their buying decisions.
By choosing a renewable supply, your business can show it’s made an informed choice – to run on electricity backed by renewable generation.
2. Reporting your carbon emissions
Choosing a renewable energy supply allows you to report zero carbon emissions for your electricity supply. Besides showing you’ve made an informed choice, it also lets your business report a lower carbon footprint.
If your business follows global best practice and reports its carbon emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (The GHG Protocol), your choice of electricity supply can make a big difference to the numbers you report. This is particularly important for larger businesses who have corporate social responsibility ambitions to join strategic initiatives like the RE100*.
*Source: there100.org/re100
3. Assuring investors and shareholders
Investors are increasingly looking to only invest in companies committed to reducing their environmental impact. CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) tracks thousands of companies’ climate change strategies and emissions reduction performance to help institutional investors understand the risk in their portfolios. These investors hold assets worth over US$92 trillion*.
The CDP uses the GHG Protocol as the method for companies to report their emissions. Choosing a renewable electricity supply can support your performance in their assessment process.
*Source: www.cdp.net/en/info/about-us
All from one of Europe’s largest renewable energy generators and purchasers
With 598MW of installed renewable generating capacity, EDF Group is one of the largest renewable generators in Europe. We operate 31 wind farms in the UK with 8 more on the way. We're also a major purchaser of renewable electricity from many independent renewable generators in the UK.
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Upgrade to a zero carbon electricity contract
Many businesses are choosing to go zero carbon(1). Zero Carbon for Business guarantees your electricity supply is backed by zero carbon nuclear generation and shows a genuine commitment to Net Zero.
Compare your options
How our renewable supply options compare with our Zero Carbon for Business and standard offers
Modern carbon reporting standards encourage businesses to use their choice of electricity supply to support their environmental commitments.
We offer three electricity source choices:
- Standard: backed by all electricity generation technologies from lower carbon renewables and nuclear, to higher carbon coal and gas.
- Renewable: backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) or GoOs (Guarantee of Origin).
- Zero Carbon for Business: backed by nuclear generation.(formerly Blue for Business)
Buying zero carbon does not create more zero carbon energy in the UK
It’s important to be clear about this. Whether you choose a zero carbon supply backed by renewable or nuclear energy, your purchase does not in itself cause any new zero carbon generation to be produced. The zero carbon electricity that we buy for Zero Carbon for Business or renewable products is supplied into the National Grid. Customers receive that electricity through the National Grid, not directly from zero carbon generators.
But your choice does show that your organisation is aware of the carbon intensity of the power it buys and is consistent with widely used standards and guidance in carbon accounting*. And that’s a step in the right direction.