Energy reductions at Berry Global’s facilities will help the company to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in over 45,000 metric tons. The company announced this Wednesday the approval of projects that will help the packaging giant to achieve this new milestone.
Firstly, the company had already managed to reduce over 1 million kilowatt-hours from the company’s operations in 2020; know, Berry Global aims to increase that number to a 100 million kWh of energy reduction.
Secondly, according to the statement, the company has its deadline in September; however, it is ahead of schedule to achieve the project approvals. To achieve the 100 million kWh target, the company members collaborated across 324 energy reductions projects to achieve record energy reduction.
In fact, five million kWh have already been saved through improvements that did not require capital investment. These energy reductions directly reduce Berry’s scope 1 and 2 emissions, which inherently reduce customer’s scope 3 emissions.
Thirdly, the amount of GHG emissions already reduced is equivalent to the CO2 emissions generated for the powering of 8,500 homes in one year; or removing 15,000 passenger vehicles in a single year.
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Energy reductions; a global effort in all Berry’s facilities and offices
Moreover, Tom Salmon, Chairman and CEO of Berry Global, said about the efforts. “In line with our Science-Based Targets to minimize our environmental impacts; we are also closely evaluating our energy usage as an important step toward a net-zero economy. Achieving a goal such as this requires the collective expertise of team members at all of our 285 facilities; working toward the same goal of lower carbon emissions.”
In addition, Berry involved in hundreds of small projects to decrease energy use in Berry’s facilities. One example of those would be Berry’s Terno d’Isola, Italy, facility; where team members implemented programming to automatically shut off equipment when not needed; eliminating 70 minutes of energy every day.
Furthermore, by combining its global presence and local agility to solve these 285 site-wide challenges, Berry leveraged employee ideas for saving energy and brought them to life on a global scale.
Finally, Rodgers Greenawalt, EVP Operations for Berry Global, concluded. “The one million kWh challenge was also just a reminder of the little things we can all do; in our plants and offices to reduce kWh consumption; like turning off the lights, turning off conveyors, and also, taking advantage of free cooling; but the transition to the 100 million kWh challenge in 2021 was an effort to highlight the results we can realize when we work together; with the specific purpose of reducing energy consumption.”
