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DALLAS, Texas, US, January 23, 2006 (Refocus
Weekly)
A Texas-based global company will increase its
consumption of green power to 40 million kilowatt-hours per year.
FedEx Kinko’s says its latest purchase of renewables for 100
locations in the U.S. will increase its total commitment to green
power by 67.5%. It recently agreed to purchase 10.8 million kWh of
Green-e certified renewable energy certificates for 88 of its
locations in Southern California, and this new purchase will provide
50% of the annual electricity consumption for those centres.
“By increasing our green power use, FedEx Kinko's is helping to
reduce the amount of pollutants emitted into the environment,” says
vice president John Gomez. “Renewable energy purchases reduce our
environmental footprint while helping to develop domestic energy
sources that foster energy independence and economic development in
the communities we service.”
FedEx Kinko’s expanded its purchases of green power throughout the
U.S., including ten sites in Seattle, ten in Wisconsin, seven in
Tennessee and one in California. Renewables now provide the
equivalent to 14% of the company’s total annual U.S. electricity.
More than 400 of the company's retail outlets in the U.S. now
purchase green power or RECs.
As a result of the new purchases, FedEx Kinko's expects to displace
the emission of 26,000 tons of CO2 each year, equivalent to the
power used by 3,900 homes in one year.
Last year, FedEx Express unveiled the largest corporate solar PV
system in California at its hub at Oakland International Airport.
That installation garnered the ‘2005 Green Power Leadership Award’
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of
Energy for green power purchasing.
In 2004, FedEx Express started buying delivery trucks that will
decrease particulate emissions by 96% and, in 2003, it adopted a
procurement policy which requires vendors to supply
environmentally-superior products.
FedEx Kinko's claims to be the world's largest provider of document
solutions through a global network of 1,500 locations with printing
and delivery services. The mother company, FedEx, has annual
revenues of US$31 billion.
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