Charles River Laboratories Achieves 90% Renewable Electricity Globally, Announces Progress on Environmental Goals
11 Outubro 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Company selected as Energy Star Top Project of
the Year for Energy Recovery System, and develops industry
partnerships to align with sustainable initiatives
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) today
announced that, while working toward previously announced
environmental goals, the Company has achieved 90 percent renewable
electricity globally. This progress is a result of virtual power
purchase agreements (VPPAs) in North America (solar) and Europe
(wind) that are anticipated to ultimately supply all facilities in
those regions with 100 percent renewable electricity.
The North American VPPA went into effect at the end of 2022,
with the European VPPA coming online in August 2023. Utilizing
renewable electricity is a key component of the Company’s efforts
to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from facilities (Scope 1
& 2 emissions). Charles River is expecting to meet the goal for
achieving 100 percent renewable electricity globally by 2025, five
years earlier than originally projected. Overall, the Company has
decreased Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions on an absolute basis by 23
percent from 2018 to 2023.
“I am proud of the progress we’ve made in recent years to reduce
our climate impact,” said Birgit Girshick, Corporate Executive Vice
President & Chief Operating Officer at Charles River. “At every
level, our organization is committed to supporting sustainable
business practices and driving marked change for our clients,
partners, communities and planet.”
Additionally, Charles River’s “Customized High Efficiency
Automated Energy Recovery System”, utilized at two of the Company’s
facilities in China, has been selected from among 26 nominated
projects as one of the Top Projects for Energy Efficiency for
presentation at the 2023 ENERGY STAR Industrial Meeting. These two
installations at Charles River’s Chengdu and Shunde facilities
collectively avoid over 5,000 metric tons of GHG emissions annually
as well as 11,000 MWh of electricity use. A second project, “Solar
Thermal System to Support Process Hot Water Loads” was awarded an
honorable mention. The solar thermal project avoids the use of
approximately 4,000 gallons of fuel oil along with 40 metric tons
of annual GHG emissions avoidance.
Working Toward a Sustainable Future
Charles River recognizes that collaboration across industries
can help accelerate progress toward sustainability goals. In 2021,
Charles River joined the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative
(PSCI) and has worked with that organization to engage suppliers in
discussions on sustainable practices. In 2023, that collaborative
spirit was extended with three new industry partnerships:
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership:
The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that helps
increase green power use among organizations to advance the
American market for green power and development of those sources as
a way to reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts
associated with electricity use. By choosing green power, Charles
River is helping advance the voluntary market for green power and
development of those sources. Charles River and other Green Power
Partners are helping to reduce the negative health impacts of air
emissions including those related to ozone, fine particles, acid
rain, and regional haze.
- Renewable Thermal Collaborative: The Renewable Thermal
Collaborative (RTC) is the global coalition for companies,
institutions, and governments committed to scaling up renewable
heating and cooling at their facilities, dramatically cutting
carbon emissions. By joining the RTC, Charles River plans to expand
upon existing work to convert to renewable electricity and join
other leading companies who are striving to scale the deployment of
renewable energy for heating and cooling applications.
- Energize: Energize, administered by Schneider Electric in
partnership with the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI),
is a first-of-its-kind program to increase access to renewable
electricity for suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry. The
program has two main objectives: to help suppliers learn about
renewable electricity purchasing, and to help suppliers explore the
renewable energy market and purchase renewable electricity via
pathways that may not have been previously available to them. In
partnership with Energize, Charles River aims to reduce Scope 3
(value chain) GHG emissions by engaging with suppliers to promote
more sustainable supply chain practices and the use of renewable
electricity.
Visit the Corporate Citizenship section of Charles River’s
website to learn more about the Company’s progress. The 2023
Corporate Citizenship Report will be available in Spring 2024.
About Charles River
Charles River provides essential products and services to help
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, government agencies and
leading academic institutions around the globe accelerate their
research and drug development efforts. Our dedicated employees are
focused on providing clients with exactly what they need to improve
and expedite the discovery, early-stage development and safe
manufacture of new therapies for the patients who need them. To
learn more about our unique portfolio and breadth of services,
visit www.criver.com.
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