Epson Transitions To Green Electricity At All Worldwide Sites
Japanese digital textile printer manufacturer Epson announced that all electricity used at Epson Group sites around the globe are from renewable sources.
This makes Epson the first in the Japanese manufacturing industry to complete the transition to renewable electricity at all of its sites worldwide, including Japan.
The Epson Group consumes approximately 876 GWh3 of electricity per year and by using renewables electricity, Epson expects to reduce its annual CO2 emissions by approximately 400,000 tons.
Epson publicly committed to becoming carbon negative and underground resource free in its Environmental Vision 2050.
The use of renewable electricity is a key means by which Epson seeks to reach its goal of achieving decarbonization.
In line with this, Epson announced that in March 2021, that it would switch to 100 percent renewable electricity to meet the electricity needs at all Epson Group sites around the world by 2023.
In November 2021, the switch was completed in Japan, while the global switch to renewable electricity was completed on schedule in December 2023.
Epson will also promote the broader adoption of renewable energy, including through generating more of its own power and by supporting the development of new power sources through co-creation.
The company will also reduce the amount of energy associated with production and products and will pursue further advances in resource circulation to attain the goal of becoming carbon negative.
