Ingredient solutions company, Tate & Lyle, has signed an agreement with Alabama Power for the provision of renewable electricity at its sucralose plant in the US, representing the next step towards meeting Tate & Lyle’s target of 100 per cent of the electricity purchased for its operations coming from renewable sources by 2030.
Under the agreement, Alabama Power will provide Tate & Lyle with Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) and electricity each year to provide all the power needed for its sucralose production facility in McIntosh, Alabama, US.
Sucralose plant manager, George Parten, said the team was delighted to enhance its partnership with Alabama Power by purchasing renewable electricity.
“We will work together with them to help reduce the carbon footprint of our ingredient sucralose and our site, and to support the transition to cleaner energy,” said Parten.
“We are committed to minimising our environmental impact and to helping build a more sustainable future for our business, our customers and our local community.”
The RECs will be sourced through Alabama Power from wind farms operating in Kansas and Oklahoma and will reduce the McIntosh facility’s Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions to zero. It will also increase Tate & Lyle’s total purchased electricity from renewable sources globally to more than 30 per cent and reduce the carbon footprint of its sucralose ingredient by more than 20 per cent.
Tate & Lyle chief executive, Nick Hampton, said climate change is the biggest threat to the world’s long-term future, so it’s vital that companies accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
“We have set ourselves ambitious science-based targets to significantly reduce our carbon footprint by 2028 and this agreement with Alabama Power is another clear demonstration of our commitment to meet our targets,” said Hampton.
This agreement is part of Tate & Lyle’s broader sustainability programme which includes initiatives to reduce energy consumption, increase the use of renewable electricity and support sustainable agriculture. Tate & Lyle’s climate targets are in line with a 1.5°C trajectory and have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.
