Johnson & Johnson announces significant progress towards its climate goals – 100% renewable electricity for all sites in the United States, Canada and Europe by 2023

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., November 30, 2021 – Johnson & Johnson announced that the Company has executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) in the United States (U.S.), showing continued acceleration towards its ambitious goal to procure 100% renewable electricity for all Johnson & Johnson operations by 2025. With this new deal, Johnson & Johnson expects that it will source the equivalent of 100% of the Company’s electricity in the U.S. and Canada from wind and solar power by 2023[1].The new agreement will be comprised of a solar array in Southern Texas for a total generation capacity of 55 megawatts (MW) or approximately 117,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable electricity annually. The agreement was signed in coordination with Ørsted, and the solar installation is currently being built.This adds to existing on-site and off-site renewable projects that currently provide about 70% of Johnson & Johnson’s electricity needs in the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, the Company announced a deal earlier in the year for solar power at its Jacksonville, Florida facility. Johnson & Johnson Vision’s production site in Limerick, Ireland is already powered by wind, so when the Jacksonville project comes online in 2022 all ACUVUE® Brand contact lenses are expected to be made using 100% renewable electricity.“Last year we announced our most ambitious climate goals to date, including an accelerated renewable electricity goal. We are wasting no time making progress beca...
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