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Renewable Energy Saves Fortune 100 Companies $1.1B Annually

Posted by Soulskill on from the powered-by-hamsters dept.

Lucas123 writes: A new report authored by several environmental groups say data shows more than half of Fortune 100 companies collectively saved more than $1.1B annually by reducing carbon emissions and rolling out renewable energy projects. According to the report, 43% of Fortune 500 companies, or 215 in all, have also set targets in one of three categories: greenhouse gas reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy. When narrowed to just the Fortune 100, 60% of the companies have set the same clean energy goals. Some of the companies leading the industry in annual clean energy savings include UPS ($200M), Cisco ($151M), PepsiCo ($121M) and United Continental ($104M).

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  1. Saved? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How much of that "savings" is tax breaks/subsidies?

  2. Careful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you tell that to republicans there may be spontaneous mouth foaming.

    1. Re:Careful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Aggressive skepticism has been the response to every single environmental conservation claim in my memory since the government recommended people turn off the lights when they left work (remember those light bulb stickers people stuck to the light switches to remind you?), and it turned out that companies' power bills did, in fact, go down (le shock!).

      Every single time, we get a round of "nuh uh! There's no way them environmental hippies could save money! Imma gonna go burn tires to prove them wrong!"

      By the time the "fad" has reached actual corporations with stockholders and accountants, you can be pretty sure that the beancounters have crunched the numbers and come up with a good reason for it.

      If you're going to claim that its due to a tax credit somewhere, I'd point out that at this point, most everyone is assuming the next administration will be Republican and will probably cancel all the environmental regulations and credits again.

  3. drops in the bucket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    wtf is wrong with you people?

    its turns out that making modest cuts in energy consumption isn't that painful, saves some money,
    and may have longer term benefits

    maybe I can understand the 'saving the purple spotted toad is costing jobs damn liberals' attitude, but
    you guys have to piss on this? turning off the lights at night?

    god fucking forbid we didn't waste as much energy as possible. imagonna leave my truck running all night
    just to show i'm a true patriot

    assholes