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Providing renewable electricity to retailers

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Providing renewable electricity to retailers

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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Countries: United States of America
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Project SDGs:
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Renewable energy (SDG 7.2)
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UN Climate Change Summit
Progress to Date: NA Retailers provided with renewable energy
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Business
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2018  »  Dec. 31, 2025
Project Website: ungc-production.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/cop_2...
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Additional Benefits: Increased budget for local authorities
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: More than $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: corporate
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 90%

Project Overview

Our approach We are building climate resilience by committing to transition our global operations to 100% renewable electricity and reduce our GHG emissions by 25% across our value chain. Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommendation, in March 2018 we set a science based target that is in line with reductions required to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. We are committed to reducing absolute Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 35% by 2025 from a 2017 …

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Our approach We are building climate resilience by committing to transition our global operations to 100% renewable electricity and reduce our GHG emissions by 25% across our value chain. Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommendation, in March 2018 we set a science based target that is in line with reductions required to keep warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. We are committed to reducing absolute Scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 35% by 2025 from a 2017 base year, in line with the 1.5 degrees pathway. Furthermore, we commit to increasing annual sourcing of renewable electricity from 7% in 2016 to 100% by 2025. We also commit to reducing emissions across the value chain (Scopes 1, 2 and 3) by 25% per beverage by 2025, from a 2017 base year. We include over 87% of our total Scope 3 emissions in our science-based target, putting us well over the two thirds inclusion threshold that is required by the Science Based Targets initiative-----To reduce our Scope 3 emissions generated from electricity consumption at the point of sale while also ensuring our products are kept cool in a sustainable way and reducing emissions of participating retailers by 100%, we are working to provide renewable electricity to our retail partners. Z-Tech, our technology and innovation hub that was launched to connect small and medium-sized businesses in our value chain with digital platforms to improve their business and their livelihoods, has partnered with the startup Lemon Energia to provide small retailers in Brazil with renewable, clean energy. Retailers sign up to the Lemon Energia platform and are connected to the nearest solar farm in the region. Through this partnership we aim to bring renewable electricity to 50,000 retailers across Brazil, reducing more than 50,000 tons of CO2 e in our value chain. Similarly, in Mexico, through the installation of on-site solar panels on our Modelorama retail stores, we will aim to provide our franchisees with renewable electricity from our own energy company Modelo Power. Initially, we aim to power over 1,000 stores in 2021 with the potential to scale to additional small retailers across Mexico. Modelo Power will provide franchises with renewable electricity over the next five years, reducing emissions in our value chain by more than an estimated 450,000 tons CO2 e while reaching over 30,000 stores by 2025.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Project Benefits: Increased budget for local authorities
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: More than $500,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

Four-phase approach to sustainable supply chain water use PHASE 1 Assessment A study of key operation and growing region watersheds, using external standards and building on work completed with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) PHASE 2 Analysis and action planning Deep-dive analysis of at-risk growing areas, in conjunction with external experts PHASE 3 Collaboration Establish multi-stakeholder water stewardship plan to implement identified improvements PHASE 4 Transformation Implement water stewardship program with public education and advocacy, funding, and monitoring and reporting

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Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company (Euronext: ABI) based in Leuven, Belgium, with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUD). With a portfolio of well over 200 beer brands, it is the leading global brewer, … Learn More

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