Electrolux Group is proactively working to achieve 100% renewable electricity globally by 2025. The goal is not far off because, already in 2022, 98% of the total electricity used in the operations came from renewable sources. Electricity accounts for 60% of Electrolux Group’s total energy use and is a key component of the company’s journey to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in its operations by 2030 and across the entire value chain by 2050. This percentage will grow in the coming years as the operations are increasingly electrified. The Group now has sites with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Italy, Thailand, Australia, Mexico, China, South Africa and Sweden. “We also source renewable electricity through different third-party verified Renewable Energy Certificates to reduce our impact and increase the demand for renewable energy around the world”, says Tomas Dahlman, Director Global Energy. The company is also looking into the potential for renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs). Today, 40% of the company’s total energy is sourced mainly from natural gas, with some energy-intensive processes, such as enameling ovens and painting, currently requiring natural gas. “A temporary solution is replacing natural gas with biogas, which we have recently piloted at some sites, such as São Carlos in Brazil, and are exploring opportunities in Italy – says Dahlman –. But the only long-term zero-carbon solution is completely switching to 100% renewable energy”. In 2022, the plant in Cerreto d’Esi, Italy, became the first Electrolux Group plant to fully replace fossil fuels with renewable electricity in its manufacturing operations. This means that zero greenhouse gas emissions have been emitted from the energy used to power manufacturing processes at the plant since October 2022.
