ABB has committed to electrifying its vehicle fleet by 2030, sourcing 100% renewable electricity by the same date and establishing efficiency targets, including the use of energy management systems.
ABB has joined three initiatives led by the international non-profit Climate Group in line with its action plan and focus areas identified to reduce its own emissions:
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- EV 100: ABB commits to electrifying its fleet of more than 10,000 vehicles by 2030. ABB in Sweden, for example, has already started to convert its around 700 company cars to all-electric vehicles, while ABB in the UK announced last year that the company will be transitioning its more than 500 company cars to an all-electric fleet by 2025
- RE 100: ABB commits to sourcing 100% renewable electricity until 2030. In 2020, 32%, of all the electricity used by ABB, was either purchased as certified green electricity or generated by the company’s own solar power plants. Since 2020, ABB in Switzerland already sources 100% of its power from renewable sources
- EP 100: ABB commits to establishing energy efficiency targets and continue deploying energy management systems at the company’s sites. Already today, more than 100 ABB sites are covered by externally certified or self-declared energy management systems
Furthermore, the company’s own reduction targets have now also received approval by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) confirming they are in line with the 1.5°C scenario of the Paris Agreement. The SBTi is a partnership between non-governmental organisations CDP, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
ABB has also joined the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign, a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders, led by the UNGC.
“At ABB, we want to lead by example across our own operations and the confirmation our ambitious targets are now scientifically verified is an important milestone for the company,” said ABB chief Communications and Sustainability officer, Theodor Swedjemark.
“We believe the combination of technology and empowered people is key to reducing emissions and avoiding the further heating of our planet.”
