LM Wind Power
LM Wind Power, the Denmark manufacturer and supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry, said Wednesday that it plans to be carbon neutral by 2018.
The company, which has an operation at the Port of Little Rock that employs about 450 people, said in a news release that it’s the “first in the wind industry to take such a step.” It said it will begin by sourcing 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources in 2017, with the goal of eliminating and offsetting CO2 emissions from its own operations by 2018.
The company said it is part of a group of corporations aiming to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celcius.
“When we signed the UN Global Compact in 2010, we argued that LM Wind Power might be the greenest company in the world with more than 20 percent of all turbines worldwide flying LM blades,” LM Wind Power CEO Marc de Jong said in a news release. “But we also asked some tough questions — are we really green enough? It’s a paradox that the industry has not addressed this more coherently before.”
LM said the three main components of its carbon neutral program, called “CleanLM,” are:
- Reductions in the company’s carbon emissions through operational efficiencies, for example, an internal drive to reduce energy consumption and waste.
- Using 100 percent renewable electricity, particularly from wind, in conjunction with partners and customers and effective from 2017.
- Offsetting our remaining emissions through carbon credits and building low carbon sustainable development through the delivery of clean and renewable energy for communities in developing countries.
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