FedEx Kinko’s, the FedEx office services and shipping store chain, is switching to greater useof renewable energy sources for its power supplies. The company has announced new renewable energy
purchases at more than 100 locations nationwide, increasing its total green power commitment by67.5 per cent to an estimated 40 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year.FedEx Kinko’s has agreed to purchase 10.8 million kWh of Green-e(R) certified renewable energycertificates (RECs) for 88 of its locations in Southern California. The new purchase will provide50 per cent of the annual electricity consumption for those centres. Furthermore, it expanded itsrenewable energy purchases in locations throughout the USA, including 10 in Seattle, 10 inWisconsin, seven in Tennessee and one in Pasadena, California.
The company now buys renewable energy equal to approximately 14 per cent of its total annual USelectricity needs. And 404 – or more than 30 per cent – of its US retail locations now purchasegreen power or RECs.
Renewable energy or green power is energy derived from any natural, non-fossil fuel resourcethat continually reproduces itself over time. Sources of renewable energy include the sun, wind andwater. “By increasing our green power use, FedEx Kinko’s is helping to reduce the amount ofpollutants emitted into the environment,” said John Gomez, FedEx Kinko’s regional vice president ofoperations in Southern California.
