Companies including Nike, Procter & Gamble, Asda-owner Walmart and Starbucks have pledged to use 100% renewable electricity.
Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce, furniture company Steelcase and financial firm Voya Financial have also made the commitment to source all of their electricity from renewables to reduce carbon emissions and seize business benefits.
The announcement by the US firms made at the Climate Week event in New York brings the number of companies around the world which have made the “RE100“ commitment to renewables to 36,
including Marks & Spencer, BT Group, Nestle and Ikea.