Facebook reveals carbon emissions and targets greener profile
For the first time, social media giant Facebook has disclosed its annual carbon emissions and energy consumption. Related articles Shale Gas is bad news for renewables says leading think tank Calor declines move to biodiesel on risk to reliability Low carbon vehicle scheme receives Government boost GRI calls for public to comment on sustainability reporting guidance Plans for Mars wind turbine scrapped Following the news in June this year that carbon reporting is to become mandatory for all FTSE-listed companies social media giant Facebook has revealed its carbon emissions nine months ahead of the imposed April deadline. The report shows that Facebook's total carbon emission were 285,000 metric tons and that it used 532m kWh of energy last year. Of this energy 23% was from clean and renewable sources, however the majority came from coal at 27%, with 17% natural gas, 13% nuclear and 20% uncategorized.
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