{"id":23801,"date":"2018-10-29T13:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T17:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=23801"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:22:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T23:22:31","slug":"samsung-recognized-green-power-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-recognized-green-power-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Recognized for Green Power Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW JERSEY \u2013 OCTOBER 29, 2018 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc.<\/strong>, and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.<\/strong>, announced today Samsung\u2019s No. 7 ranking on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA\u2019s) National Top 100 List of the largest green power users from the Green Power Partnership (GPP) \u2013 a rise from Samsung\u2019s previous position at No. 59. Samsung also ranks No. 6 on the GPP\u2019s Top 30 Tech & Telecom list \u2013 a rise from Samsung\u2019s previous position at No. 12. The improvement in rankings reflects the company\u2019s effort to transition towards renewable energy and its commitment to sustainability.<\/p>\n

To date, Samsung has used nearly 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power in 2018, which represents approximately 90 percent of the total power needs of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC.\u00a0 Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC plan to source renewable energy to meet 100 percent energy use in 2018.\u00a0 By moving the needle in the voluntary green power market, Samsung contributes to theadvancement of the market for green power as well as the development of those sources.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cSamsung thrives when our communities thrive and our commitment to environmental stewardship is a critical part of creating shared success,\u201d said John Godfrey, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Samsung Electronics America<\/strong>. \u201cWe are honored to receive this recognition and it is a testament to the progress we are making towards our ultimate goal of sourcing renewable energy for 100% of the energy used in our American facilities by 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis list of the largest users of green power across the nation is proof that good business practices can also benefit the environment,\u201d said James Critchfield, Program Manager of EPA’s Green Power Partnership<\/strong>. \u201cEPA applauds the leading organizations in the Green Power Partnership\u2019s Top Partner Rankings for their notable commitment to expanding their use of green power and protecting the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samsung\u2019s rise on these lists, is the result of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.\u2019s larger commitment to build on progress in energy efficiency and operational emissions reductions and to expand the use of renewable energy in its operations around the world. In June, Samsung announced plans to source renewable energy<\/a> for 100 percent of the energy used for all its factories, office buildings, and operational facilities in the United States, Europe and China by 2020 and to seek to further increase its use of renewable energy around the world.<\/p>\n

Samsung\u2019s sustainability efforts include driving improvements across all areas of business. For more information on Samsung\u2019s sustainability efforts, please visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/aboutsamsung\/sustainability\/strategy\/<\/a> and https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/sas\/Sustainability\/Approach<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

About Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC<\/strong> <\/span>
\nSAS is one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world with more than 3,500 employees and 2.45 million square feet of floor space. It is also home to Samsung Austin Research and Development Center (SARC) – a world-class R&D Center which develops high-performance, low-power, complex CPU and System IP architecture and designs for Samsung\u2019s System LSI division. SAS has broad semiconductor process technology offerings serving customers in various application areas including mobile, consumer, networking\/high performance computing, IoT, RF and automotive. Since 1996, SAS has invested approximately $17 billion in its Austin, TX campus, making it one of the largest direct foreign investments in United States history. Samsung Austin Semiconductor is a US-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The Austin facility is one of the few semiconductor plants the company has outside South Korea. Visit www.samsung.com\/us\/sas<\/a>.<\/h6>\n
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\nThe Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that helps increase green power use among U.S. organizations to advance the American market for green power and development of those sources as a way to reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts associated with electricity use. The Partnership currently has 1,600 Partners voluntarily using nearly 53 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500\u00ae companies; small and medium sized businesses; local, state, and federal governments; and colleges and universities. For additional information, please visit www.epa.gov\/greenpower<\/a>.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW JERSEY \u2013 OCTOBER 29, 2018 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC., announced today Samsung\u2019s No. 7 ranking on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA\u2019s) National Top 100 List of the largest green power users from the Green Power Partnership (GPP) \u2013 a rise from Samsung\u2019s previous position at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719,29724],"tags":[1010,5854,924,50,86],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-23801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate","category-corporate-economic-impact","tag-john-godfrey","tag-manufacturing-plant","tag-samsung-austin-semiconductor-sas","tag-sustainability","tag-us-environmental-protection-agency-epa"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/samsung-newsroom-2023\/assets\/theme-images\/default-card-mobile.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/samsung-newsroom-2023\/assets\/theme-images\/default-card.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29719,"name":"Corporate","slug":"corporate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29719,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1028,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/","term_path":"corporate"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23801"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=23801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}