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Pepsi tops US green energy list

By Yan Yan on Tuesday, 31st July 2007

pepsiThe chaps that make fizzy drink Pepsi remain the number one buyer of renewable energy in the US for the second quarter in a row, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Well done lads.

PepsiCo, which has committed to purchase 100 percent renewable electricity, was No. 1 on the EPA’s list with plans to purchase more than 1.1 billion kilowatt-hours per year of renewable power over 12 months.

Pepsi was followed in the top five by Wells Fargo & Co, Whole Foods Market Inc. the Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., which distributes Pepsi drinks and the U.S. Air Force.

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