The best energy company we can be!
With more than 125 years of successful history behind us, RWE has undergone fundamental change and is now a leading supplier of renewables worldwide. With wind farms, solar power and battery storage facilities in many countries. Even today, most of our core business is green electricity.
And we want to get better and better, investing €55 billion in renewables between 2024 and 2030 and entering the promising hydrogen technology at full speed. Together, we have achieved a lot and we will continue on our path: For a sustainable future, for achieving net zero emissions by 2040 – for the best energy company we can be!
Our energy for a sustainable life
RWE has reliably supplied people and companies with electricity for more than 125 years – night and day. Many of us take electricity for granted. As well as the fact that it comes out of our sockets at any time. And we can, because power generators like RWE make sure that it does. Decarbonisation and sustainability are key components of our corporate strategy. And we have a clear objective: climate-neutral by 2040.
Efficient, climate-friendly and smart
This describes the energy supply of the future. RWE is working on this with numerous projects at all stages of the value chain. Because this is the only way we can achieve our goal: climate neutrality by 2040. Research and Development (R&D) faces many challenging tasks in this context. Scientists and engineers deal with the issues of today’s power generation and at the same time develop innovative concepts for the energy supply of tomorrow. The goal is to use technologies that balance economic efficiency, security of supply and environmental compatibility in a constantly evolving energy market.
Strong partners in industry and science
RWE also contributes its experience to international collaborative projects and works closely with partners from science and industry. Since we focus on application-oriented research and development, our competencies complement those of our numerous partners from universities and public research institutions. In this way, we not only ensure the success of our projects, but also support universities and institutes with current research topics and have a positive impact on the qualified, practice-oriented training of young scientists.
Conscious and responsible treatment of the environment
Protecting the environment is a responsibility we all share. As a company, this is something we are very well aware of and we feel committed to protecting the environment, conserving natural resources and reducing emissions. That’s why we have incorporated environmental protection and energy efficiency measures into our business practices, with some surpassing statutory targets. We have committed to using natural resources responsibly and supporting the use of environmentally friendly technologies in our principles of conduct and RWE’s Code of Conduct. Furthermore, RWE companies appoint environmental officers in management that ensure as part of the environmental management system that environmental protection is implemented responsibly according to operator obligations, is handled in line with our sustainability practices and we pursue the goal of preventing serious adverse effects on the environment and other risks. Strict environmental legislation and permit requirements build the framework for our operational activities in the regions where we are active. Some of our activities surpass the obligations set out in laws and permits.
RWE invests in environmental protection to ensure continuous improvement in areas such as energy, water, biodiversity, emissions as well as wastewater and waste.
RWE supports for the goals of the Paris Agreement
RWE has set Science-based Targets. These targets cover own operations as well as the entire value chain. The targets are based ony the emission inventory calculated for the new RWE for the year 2019. The company is committed to reducing specific emissions from Scope 1 and 2 by 2030 by 50% to 296 g CO2e / kWh of electricity produced. Reference are emissions of 591 CO2e / kWh in 2019. RWE intends to reduce Scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030, from 22.3 million tons CO2e in 2019 to 15.6 million tons CO2e. These targets include all greenhouse gases. The emission targets and the roadmap behind them were reviewed in December 2020 by the Science Based Targets initiative, a global initiative of WWF, UN Global Compact, World Resource Institute and CDP. This provides scientific confirmation that RWE’s strategy is in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Environmental management system
To control our activities related to the environment, we have set up an environmental management system in affiliate companies that have operating facilities, for example. The environmental management system has 100% coverage. We follow international environmental standard ISO 14001, while factoring in the respective country-specific and statutory requirements. Environmental auditors assess our environmental performance on a regular basis, identify associated risks and opportunities and use these results in order to bring about systematic improvements. Our goal is to have 100% of the environmental management systems been certified either by external or internal audits.
RWE is active around the globe
Once founded at our group headquarters in Essen, we are now represented by subsidiaries in Japan, Scandinavia, America, China and many other countries*. Visit our regional websites and find all information about current activities, projects and contact persons.
