RLC will transition to renewable energy by 2035
21 June 2022
Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), the Gokongwei Group’s property company, yesterday unveiled ambitious environmental goals, such as switching to clean energy by 2035, as it ramps up its sustainability initiatives.
RLC plans to use clean energy in all of its existing and future mall developments in order to meet its 2035 objective of switching to renewable energy sources for all of its power needs.
The pandemic, according to RLC’s 2021 Sustainability Report, “Thriving, Sustainable Communities,” has highlighted the need for a more targeted approach to sustainability.
According to RLC president and CEO Frederick Go, the company wants to maximize the impact of its sustainability initiatives while adding value to the enterprise.
In order to significantly reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, safeguard the environment, and encourage effective land use, Go remarked, “We continue to invest in constructing low-carbon and resilient areas.”
To achieve its goal of being net carbon neutral by 2050, RLC has developed its own roadmap. This is consistent with the international movement to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or less.
Moving forward, RLC will also interact with clean energy suppliers for both Luzon and provincial areas and pursue new investment opportunities through the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) or the RE Market once it is created.
RLC’s Robinsons Malls and Robinsons Offices utilized 30.24 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of renewable energy in 2021 across the country. RLC has installed solar panels on the rooftops of 24 malls as of this writing, producing close to 30 MW of pure, renewable energy.
This includes Robinsons Starmills in San Fernando, Pampanga, which is the largest solar-powered retail mall in the world, with a 2.88-megawatt system that spans a 1.75-hectare roof.
Go stated that the business would also switch to recycling and other waste processing facilities for its non-biodegradable goods.
Go stated that by the year 2030, RLC aims to divert all non-biodegradable waste from its properties and direct it instead to recycling and other waste processing facilities.
In order to cut down on waste, RLC has launched a campaign in all of its leisure and hotel facilities that are found in tourist hubs that aims to reduce yearly food spoilage by 5%.
Even after the units have been given over to the residents, we will be able to manage the amount of garbage produced in our residential developments better thanks to these initiatives. We anticipate bringing these programs to all RLC sites. “Wastewater treatment and materials recovery facilities will be part of the design plans for all RLC developments, whether they are new or already exist, by 2025,” Go stated.
