The Profarma Group has entered into a partnership with GreenYellow to supply 5,4 GWh per year for 20 years. The announcement was made this week. According to the energy multinational, around 9 panels will be used to build three photovoltaic plants – which will supply 147 of the 200 D1000 Varejo Farma stores, totaling 73% of the points of sale.
The project will cover all 72 stores in the Drogaria Rosário chain (a region served by CEB, in Planaltina, DF), 34 of the Drogarias Tamoio chain (a region served by Enel RJ, in Itaperuna) and 41 of the Drogasmil chain (served by Light, using the plant in Seropédica, RJ). “With efficient management of clean energy, we will avoid the emission of more than 600 tons of CO2 into the environment, thus minimizing the impact on our operations,” said Deborah Birmarcker, president of the Profarma Institute of Social Responsibility.
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“Profarma has always been a company with a strong commitment and performance in social initiatives, and now we are taking another important step in adopting strategies for the use of renewables, moving towards sustainable management, both from a financial and of the environment”, he added.
The Itaperuna solar farm is already connected to the distributor, and the expectation, according to Roberto Zerkowski, CEO of GreenYellow, is that all plants will be connected by the end of the first half of the year. “It is very important for us to support large groups in their energy transition, without forgetting the financial benefits that these initiatives can bring,” added Zerkowski.
