2024-03-23 11:34:05
World Lights Off Day 2024 is today from 8:30 to 9:30 pm. In response to the global “Earth Hour” event, Uni-President Supermarket has called on more than 420 brands including 7-ELEVEN stores and affiliated companies. Ten thousand locations have joined; FamilyMart convenience stores will turn off the exterior sign lights of more than 4,200 stores in Taiwan, which is expected to save nearly 5,500 kilowatt hours of electricity and about 2,700 kilograms of carbon emissions.
Supermarkets responded to the global Earth Hour by turning off lights for one hour, and unified supermarkets called on more than 420 brands including 7-ELEVEN stores and affiliated companies, with more than 10,000 locations to join. (Photo/Provided by Uni-President Super)
Uni-President Supermarket stated that it has participated in the world’s largest environmental protection and energy-saving action “Earth Hour” for three consecutive years. This year, it is the first time for local retailers to obtain international official authorization and become one of the organizers in Taiwan, calling on 7-ELEVEN stores, relationships More than 420 brands including enterprises, government units, partners and public welfare groups have joined.
Uni-President Supermarkets pointed out that they include Uni-President Enterprises, 7-ELEVEN, Uni-President Supermarket Good Neighbor Cultural and Educational Foundation, Cosmetics, Kaohsiung Dream Mall, Uni-President Times Department Store (Taipei Store/Kaohsiung Store), Starbucks, Carrefour, Sandex, Semeur More than 10,000 stores including Shengna, COLD STONE, Mister Donut, 21st Century, Aijinka, etc. will turn off the lights for one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 tonight, and it is estimated that more than 10,000 stores will be accumulated. Hours of light-off time.
FamilyMart convenience stores are also continuing to respond to the “Earth Hour Turn off the Lights for One Hour” campaign. They will also turn off the exterior sign lights of more than 4,200 stores in Taiwan at 8:30 pm today, which is expected to save nearly 5,500 kilowatt hours of electricity and about 2,700 kilograms of carbon emissions. The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by a tree is equivalent to the carbon dioxide absorbed by 225 trees in one year.
In addition, this year, FamilyMart, as an initiative partner of O’Laide, the official authorized unit of Earth Hour, actively exerts its channel influence and calls on 9 major related companies and 34 public welfare groups to demonstrate sustainability by turning off lights and taking daily energy-saving and carbon-reducing actions. Influence.
Wu Caihua, director of FamilyMart’s Public Affairs and Brand Communications Office, said that in response to the government’s 2050 net-zero transformation goal, FamilyMart has also launched sustainable toast with carbon labels and food cleanliness labels, and created an exclusive fresh food brand “Plant-Sleep” tailored for vegetarians. “Life”, promoting low-carbon diet, etc.; according to internal statistics, after implementing the IoT energy management system and power-saving map measures, FamilyMart stores will save more than 2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity throughout the year in 2023.
FamilyMart has also started to expand its green electricity procurement in January this year, and it is expected to expand to 1,000 stores across Taiwan by the end of the year. By then, one of every four to five FamilyMart stores will use green electricity.
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