NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for
Climate and Energy Solutions or C2ES and The Climate Registry today
awarded Entergy Corporation and its Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Leo Denault with a national
2021 Climate Leadership Award.
"We are honored to receive this recognition for our commitment
to climate action and environmental stewardship through innovative
solutions on behalf of all stakeholders," said Denault. "Entergy is
committed to delivering affordable, cleaner energy to our customers
and we are accelerating the transformation toward a more
sustainable future for everyone."
Entergy and Denault received awards during the 10th annual
Climate Leadership Conference, which recognizes exemplary
corporate, organizational and individual leadership in reducing
carbon pollution and actively addressing climate change.
Denault was honored with an Individual Leadership award for
accelerating Entergy's carbon-reduction strategy and advancing
climate resilience initiatives for the Gulf Coast region. Under
Denault's leadership as chairman of the board and CEO, Entergy has
worked to ensure that concern about climate change translates into
meaningful action and measurable outcomes across the company's
operations.
Entergy was also recognized with an Organizational Leadership
award for its near- and long-term climate commitments and for its
work to transform its power generation portfolio to cleaner, modern
and more efficient energy sources that benefit all stakeholders.
Entergy is proud to have been the first U.S. electric utility to
commit to voluntarily stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions in 2001.
The company outperformed its most recent 2020 emissions reduction
goal by 8% and recognizes the importance of ensuring its emission
reduction targets are in line with the latest science that says we
must achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050. Last year,
Entergy committed to completely reducing or neutralizing carbon
emissions produced from all of its operations by 2050.
To help Entergy customers lower their energy consumption, save
money and reduce their own environmental footprint, the company
offers a variety of energy efficiency programs, including education
and outreach, technology improvements and customer incentives. The
company is also partnering with commercial and industrial customers
on innovative, clean energy solutions like beneficial
electrification programs to help them reduce their carbon footprint
and achieve their own sustainability goals.
Entergy is the only U.S. electric utility recognized for
sustainable business practices for 19 consecutive years by the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index. The company operates one of the
cleanest large-scale power generating fleets in the United States, according to the 2021
Benchmarking Air Emissions Report by independent environmental firm
M.J. Bradley & Associates.
Learn more about Entergy's leadership in building a cleaner and
sustainable energy future at entergy.com/environment.
About Entergy Corporation
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged in
electric power production, transmission and retail distribution
operations. Entergy delivers electricity to 3 million utility
customers in Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy owns and operates one of the
cleanest large-scale U.S. power generating fleets with
approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity,
including 7,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Headquartered in
New Orleans, Louisiana, Entergy
has annual revenues of $10 billion
and approximately 12,500 employees. Learn more at entergy.com and
follow @Entergy on social media.
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