Kimberly-Clark, the US owner of Kleenex, is cleaning up its carbon footprint by using a Scottish windfarm to power its UK factories.
The Texas-based personal care giant has signed an agreement with renewable energy firm Octopus, which will supply green electricity from an onshore windfarm at Cumberhead in South Lanarkshire.
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Thinking outside the box: Kleenex owner Kimberly-Clark has signed an agreement with renewable energy firm Octopus, which will supply green electricity from an onshore windfarm
Once the £75million windfarm is complete next year, it will supply 80 per cent of the electricity at Kimberly-Clark’s three UK factories and fully power its two main distribution centres.
Octopus is funding construction through its London-listed investment fund, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust.
The power purchase agreement is the first for Kimberly-Clark outside the US.
The firm, whose brands also include Andrex and Huggies, called it a ‘significant step’ in decarbonising its UK operations.