Yum Energy Cutting Trims Emissions, Saves $17M Over Last Two Years

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December 10, 2008

Yum Brands, parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC, released its first corporate responsibility report titled “Serving the World” (PDF).

Since 2006, the company says it reached total annualized savings of 60,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions. It has also cut $17 million in energy expenses, exceeding it’s goal to cut emissions by 51,000 metric tons.

The company now plans to cut energy use by 12 percent in U.S. restaurants and by 10 percent in international locations by 2010. These efforts including installing compact fluorescent lamps, energy management systems to control operational hours of lights, replacing….

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