NEFIN Group recently announced their latest project in partnership with Mondelēz International, in which they will install solar panels across the rooftops of the company’s Malaysian manufacturing plants, including a Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolate plant located in Shah Alam.
The project will see 1,266 solar panels installed at the Shah Alam plant and a further 1,754 panels in Prai. The switch is expected to offset 29,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions (equivalent to planting approx. 146,800 trees) over the next 25 years. In the first year alone, the two plants are estimated to produce a combined 1.8 million kWh of energy, which could result in a potential saving of up to RM11.18 million (USD$2.66 million) over the following 25 year period.
The partnership with Mondelēz International Malaysia comes after the Group found success in their previous projects with Mondelēz International Thailand.
These manufacturing plants in Shah Alam and Prai are NEFIN’s first two photovoltaic installation projects with Mondelēz International in Malaysia, after our first successful partnership with Mondelēz International (Thailand) in Lad Krabang.
Talks for other similar projects in Southeast Asia are underway, and we are working closely with Mondelēz to achieve sustainability in their manufacturing plants.
Mr Chong Bor Hung, NEFIN Group’s Head of Business Development and Managing Director
The switch to renewable energy across their Southeast Asia branches is in line with Mondelēz International’s ongoing 2050 Net Zero Emissions target. Two of the specific goals that come under this target are to “continue to convert global manufacturing electricity footprint to renewable energy”, and to “start replacing thermal fuels (e.g. natural gas, diesel, gasoline) with ‘green’ alternatives.”
Managing Director of Mondelēz International for Malaysia and Singapore, Ms Narmeen Khan, explains, “We have transparent sustainability goals to achieve by 2025 and are committed to scaling up our sustainability efforts to deliver meaningful change.” She continues, “This partnership with NEFIN is progress towards our goal of creating a sustainable future for snacking and will help us reduce our end-to-end absolute CO2 emissions.”
Mondelēz International Malaysia also reported that in 2021 their water consumption was down by 18.6% and waste by 11.3% across both of their plants, compared to the previous year.
