Kraft Heinz hits 100% renewable electricity across European factories

Kraft Heinz renewable electricity: summary

• Kraft Heinz factories in Europe now operate on 100% renewable electricity
• The shift includes Europe’s largest ketchup factory
• Transition delivered through a variety of initiatives
• Part of wider decarbonisation efforts, including bio-LNG trucks, solar installations and heat pumps
• Other companies such as Mars and Arla are advancing renewable energy in Europe

Kraft Heinz factories across the UK, Netherlands, France, Poland and Spain have achieved 100% renewable electricity consumption.

This is a significant step in F&B’s efforts to decarbonise.

The company produces 840,000 tonnes of sauces, condiments and canned goods for European brands such as Heinz and Lea & Perrins, and the shift to renewables includes Europe’s largest ketchup factory, which now uses renewable electricity sourced from solar and wind power.

The milestone was achieved through a variety of renewable energy initiatives, including a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) with global multi-energy company Repsol.

A virtual PPA is a financial contract where a company agrees to buy renewable electricity at a fixed price from a generator, without physically receiving the electricity.

“This milestone is an example of the investment Kraft Heinz is making in its European operations,” says Michiel de Jonge, vice president of European operations at Kraft Heinz. “Our factories play a key role in decarbonising our operations and reducing our manufacturing footprint.”

It first committed to wind energy four years ago and has since invested in a range of decarbonisation projects, including installation of solar panels at its manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the Netherlands and UK.

It has also installed heat pumps at its Kitt Green factory in the UK, reducing the site’s gas consumption by 15%.

Decarbonisation across F&B

Kraft Heinz is not alone in its efforts to reduce its European carbon footprint through renewables.

Mars, Inc.

Since 2025, all ten Mars Snacking factories in Europe are powered by renewable energy, covering the annual production of around 900,000 tonnes of brands such as Snickers and M&Ms.

Mars has made a series of clean energy commitments under its Renewables Acceleration Program, such as securing 70% of the output from the Kölvallen Wind Farm in Sweden in 2026, and majority output from the Skuodas Wind Farm in Lithuania through PPAs.

Unilever

By 2025, 62% of its energy use was sourced from renewables, including 88% of its electricity.

At the end of June, it announced that it’s boosting its clean electricity strategy by joining the Climate Group’s 24/7 Coalition, an initiative that aims help businesses meet power demand with renewable energy around the clock.

Arla Foods

The dairy co-operative uses 100% renewable electricity across all of its sites, as of the beginning of 2026. Around 93% its total electricity consumption is within Europe where it operates 46 sites in seven different countries.

It’s sourced from open-market certificates and long-term PPAs.

Nestlé

All of its sites in the UK and Ireland have been served by 100% grid-supplied renewable electricity since 2016. This is from energy produced through two wind farm partnerships.

It is working towards sourcing renewable electricity across its manufacturing sites, owned R&D centres and owned distribution centres. By the end of 2025, it had reached 98.6%.

Danone

The dairy multinational uses 100% renewable electricity across all UK & Ireland factories and has committed to renewable energy across all of it operation by 2030.

PepsiCo

The food and beverage giant is working towards 100% renewable electricity (including through the purchase of energy attribute certificates (EACs) in its own operations by 2030.

PepsiCo and its suppliers signed a multi-year renewable energy purchase agreement in April 2026 aimed at emissions reductions across the value chain in Europe, and it’s expected to contribute to an estimated 32,000 metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions reductions per year.

Mondelēz International

All of its UK manufacturing sites use 100% renewable electricity.

It also has other European initiatives such as a large solar power plant at its factory in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, which is expected to replace up to 25% of the site’s energy needs with renewable electricity.