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Sustainability knowledge centre

We know our customers want to conserve resources and reduce their carbon footprint. And that many countries have committed to ambitious targets for reducing air pollution—as well as for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent by 2050. 

Learn more about how our innovations are helping to protect the environment.

2017 sustainability metrics report

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Working toward a healthier planet with our customers

Harold Jones, Senior Vice President, Health and Safety describes how we’re working toward a healthier planet with our customers.

Interview with Frank Campbell, Eaton EMEA President
Learn how we demonstrate our commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship day to day.
Blog: “Sun Setting on Renewables and Reliability Argument”
Eaton’s Louis Shaffer shows how advancements in energy storage can lead to a low-carbon future.
xStorage
We make energy storage for homes and businesses simple.
Making microgrids work
Practical and technical considerations to advance power resiliency.
Microgrids for facilities
Store low-cost, off-peak energy for use during peak demand.
LED lighting
Our LEDs help prevent 9 billion pounds of GHG emissions per year.
Integrated lighting controls
Smarter lighting control leads to smarter buildings.
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Our LED lights helped the airport achieve LEED Gold ranking.
Advanced mobile hydraulic valves
Watch how our products help farmers improve yields.
Food safety
See how our filtration products help keep food safe.
Blueline blueberry harvester
Our hydraulic systems help reduce loss during harvest by up to 50 %.
Safe back-up power for farms
Power outages can be hazardous for agricultural businesses with livestock.
Data centres
With cloud computing on the rise, energy efficiency is more important than ever.
Increasing engine efficiency
Our cylinder deactivation system is the most direct way to reduce CO2 emissions.

We make a healthy planet work.*

We’re positively impacting the environment while helping to solve pressing climate issues.
*See how

Experts project that within 10 years, reliance on energy storage systems by businesses and homeowners will increase by 700 %

By 2050, food production must increase by 70 % to feed the world’s estimated population of 9.1 billion

By 2024, global microgrid capacity is expected to exceed 7 GW, a 115 % increase

On a global basis, data centres consume almost 3 % of the world's electricity

By 2050, global demand for energy in buildings is projected to increase by up to 60 %

By 2025, consumers in emerging markets are expected to represent 66 % of global demand for manufactured goods

An expanding middle class is anticipated to increase global air travel from 3.2 billion passengers in 2014 to an expected 11 billion passengers by 2029

By 2030, China is poised to overtake the US in number of vehicles, with a projected 600 million cars, trucks, motorcycles, rural vehicles and buses

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
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