Opus Energy and Haven Power, Drax Group's retail businesses, have collectively provided over 350,000 UK businesses with 100 per cent renewable electricity.
This is a new record number of UK business sites to receive certified 100% renewable power - making Opus Energy and Haven Power collectively the largest suppliers of renewable energy to UK businesses.
Jonathan Kini, CEO of Drax Group's retail businesses, says power suppliers have a responsibility to encourage and support businesses to be more sustainable and enable the UK to achieve the clean growth needed to meet our climate targets.
A recent Haven Power survey found 59% per cent of businesses think renewable energy is key to a cleaner future, but 80% expect suppliers to take the lead in educating them about their renewable energy options.
Jonathan Kini said:
"Every business is different, but it seems most want to be more sustainable and play a part in reaching our climate targets - they just need us, the suppliers, to help them achieve these aspirations.
"By making renewable electricity the standard, businesses become instantly a lot more sustainable, which allows us to move the conversation with our customers on to talking about other steps they can take, such as reducing their energy consumption, generating their own renewable power or even using batteries.
"Opus Energy has more than 2,200 SMEs which are already generating their own renewable power - so the appetite for more sustainability is definitely there.
"Green GB Week and the tenth anniversary of the Climate Change Act is an ideal time for businesses to celebrate how far we have come in the last decade, and also to look ahead to what we still need to do to achieve our ambitions."
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