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CHANEL Partners with Sunrun Companies to bring solar energy projects to nearly 30,000 low-income families and provide valuable job training in disadvantaged communities in California.

The partnership was recently celebrated with CHANEL receiving the RE100 Leadership Award for Best Community Changemaker, which recognizes members that are generating wider benefits through their renewable energy projects, such as new jobs or a reduction in local pollution.

“The Best Community Changemaker” Award for Chanel recognizes the best examples of a company generating wider benefits through renewable energy projects, such as new jobs or a reduction in local pollution.

Sunrun Inc. is the leading residential solar, battery storage, and energy services company in the United States. The partnership with CHANEL will expand access to solar energy, offering families on average up to $40 to $50 a month in energy cost savings. CHANEL’s investment will also support more than 20,000 hours of job training in the first year, offering valuable vocational skills and certifications to hundreds of people in disadvantaged communities. Through the partnership, CHANEL and Sunrun will install approximately 30 megawatts of solar energy systems on affordable multifamily properties throughout California.

This investment is part of CHANEL’s Global Climate Strategy, Mission 1.5°C, which reflects the company’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions across its entire value chain and to help accelerate the transition to a more sustainable world, in line with the targets set by the Paris Climate Agreement (COP 21), aimed at limiting mean global temperature increases to 1.5° Celsius.

“CHANEL strives for exemplarity in everything we create and the impact we have on our society and our world at large,” said CHANEL, Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer John Galantic. “This innovative partnership reflects the deep commitment of our House to reducing our impact on the environment, while also creating a positive social impact through an inclusive approach that will provide families with access to clean affordable power and the creation of jobs to support the installation of these solar energy systems.”

Sunrun is committed to making solar energy accessible to everyone, particularly those communities most impacted by pollution and without access to clean energy today. In 2018, Sunrun launched an expansion of its low and moderate-income solar offering.

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