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We take the world's largest companies 100% renewable. The power needs of corporations are often equivalent to that of entire countries, so converting these to renewable truly has a massive planetary impact. This is our way to help save the world.Every day, more and more companies and countries are making commitments to a low-carbon future. The commitments are easy, but the execution is tricky. We're here to make it simple. The result is a strategy that works, and a future that's brighter for everyone.It started with Nike.After a decade of experience in manufacturing and building wind farms around the world, Eric Jen joined Nike as the director of renewable energy. At the time, there was no real consensus on how to take such a massive Fortune 100 corporation with 3,000+ facilities in 28 countries to 100% renewable power. He had to start from the ground up. Over the next few years, Eric helped create the #1 corporate renewable energy program in the world (tied with Apple in 2018). It was incredibly challenging, but the impact of converting a company with the energy needs of a medium-size country (8.5TWh) to clean power was inspiring. His "aha" moment came while on the ground at factories throughout China, Vietnam, Indonesia and India. Eric noticed that many of the same factories producing shoes and clothes for Nike were making products for other brands, and many of those brands had also signed on to the RE100 pledge to become 100% renewable. He realized that wind and solar projects designed to cover multiple brands manufacturing in the same area could achieve serious economies of scale. This was an opportunity much bigger than just Nike. Ren was born.