Consumer brands company Kimberly-Clark announced that its factory in Koblenz, Germany is on track to move to 100% renewable energy by 2029, making it the company’s first tissue manufacturing site worldwide to achieve that goal.

According to Kimberly-Clark, the achievement will support its goal to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030. The company said that the move to renewable energy at the plant, which toilet paper, hand towels and wipers under brands Kleenex, Scottex, Scott, WypAll, Page & Hakle, will reduce carbon emissions by 50,000 tons per year.

As part of the transition, expected to be completed by 2029, Kimberly-Clark said that site will electrify its heating needs as well as source its electricity demand via a portfolio of European power purchase agreements of offsite renewables. Improvements at the site will include switching a natural gas boiler, hood heaters and related infrastructure to electric.

The company said that the transition is being supported by a Carbon Contract for Difference Award from the German Government, a financial mechanism aimed at accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels.

Lisa Morden, Chief Sustainability Officer at Kimberly-Clark, said:

“Announcing our first Kimberly-Clark tissue manufacturing site globally with a pathway to 100% renewable energy is an incredible milestone that demonstrates how we continue to progress on our decarbonization journey, through innovative cross-sector collaboration. We are proud to execute this decarbonization project that will unlock new technologies for Kimberly-Clark, enabling us to tackle the challenge of reducing direct greenhouse emissions, which represent 60% of our total emissions.”