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Southern Company Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations has established a framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which serve as a blueprint
for protecting the planet and reaching global peace and prosperity. Sustainable development has been defined as
development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs. These goals are used by countries, companies and organizations to demonstrate progress toward
the reduction of poverty and inequalities, preservation of natural resources, promotion of quality education and
responsible consumption and innovation for energy and infrastructure. Southern Company has mapped our six
corporate sustainability priorities to the goals, indicating our alignment with a sustainable future.
Our core business as an energy company has the most direct impact on progress for the following goals:
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Increased zero and low-carbon resources to 31% of the generation mix in 2021 (from 15% in 2007)
Plans to increase renewable generation to greater than 17,000 MW by 2030 from 11,000 MW in 2021
Constructing the first two new nuclear units in the United States in more than three decades
Proposes to reduce the coal fleet to 8 units (
