Good Energy
Drives to Net Zero
Southern Company and its subsidiaries deliver the first-ever net zero energy TOUR Championship.
Billy Horschel tees off at the 2022 TOUR Championship
Good Energy
Drives to Net Zero
Southern Company and its subsidiaries deliver the first-ever net zero energy TOUR Championship.
Billy Horschel tees off at the 2022 TOUR Championship
When the PGA TOUR returned to Atlanta’s historic East Lake Golf Club to crown the 2022 FedExCup champion, players and patrons enjoyed the first-ever net zero energy TOUR Championship.
Southern Company has been the Official Energy Partner of the PGA TOUR since 1999, and a Proud Partner of the TOUR Championship since 2016. As one of golf’s premier events, the TOUR Championship provides an outstanding opportunity to showcase the company’s work to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and to highlight meaningful progress toward producing a more sustainable event.
“Providing the first Tour Championship with net zero energy emissions was an extension of our commitment to clean energy as we move toward a net zero future,” explains Southern Company Brand Director Emily O’Brien. “This commitment is a fundamental component of our brand identity.”
Some 90 percent of the tournament golf cart fleet was electric and, through subsidiary PowerSecure, Southern Company replaced 11,000 gallons of traditional diesel fuel with renewable fuels for all on-site generation during TOUR Championship week. A collaboration with Georgia Power offset some 300,000 kilowatt hours in on- course energy with 500,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits. Renewable natural gas was used for clubhouse activities such as cooking, showering and laundry.
Solar charger in the player’s parking lot
2022 Payne Stewart award winner Billy Andrade
Volunteers at the company’s Good Energy Pavilion
The PGA TOUR also presents a wonderful platform to give back to the communities where we live and work. Since its first playing in 1998, the TOUR Championship has donated more than $42 million to East Lake and the greater Atlanta community for education, health and wellness and neighborhood revitalization programs.
We recognize the importance of strong values through our sponsorship of the Payne Stewart Award. We have contributed nearly $9 million to the Stewart Family Foundation and to the charitable causes of some of golf’s most values-driven players.
Southern Company also presented the inaugural Charlie Sifford Award to Renee Powell, the second African-American woman to compete on the LPGA TOUR. The award honors individuals who have helped advance diversity in golf.