November 1, 2006—Thirteen companies are setting new targets for reducing their emissions, which range from 9 percent up to net zero. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing these Climate Leaders for pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, EPA is welcoming 21 new organizations to its program. Efforts by the Climate Leaders are estimated to prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 7 million cars, says EPA.
Thirteen companies are announcing aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals: California Portland Cement Company, Conservation Services Group, Cummins Inc., DuPont Company, Ecoprint, Entergy Corporation, HSBC – North America, Intel Corporation, North Bay Construction, Raytheon Company, Shaklee Corporation, Sonoma Wine Company, and Sterling Planet.
Twenty-one companies are joining Climate Leaders as partners: Abbott Labs, Abbott Park, IL; Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA; Campbell Soup Company, Camden, NJ; Codding Enterprises, Rohnert Park, CA; Conservation Services Group, Westborough, MA; Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO; Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN; DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE; Ecoprint, Silver Spring, MD; Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; North Bay Construction, Petaluma, CA; Novelis Corporation, Cleveland, OH; Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA; Sandy Alexander, Clifton, NJ; Sonoma Wine Company, Graton, CA; The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., St. Paul, MN; Sterling Planet, Atlanta, GA; The Tower Companies, N. Bethesda, MD; Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc., Roanoke, VA; Whole Foods Market, Austin, TX; and The World Bank, Washington, DC.
Currently the largest public corporate greenhouse gas goal-setting program, the Climate Leaders partnership represents a broad range of industry sectors from manufacturing to retail, small business to multinationals, and more than $1 trillion in US revenues, says EPA. The partnership now includes 100 companies.
