October 20, 2008—Leading corporations are demonstrating that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is both good for the environment and their business success, says the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
EPA has commended seven companies for achieving significant GHG reductions and leaving a smaller carbon footprint through EPA’s Climate Leaders program. In addition, 15 companies will be recognized for announcing new reduction goals, and 31 companies will be welcomed as new partners during the agency’s Climate Leaders conference.
Together, the 226 Climate Leaders members represent more than 10 percent of the US gross domestic product and have pledged GHG reductions equivalent to the emissions of nine million cars annually, reports EPA.
Seven companies are being recognized for having achieved their significant GHG reduction goals over the last four to five years: 3M; Pfizer, Inc.; Hasbro, Inc.; Caterpillar, Inc.; FPL Group, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; and Mack Trucks, Inc. Four of these companies have also made new commitments to reduce their GHG emissions.
The 15 companies that pledged new GHG emissions reductions goals are: ACE Group of Companies; Agilent Technologies; Alcoa; Best Buy Co., Inc.; Citigroup, Inc.; DPR Construction, Inc.; EarthColor; LSI Corp.; NVIDIA Corp.; Owens Corning; PepsiCo; Quad/Graphics, Inc.; Sprint; The Boeing Co.; and Turner Construction Co.
The 31 new Climate Leaders Partners are: Autodesk; Best Transportation; California Limousine; Carlisle Construction Materials; Classique Limousines; Company Car and Limousine; ConAgra Foods; Continuum; EmpireCLS; Fetter Printing Co.; Fleet Transportation, LLC; Genworth Financial; Invitrogen Corp.; Lexmark International, Inc.; Limited Brands, Inc.; Luxury Limousines of Sacramento; News Corp.; Niagara Conservation; Nortel, Research Triangle Park; Novartis Corp.; Pall Corp.; Partners Executive Transportation; Pure Luxury Transportation; Royal Coachman Worldwide; STERIS Corp.; Syngenta; The Sherwin-Williams Co.; University Corp. for Atmospheric Research; UPS, Inc.; Virgin America; and Yahoo! Inc.
