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Tips for Greening Your Organization
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News from Our Partners

New L.L. Bean Data Center Achieves LEED Silver

L.L. Bean received LEED Silver certification for its new Data Center in Freeport, Maine, in April. Designing the building was a challenge for L.L. Bean, but demonstrates the company’s commitment to sustainability. This is the first LEED Silver certification to be awarded to a data center in New England. For more information about the data center, please visit L.L. Bean's website.

Green Mountain Coffee to Build Largest Solar Array in Vermont

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) is set to build the largest solar array in Vermont on top of its Waterbury distribution center this summer. Company officials say the project, a result of the company’s collaboration with the State of Vermont, Green Mountain Power, and groSolar, North America’s premier provider of solar energy solutions, is a beacon of what is possible for a renewable future. For more information, read the press release here.

Timberland Utilizes Green Rubber to Reduce Landfill Waste

The amount of global waste currently in existence is becoming a highly troubling issue. Timberland Company has collaborated with Green Rubber™ to create two new footwear collections that help reduce this problem. The collections, which are due to be released in fall 2009, will feature outsoles manufactured from recycled rubber from discarded tires and displace 42 tons of virgin rubber with recycled rubber. The outsoles are made from a combination of Green Rubber compound and virgin rubber compound, providing an affordable means of reducing reliance on materials made from non-renewable petroleum resources. Read the story here.

Milk-fed Success Story
Oakhurst Dairy is Taking All the Right Steps Oakhurst goes solar

When people enjoy dairy products, few consider how a gallon of milk might contribute to global warming. Did you know that by far the largest single source of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming from milk production is farm emissions? Read how family-owned Oakhurst Dairy is reducing greenhouse gas emissions in their operations.

Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility Presents Leadership Series MEBSR announced its 2009 Leadership Series, “Social Responsibility is Smart Business,” with a Feb. 3 kickoff event at the Portland, Maine, Museum of Art. COO of Clean Air-Cool Planet Bob Sheppard participated in a panel discussion entitled, "Climate Change Leadership and Triple Bottom Line Success." Also joining him were speakers from L.L. Bean, Hannaford Supermarkets, and Climate Counts. To find out more about this series, visit the MEBSR website.

Carbon Neutrality: Getting to Zero
A Report on Corporate Efforts to Reach Zero GHG Emissions
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In 2008, CA-CP and Forum for the Future released a report detailing corporate efforts to reach carbon neutrality. The report is intended to serve as a guide
both to companies that have used – or are
considering using – the language of neutrality;
and to stakeholders that are trying to evaluate
whether a particular claim of carbon neutrality is justified or not. Click here to download the report.

Lindblad Expeditions on a Journey toward Climate Sustainability
Working with Clean Air-Cool Planet, Lindblad Expeditions has launched a Climate Change Action Plan to reduce its own carbon footprint while encouraging others to "join the conversation" on global warming. Lindblad, a leader in sustainabletourism, adopted a carbon reduction plan that includes measure-ment, carbon offsets and policy components. Read more...

The National Geographic Endeavour encounters a polar bear on sea ice. Click for larger image.

PSE&G Looks to the Future in Light of Coming Regulations
CA-CP partner PSE&G, New Jersey’s largest utility, is taking an unconventional approach to the coming of cap-and-trade initiatives to the Northeast, and the nation. Read the Climate Wire story.

Oakhurst Dairy Goes Solar
Oakhurst Dairy is soon to be in hot water after the installation of 2,700 square feet of solar panels. Read more...

We're Making the Climate Everyone's Business

What can CA-CP do with your business?
Learn more with our Corporate Partnership Program case study, or contact our Corporate Program Director Bob Sheppard.

Congratulations to Our Corporate Climate Champions!
Staples and Oakhurst are demonstrating how responsible energy and climate change policies are good business.

Hybrids Make for a Happy Work Force
Bank of America is offering a new corporate "perk:" money toward the purchase of hybrid vehicles. They follow in the footsteps of CA-CP partner Timberland, who announced their incentive program for employees in 2005. Based on their experiences, CA-CP has created a Guide to Developing a Corporate Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Incentive Program.

Case Studies

CA-CP has compiled a series of case studies on what some of the best businesses are doing to reduce emissions in the Northeast. See all of our case studies here.

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