Since I’ve never met Father Christmas or audited his operations, I can only speculate as to whether or not he is “green”. Fortunately, as an employee at Renewable Choice, I have access to all the tools and resources that I need to conduct such a study. To answer the question “Is Santa Claus green?”, I [...]
Web Host Green House Data Doubled Renewable Power Credit Purchases in 2011 (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- By Liam Eagle, December 19, 2011 Cloud hosting provider and data center operator Green House Data reported on the weekend that it had increased the number of renewable energy credits purchased during 2011 boy more than 100 [...]
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Is your business a supplier to the automotive, telecommunications, retail or electronics industries? If so, you may be required to collect and disclose information about your environmental performance, carbon emissions and supply chain sustainability efforts. Organizations such as Ford, Kohl's, Honda, Nokia, AT&T and others are planning for the future by gauging the environmental impact [...]
More waste is generated in the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s than at any other time of the year. Unwanted gifts, food that gets thrown away, and discarded holiday cards, wrapping paper, and evergreens make a significant impact on carbon emissions, landfill waste, and our pocketbooks. In fact, most of us would welcome less [...]
On November 16th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy and the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), presented the 11th annual Green Power Leadership Awards at the Renewable Energy Markets Conference in San Francisco. The recipients of the awards included 19 Green Power Partners who were recognized [...]
San Francisco played host to the Renewable Energy Markets (REM) 2011 Conference in mid-November. The event was organized by the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), a non-profit organization that runs the Green-e® Energy program, and was the largest REM conference to date. Nearly 400 attendees gathered to network, attend sessions, and discuss the challenges and [...]
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More waste is generated in the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s than at any other time of the year. Unwanted gifts, food that gets thrown away, and discarded holiday cards, wrapping paper, and evergreens make a significant impact on carbon emissions, landfill waste, and our pocketbooks. In fact, most of us would welcome less [...]
At Renewable Choice, we believe strongly in socially and environmentally responsible business practices and, as a result, make every effort to “walk our talk.” This not only contributes to our global citizenship, but also helps us provide greater value to our clients. We understand the challenges of operating a company while simultaneously protecting the environment [...]
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CDP Resources As you know, stakeholders are asking organizations for more transparency regarding their environmental impact. Take another important step and learn about the value of measuring and reporting to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Reporting can jumpstart cost-saving projects and opportunities to mitigate unknown risks. Get Ahead or Play Catch Up Whether carbon reporting [...]
I recently returned to the office after the birth of my second child. While I was away, the Occupy Wall Street movement began and I had the luxury of hearing a lot about it while I was at home. It was during this same period that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made the controversial statement [...]
Boyer's Coffee: Getting a Financial Jolt from Sustainability Column by Graham RussellPosted: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Founded in 1965, Boyer's coffee is based in Denver (http://www.boyerscoffee.com/). When Jim McManus took over as CEO from founder Bill Boyer in 2009, the business was struggling to deal with a 140 percent spike in the global price of [...]
Boulder's Casey Middle School earns top LEED rating By Amy Bounds Camera Staff WriterPosted: 11/15/2011 08:45:17 PM MST The many "green" elements in the rebuilt Casey Middle School are earning national recognition.The Boulder school has been awarded the highest level of certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. [...]
When we founded Renewable Choice ten years ago, we wanted to create a mission-driven company that could help businesses and individuals understand their clean energy options. We believed that when presented with the choice between fossil fuels and renewable energy, many would agree that renewables were the clear winner. At the time, it was a [...]
With over 50% of the average corporation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions being typically sourced from their supply chain, measuring and managing these emissions has been increasingly critical for large purchasing organizations with thousands of suppliers. In 2011, 57 organizations participated in Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) Supply Chain program; a a program that creates a structured [...]
Renewable Choice Energy to Provide Carbon Offsets to Smart Growth Conference Boulder, CO (PRWEB) January 2, 2014 -- Renewable Choice Energy (http://www.renewablechoice.com) announced today that the firm will provide carbon offsets to the New Partners Smart Growth (NPSG) Conference in Denver, February 13-15, 2014 in an effort to reduce the event’s carbon footprint. Renewable [...]
Back in 2003, before Al Gore made any movies and the U.S. woke up to the climate crisis, the rumblings of sustainability were beginning on college campuses across America. We saw Harvard encouraging students to “Go Cold Turkey” and turn off lights during thanksgiving and Duke ran a “Green Power Challenge” where the university matched [...]
Boulder Issues 2B, 2C: Municipalization, related tax narrowly approved. By Laura Snider, Camera Staff WriterPosted: 11/01/2011 06:06:19 PM MDT Boulder voters narrowly passed a historic ballot measure Tuesday that will allow the city to sever its ties with Xcel Energy and strike out on its own to start a municipal electric utility.A companion tax designed [...]
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The Federal Government’s Mandates for Efficiency In November, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order (EO) 13514 which mandates environmental reduction targets for all Federal agencies. EO 13514 places special emphasis on reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and also addresses energy, water, and waste reductions by agencies and their supply chain. Download our Resources Now [...]
CDP Resources As you know, stakeholders are asking organizations for more transparency regarding their environmental impact. Take another important step and learn about the value of measuring and reporting to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Reporting can jumpstart cost-saving projects and opportunities to mitigate unknown risks. Get Ahead or Play Catch Up Whether carbon reporting [...]
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Green Power Provider & BuyMax Partner Cushman & Wakefield is encouraging property and portfolio managers to look into ways to reduce energy consumption and start to use renewable energy at their properties. Discount Pricing on Green Power As a C&W BuyMax partner, Renewable Choice Energy is announcing an updated agreement that offers special reduced [...]
Over the past decade, Renewable Choice has helped hundreds of colleges and universities measure and manage their carbon emissions. Whether you are getting started with new sustainability programs and measurement at your college or university or are well on your way - Renewable Choice can help. Our experience, expertise and and tools can save you [...]
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Top-performing Building Efficiency suppliers honored for commitment to excellence in 2011 MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Johnson Controls, the global leader in building efficiency, honored its top-performing Building Efficiency suppliers during its annual Supplier Conference Awards ceremony today. Twenty-three awards were presented to supplier companies that demonstrated their leadership and commitment [...]
Earlier this month, almost 2,100 attendees met in Pittsburgh, PA for AASHE 2011 Creating Sustainable Campuses and Communities Conference. Just like most college campuses, the AASHE conference was full of activity and spirit. Conference attendees ranged from student representatives and professors, to facility operators and sustainability directors. Renewable Choice was proud to be one of [...]
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USGBC’s Greenbuild conference ended recently on October 7th (2011). My colleagues here at Renewable Choice attended the event but it’s not the details surrounding the event that’s sparking this blog; it’s the location of the event. USGBC’s Greenbuild conference was held in Toronto, Canada marking the first time this event was ever held outside of [...]
One of North America’s largest corporate sustainability events, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Conference took place in Orlando, Florida this October 12-14. The event was kicked off with a presentation by Kenneth Bonning, Senior Executive Vice President of Kohl's that focused on building consensus and enthusiasm within your organization for sustainability initiatives and wrapped [...]
Ingram Micro's Corporate Headquarters Reduces Carbon Footprint With Green Power Purchase SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 25, 2011) - SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 25, 2011) - Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor and supply-chain services provider, announced today that for the first time it appears as No. 61 on the [...]
EPA News Release -- San Fransisco, October 24Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing its list of the top organizations using the most renewable electricity in North America. The Green Power Partnership’s top 50 purchasers use more than 14 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide [...]
Measure. Manage. Disclose. There is continued momentum and pressure for organizations to understand and reduce their carbon footprint. From electricity use and corporate travel to energy efficiency and supply chain scorecards, businesses across the country, are hearing from stakeholders and taking action. We have a number of new sustainability-related resources that provide facts, insights and [...]
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Pioneer Balloon Company is the largest manufacturer of latex balloons in the world. It operates in six countries and produces over 1.5 billion balloons a year. Organizations of all sizes need to comply with vendor scorecard requests and increasingly these requests include sustainability-related sections or separate questionnaires altogether. Learn how Pioneer embraced the request they [...]
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Steelcase became the first corporate renewable energy buyer to sponsor an entire large-scale wind farm in the U.S. Its long-term commitment to purchase all the RECs from a single wind farm also provided Steelcase with exclusive branding and naming rights to the facility. The Wege Wind Farm generation represents 20% of Steelcase’s entire electricity demand. [...]
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Organizations of all sizes are learning how to embrace sustainability and evolve their organization to meet triple bottom line success.Sustainability is a journey. It requires engagement at all levels of an organization and continual measurement and evaluation. This short white paper outlines five essential steps that incorporate industry best practices, real-world lessons and actionable ideas [...]
Excerpt from Carbon Disclosure Project Newsline - October 2011 -- Continued support for US companiesWe are pleased to announce that Renewable Choice Energy, Summit Energy and WSP have entered into their second year as CDP silver consultancy partners in the US... Read the entire newsletter. ###
Earlier this year, Renewable Choice Energy launched a new software called MosaicTM, which enables organizations to collect, manage and report on their carbon emissions. It replaces the painful spreadsheet process and is customized to accommodate organizations of any size and any number of facilities. We’ve enjoyed our success with the product thus far and have [...]
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol recently published the final version of its long-awaited Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounging and Reporting Standard, a guidance for businesses to measure, manage and report GHG emissions beyond their own operations, known as scope 3 emissions. Developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable [...]
The USGBC® (United States Green Building Council) broke new ground this year by having Greenbuild 2011 outside of the US in Toronto. That international flavor was apparent in the 23,000 plus participants, who represented 108 countries. Toronto proved to be an excellent host city and the weather cooperated beautifully. Each year, Greenbuild brings together professionals [...]
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Need Help With a Sustainability Assessment? Are you prepared for assessment updates and new requests from your largest customers? As 2011 comes to a close, many organizations are being requested to update and report their progress on measuring and reducing carbon emissions, material waste and water consumption. Renewable Choice can help you meet these expectations [...]
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Last week, automotive industry professionals gathered in the Motor City itself to learn about the importance of measuring GHG Emissions. The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) facilitated the Greenhouse Gas and Energy Symposium held at the Ford Motor Company Conference and Event Center. Recently major automotive manufacturers such as Ford and Honda have begun engaging [...]
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If you're a supplier, do you know where your company falls? A new report from the Carbon Trust Advisory highlights the growing importance a business’s ability to track, report and manage carbon emissions can have on their relationship with multinational buying organizations. The report found that: 56% of multinationals expect to drop suppliers based upon [...]
Just BARE® Seeks Minimalist Chefs to Create Chicken Recipes for the Just 5 Cooking Challenge Saint Cloud, MN (PRWEB) September 29, 2011 -- -- Just BARE® announces an all-new recipe challenge to grow excitement around its belief that "less is really more—in cooking and in life." Ending on November 1, 2011, the Just BARE [...]
OCTAL has set a new benchmark for packaging with DPETTM - the world’s first green plastic sheet. Sep 29, 2011 (Packaging Europe) -- -- OCTAL has set a new benchmark for packaging with DPETTM - the world’s first green plastic sheet. In addition to massive resources saving in production the carbon footprint is 25 [...]
Purchase of Renewable Energy Credits Underscores Company's Commitment to Sustainability JESSUP, MD, Sep 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- -- Tate®, a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of raised access flooring and in-floor cooling solutions, announced it has purchased more than 11.6 million kilowatt hours of wind-generated renewable energy credits [...]
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The 2011 CDP Global Forum Event, held last Tuesday night at Bloomberg Tower in New York City, brought together corporate sustainability leaders from many of the largest companies in the world, including Chevron, Sprint Nextel, CSX and Coca-Cola. Renewable Choice, an Accredited Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Consultancy, attended the event which presented results of the [...]
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[!redirect? url=`http://www.mosaicsustainability.com/` !] Carbon accounting and reporting is quickly growing into a standard business practice. Organizations today are realizing the benefits of measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, either to report to stakeholders such as customers, employees, partners, students and investors or simply to help them understand their climate-related risks and opportunities. Our Carbon Accounting [...]
This year will be an exciting year for us to exhibit at the Greenbuild Expo in Toronto, ON for a few reasons. Not only are we celebrating our 10th year as a company, but we’re excited to announce we’ve officially supplied green power to over 2,000 LEED projects in the U.S. and internationally. These LEED [...]
Beyond helping clients with their sustainability initiatives, Renewable Choice strives to manage and reduce our own carbon footprint. One area where we feel that our employees can make a direct impact is through reducing the impact of their commute. To this end, we have created an internal “Commuter Challenge Series” that includes a seasonal contest [...]
HOW TO ENTER: For a chance to win one (1) Apple iPad 1, fill out the form and submit your entry by 11:59 p.m. ET on 10/20/11. Renewable Choice will randomly select the name of one (1) winner by the end of the day 10/21/11. The winners will be notified via e-mail. If you are [...]
Click on the links below to access the sustainability resources. Download: 6 Simple Steps to Launching a Succesful Sustainability Plan Watch: Mosaic Demo – Carbon Accounting Made Easy Attending the AASHE Conference 2011? We’ll be there! Visit us at Booth #608 where we’ll be giving away prizes and to learn more about [...]
If you are just kicking off a sustainability program at your college or university or are well on your way - Renewable Choice can help. Our experience and expertise can save you time, money and headaches. RECs, GHG, AASHE, ACCUPC – Do these acronyms mean anything to you*? If not, don’t worry – you don’t [...]
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If you need to respond to sustainability scorecard request or if your company is exploring a sustainability strategy, Renewable Choice can help. Our experience and expertise can save you time, money and headaches. Organizations are Under Pressure Industry leaders (Walmart, P&G, IKEA, Ford) are announcing new requests for their suppliers to report on environmental metrics [...]
I’ll get to this inquiry; but first I want to introduce you to a quirky and progressive company, Gold’n Plump. One of the many perks about working in the sustainability industry is that I get to work with innovative, creative people and companies that are also committed to making changes to the way they do [...]
Congratulations to Deborah F. of Dallas. Our Greenbuild 2011 iPad winner! Resources: Here are a few resources you may find helpful: Test Drive Mosaic - Try our carbon accounting software for freeLEED Calculator - Calculate the electrical impact of your next LEED project and receive a free summary report illustrating the points available to you [...]
Thanks for entering. We will announce the winner on X date. We’ve created a number of free online sustainability tools to support your unique LEED goals. Here’s a few you may find especially helpful: Resources Renewable Energy Credits and Carbon Offsets Reducing your environmental impact allows you to differentiate your brand and provide addi
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Get the Key Takeaways If you were able to attend our recent webinar, Essential Elements of Supply Chain Sustainability, thank you for your time and we hope you found it informative! To learn more about supply chain scorecards, download a copy of the webinar Key Takeaways document which summarizes the most important topics covered in [...]
At Renewable Choice, we are thrilled to have another customer recognized for their market leadership. Since 2008, Renewable Choice has worked with The Beck Group as a provider of green power (renewable energy credits) to its customers as part of the LEED® certification process. Recently, The Beck Group reached out to RCE to help them [...]
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Measure. Manage. Disclose. Organizations of all sizes need to comply with scorecard requests - from Fortune 500 leaders to small suppliers. Check out our sustainability resources now to gain insights, facts and actionable ideas about corporate sustainability. Download this installment of the Sustainability Briefcase and learn: How innovative green power purchases are making a [...]
Representatives of several Fortune 1000 companies and a number of sustainability consulting organizations gathered in Palo Alto, CA last week to discuss the fast-emerging demand for solutions that allow corporations to track their environmental impact. Titled “Corporate Sustainability: Tracking Tools for Measuring and Management,” and hosted by Agrion, the conference gave attendees the opportunity to [...]
In July, Renewable Choice Energy was asked to participate in an interview with CORE (Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy), a Colorado-based, non-partisan non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting sustainable business practices and a more responsible economy. CORE is excited to be featuring member companies’ success stories on their blog. Specifically, CORE wanted success stories regarding [...]
It is always somewhat sad when the Folks Festival is over as it is yet another sign that summer is coming to an end. For my family and me, the festival located in nearby Lyons, CO provides the most anticipated “staycation” of the year. The Folks Festival has something for everyone: listening to an outstanding [...]
The market for carbon management systems is growing at an extraordinary rate. Pike Research recently published a report claiming an 84% growth in the market between 2009 and 2010, with an expectation that the market will reach $5.7 billion by 2017. The demand for enterprise carbon accounting is coming from three distinct areas: Pressure from [...]
Measure. Manage. Disclose. Organizations of all sizes need to comply - from Fortune 500 leaders to small suppliers. Check out our sustainability resources now to gain insights, facts and actionable ideas about corporate sustainability. For a decade, Renewable Choice has helped clients become leaders in their industry by supporting sustainability initiatives that increase transparency, reduce [...]
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Regardless of your position on climate change, environmental degradation, or population explosion, most of us can agree that sustainability makes sense from a bottom line perspective. Research consistently demonstrates that companies with sustainability embedded into their organizational philosophy and operations experience greater returns than companies that don’t pay attention to sustainability. Moreover, at its foundation, [...]
Deluxe Corporation Sets Industry Standard with Green Power Purchases ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Deluxe Corporation DLX -0.97% announced today that it has increased its ranking to No. 1 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Top 20 Printers list of the largest green power purchasers. This achievement demonstrates [...]
Shaughnessy Renews and Increases Environmental Commitment. Missouri-based distribution company reduces its environmental impact with help from Renewable Choice Energy by offsetting 100 percent of its corporate electricity use and carbon emissions produced from its fleet of delivery trucks. St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) August 11, 2011Shaughnessy Kniep Hawe, a distribution company that markets printing paper, supplies [...]
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Is your business a supplier to the automotive, telecommunications, retail or electronics industries? If so, you may be required to collect and disclose information about your environmental performance, carbon emissions and supply chain sustainability efforts. Organizations such as Ford, Kohl's, Honda, Nokia, AT&T and others are planning for the future by gauging the environmental impact [...]
It’s that time of a year again. A time that’s as synonymous with summer as barbeques and beaches. Last year, over 30 million people had partaken. This year, that number is only expected to rise. It’s that time when everyone reaches for the remote control to change the channel from housewives, baseball or True Blood [...]
A renewable energy credit (REC) represents the environmental attributes of one megawatt hour of electricity generated with a renewable resource. This is true of all RECs. Beyond that, however, are a number of variables that can affect the value of RECs to the end-use consumer.At Renewable Choice Energy we talk daily with a wide variety [...]
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In their own words: 16 questions for the visionaries Shea Gunther - MNN Blog -- 7/24/2011 What does real sustainability look like? What's the best way for renters to get in on the efficiency game? What's for supper? I've been writing profiles about cool people doing good work for a while now, [...]
Among those of us who work in sustainability, the Triple Bottom Line is a well known concept. Recognizing people, planet, and profits as the three pillars of modern organizational success, the Triple Bottom Line, or TBL, is a helpful framework for evaluating a company’s contribution to economy without placing undue hardship on our society and [...]
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Environmentally and socially responsible business practices are expected from businesses today. From Ford to Proctor & Gamble and Nike to Dell, businesses, trade groups, boards, investors and customers are driving change by applying new innovative approaches to meet today’s triple bottom line needs.The options are simple: adapt and look for new business opportunities or take [...]
A recent report compiled by over 120 experts and approved by member countries of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), found that renewable sources of energy could meet 80% of global energy demands by 2050. The report found that using renewable energy sources like wind and solar could significantly reduce energy demands [...]
Telluride's Plum Daily Interviews Renewable Choice CEO, Quayle Hodek in Telluride, CO The idea behind Renewable Choice Energy is to find ways to be greener and take better care of our environment. Jeb Berrier talks to CEO Quayle Hodek about his company's multi-faceted approach which includes carbon offsetting as well as embracing wind and solar [...]
Whether you are a Fortune 500 company, a Walmart supplier or any other organization that recognizes that expectations for businesses are changing, Renewable Choice can help you understand, prepare for and complete the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project questionnaire. Benefits of Reporting Identify opportunities and risks for your business Complete the ‘Energy and Climate’ section of [...]
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Building Mosaic™: Software Development at Renewable ChoiceThe process of developing Renewable Choice's carbon accounting platform, Mosaic™, has been an exciting and sometimes daunting challenge during the past eighteen months. As lead developer, I've been deeply involved in the challenge of understanding and implementing a framework for software development that allows us to produce quality software, [...]
OCTAL has carbon footprint study conducted by Renewable Choice Oman Daily Observer - Staff Reporter -- 6/18/2011 The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of OCTAL Holding and Co SAOC was held at the Grand Hyatt Muscat recently. OCTAL’s investors along with the Board of Directors reviewed and discussed the company’s remarkable progress in the [...]
The Value of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) If human society is ever going to reach a point where it is truly sustainable on this planet, we are going to need to employ every method available to us. We need to reduce what we use, re-purpose our waste and ensure that what we do use has [...]
Helping others get renewable - company provides wind power without the windmill Boulder Weekly - Boulderganics Summer 2011 -- 6/16/2011 This year Renewable Choice Energy will be celebrating 10 years of helping people and businesses improve their environmental footprint in the world - and there's no slowing them down. The company began in 2001 when [...]
Renewable Choice Introduces Mosaic™ Enterprise Carbon Accounting Software Boulder, CO (PRWEB) June 08, 2011Renewable Choice, a full-service business sustainability solutions company, announced a new addition to its product offering. The company’s new Mosaic™ enterprise carbon accounting software is a web-based application that is designed to help organizations with multiple facilities to measure and understand their [...]
The phase down of EPA’s highly successful and long standing Climate Leaders program last September left many program participants and industry members questioning what would fill the void left by the program’s discontinuation. EPA’s recent unveiling of the new National Climate Awards Program, co-sponsored by The Climate Registry, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, [...]
Our recent talent searches for sustainability professionals to join our team at Renewable Choice drew more than 1,000 applicants! And why shouldn’t they? Green jobs are hot right now, and many people are looking to build their career in, or make a change to, the sustainability sector…which is good news [...]
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) was launched in 1999. Upon launch, the DJSI was the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. In partnership with Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), the DJSI assesses companies on their identified risks and opportunities arising from sustainability and climate change issues. Companies are [...]
Sustainability is often referred to as the “sweet spot” of the triple bottom line; i.e., it is the intersection of strategies focused on people, planet and performance (also referred to as profit). In order to discover this sweet spot, it is important to understand that sustainability is a journey, a process and a cycle which [...]
Adelphi University Supports Renewable Energy and Again Commits to Offset 100 Percent of its Electricity with Wind Power Adelphi University, a leader in the area of energy conservation and a green environment, is continuing its commitment to renewable energy by offsetting 100 percent of the electricity consumed at its Garden City campus with the purchase [...]
Last month, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) introduced Response Check for the 2011 CDP Investor Questionnaire. Its goal is to improve the completeness of the 2011 CDP Investor Questionnaire by providing a structured, low-cost, high-value service offered globally through their CDP Accredited Partners. CDP encourages reporting companies to use the Response Check service prior to [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent out a newsletter last week that recognized and thanked the green power suppliers that have provided renewable energy credits (RECs) to the most EPA Green Power Partnership members. Renewable Choice has been working with this program since its inception and we are proud to be a part of [...]
The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has added a carbon emissions reduction competition to its Sustainable Slopes program. With the launch of the Climate Challenge program, NSAA has increased its efforts to bring visibility, recognition and focus to the challenge of measuring and reducing greenhouse gases at ski areas and resorts. In fact, I’m at [...]
Ski Resorts Embrace Climate Challenge Lakewood, CO - The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has announced that eight member ski areas have stepped up to take on the 2011 Climate Challenge. - May 3rd, 2011 The Challenge provides an opportunity for resorts looking to complete a carbon inventory to leverage the technical expertise of the [...]
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is the world’s largest climate change reporting system, with over 3,050 companies now reporting their climate risk management strategies annually. CDP anticipates total respondent numbers to increase to over 10,000 in the next three to five years. While the number of responses has been good, investors and purchasing organizations reviewing [...]
Today, April 22, is the 41st Earth Day. We have evolved our thinking around sustainability and we’ve progressed as a nation but we still have much to accomplish in the realm of sustainable lifestyles, businesses and economies. Let's revisit the creation of this holiday which is now celebrated in over 175 countries as well as [...]
Earth Day 2011: A Special Thanks to Renewable Energy Suppliers For more than 40 years, Earth Day has inspired appreciation and awareness of the Earth’s natural environment and the collective steps we can take to reduce our environmental footprint. In recognition of Earth Day 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership would like [...]
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Thank you for requesting to view our recorded webinar, Creating Opportunity Through Compliance: A Case Study. View Webinar Now We’ve created a number of free online sustainability tools to support your unique business goals. Here’s a few you may find especially helpful: Free Sustainability Webinars Renewable Energy Credits and Carbon Offsets Reducing your environmental [...]
Expectations and responsibilities for businesses are changing and Renewable Choice can help you understand, complete and improve on the Walmart Supplier Sustainability Assessment and the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project questionnaire. The window for reporting is limited and the reporting period started on April 1, 2011. Whether you are a large or small supplier to Walmart, [...]
The beginning of April at Renewable Choice marked the kick off of the first leg of our Commuter Challenge, an annual event that encourages employees to use alternative transportation and to voluntarily reduce their reliance on carbon-based fuels, especially during the summer months when ozone levels in our region can soar to dangerous levels. There [...]
Because Renewable Choice is an accredited partner to the Carbon Disclosure Project, I attended the CDP investor meeting held in New York City on March 17, 2011. It was informative both for companies that are already responding to the Questionnaire and also for those that are considering responding. More than anything, institutional investors are asking [...]
Why disclose to the Carbon Disclosure Project? The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) holds the largest database of voluntarily provided primary corporate climate change information in the world; representing approximately $71 trillion dollars in managed assets. The popularity of reporting to the CDP has increased exponentially over the past decade. In 2003, the CDP received only [...]
Investors ask world’s largest companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (Excerpt) Institutional investors are this week calling on the world's largest companies to implement cost effective greenhouse gas emissions reduction initiatives.The request is being made through the Carbon Disclosure Project's new Carbon Action initiative, launched in response to investor requirements to protect their [...]
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Walmart Continues to Require Sustainability Compliance Walmart continues to communicate through memos, webcasts and buyer communications that the Supplier Sustainability Assessment (SSA) is not going away and completion is required for all merchandising suppliers. This includes improving your Climate and Energy score by reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Renewable Choice has been working with [...]
InterContinental San Francisco Awarded LEED Gold Certification from USGBC (Excerpt) SAN FRANCISCO—InterContinental San Francisco announced that it has been awarded LEED Gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED EBOM) program. LEED is USGBC’s rating system for designing, constructing and maintaining [...]
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Sony Makes 'Green Power' TWICE Staff -- TWICE, 2/4/2011 New York - Sony Corporation of America said Friday that its various U.S. operations will collectively purchase more than 143 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power in 2011, which was said to be enough to meet 49 percent of its annual electricity needs. The steps moved [...]
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She is currently conducting factory audits in China as part of her work supporting Walmart suppliers on the Supplier Sustainability Assessment/Sustainability Index. The quote below, a portion of her email, is a great example of the significant impact the assessment is having throughout Walmart’s supply chain. “Today was my first day at the factory, and [...]