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Case Studies
Climate Leaders case studies highlight the innovative work of Climate Leaders Partners to reduce their GHG emissions.
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| Name | Industry | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 3M | Manufacturing | 3M’s Energy Management Program (PDF) (21 pp, 592K) |
| 3M | Manufacturing | Managing Energy is Good Business (PDF) (17 pp, 194K) |
| 3M | Manufacturing | 3M’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management System (PDF) (16 pp, 847K) |
| Abbott | Health Services | Going Carbon Neutral with US Sales Vehicle Fleet (PDF) (22 pp, 694K) |
| Alcoa Inc. | Aluminum Manufacturing | Measuring, Reporting and Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF) (31 pp, 501K) |
| American Electric Power | Utilities | AEP’s Climate Leaders Commitment (PDF) (25 pp, 1.2MB) |
| Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. | Manufacturing | Next Frontier: Supply Chain Carbon Management (PDF) (16 pp, 987K) |
| Ball Corporation | Manufacturing | Climate Leaders Insights and Experience (PDF) (14 pp, 327K) |
| Baxter International Inc. | Health Services | Baxter Progress Report (PDF) (14 pp, 798K) |
| California Climate Action Registry | Nonprofit | Using California Registry Software for Climate Leaders Reporting (PDF) (58 pp, 3.6MB) |
| California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) | State Government | Climate Change in California (PDF) (26 pp, 382K) |
| Calpine | Utilities | Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (13 pp, 353K) |
| Carbon Disclosure Project | Nonprofit | New Developments in Corporate Climate Disclosure (PDF) (10 pp, 96K) |
| Caterpillar, Inc. | Manufacturing | Caterpillar's Climate Leaders Journey (PDF) (21 pp, 540K) |
| Center for Energy & Climate Solutions | NGO | The Problem and the Solution (PDF) (24 pp, 723K) |
| Center for Resource Solutions | Nonprofit | Green-e Product Labeling (PDF) (32 pp, 2.1MB) |
| Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) | NGO | CSR, Corporate Governance and Climate Change (PDF) (30 pp, 284K) |
| CH2M Hill | Engineering | Designing a High-Quality Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (16 pp, 898K) |
| Confederation of Indian Industry – Green Business Center | International Government | Managing Global GHG Emissions- Experience from India (PDF) (24 pp, 445K) |
| Cummins Inc. | Manufacturing | Doing More to Use Less -The Education on the Way to Innovation (PDF) (21 pp, 259K) |
| Dell, Inc. | Manufacturing | Climate Action: A Lifecycle Approach to Supply Chain Leadership (PDF) (13 pp, 529K) |
| DuPont Company | Chemical | Engaging Customers & Suppliers in Climate Strategy (PDF) (15 pp, 606K) |
| Eastern Climate Registry | Nonprofit | Reporting Tool Road-Test & The Climate Registry Overview (PDF) (25 pp, 514K) |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Manufacturing | Setting a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target (PDF) (10 pp, 631K) |
| Environmental Resources Trust, Inc. | Nonprofit | Corporate GHG Verification Guideline (PDF) (13 pp, 109K) |
| E Source | Consulting | Promising Technologies for Reducing Carbon Emissions, Cost and Energy Use (PDF) (27 pp, 826K) |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Manufacturing | Beyond Recycling (PDF) (14 pp, 695K) |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Utilities | FPL Group's Climate Change Approach (PDF) (26 pp, 803K) |
| Frito-Lay, Inc. | Food Services | Frito-Lay Greenhouse Gas Reductions thru the EPA Climate Leaders Program (PDF) (29 pp, 3.4MB) |
| General Motors Corporation | Automotive | A Global Strategy for Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF) (28 pp, 689K) |
| General Motors Corporation | Automotive | Landfill Gas Direct Use (PDF) (23 pp, 774K) |
| Green Order | Strategy and Marketing | Beyond Operations Emissions Reductions (PDF) (16 pp, 587K) |
| IBM Corporation | Hardware Manufacturing | Energy & GHG Emissions Management (PDF) (21 pp, 1.4MB) |
| Institute for Market Transformation | NGO | The Value Implications of Green (PDF) (25 pp, 478K) |
| Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Innovative Strategies to Reduce GHG Emissions from Mobile Sources (PDF) (20 pp, 342K) |
| Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Gas (PDF) (14 pp, 481K) |
| Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Offset Methodology (PDF) (12 pp, 630K) |
| International Paper | Manufacturing | IP’s GHG Inventory Management (PDF) (13 pp, 763K) |
| Johnson Controls, Inc. | Manufacturing | Financial Mechanisms for Implementing GHG Reduction Projects (PDF) (135 pp, 433K) |
| Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | Implementing an Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (14 pp, 145K) |
| Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | Purchasing Green Power and Renewable Energy Certificates (PDF) (22 pp, 321K) |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | Engineering | Lockheed Martin Energy and Climate Energy Efficiency (PDF) (11 pp, 618K) |
| Miller Brewing Company | Manufacturing | Mid-term Progress Report (PDF) (15 pp, 337K) |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | University | The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (PDF) (9 pp, 30K) |
| National Commission on Energy Policy | NGO | Policy (PDF) (13 pp, 226K) |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Federal Government | Capitalizing on Incentives for On-Site Renewables (PDF) (11 pp,2.2MB) |
| New York Department of Environmental Conservation | State Government | State initiatives (PDF) (14 pp, 229K) |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Federal Government | NREL’s Progress Toward Meeting its Climate Leaders Goal (PDF) (13 pp, 332K) |
| Office of Governor Chris Gregoire (WA) | State Government | Western Governors’ Association - Regional Climate Change Initiatives/Washington’s Climate Change Challenge (PDF) (22 pp, 882K) |
| Oracle Corporation | Software Manufacturing | Energy Efficiency in Data Centers (PDF) (30 pp, 465K) |
| PepsiCo | Manufacturing | Corporate Energy Management (PDF) (14 pp, 550K) |
| Pfizer Inc. | Pharmaceutical | Increasing Colleague Climate Change Program Awareness (PDF) (13 pp, 161K) |
| Piper Jaffray | Financial | Financing New Clean Energy Technologies (PDF) (22 pp, 333K) |
| Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) | Utilities | WasteWi$e and GHG Climate Profiling – A Partner Perspective of Environmental Impact and Business Value (PDF) (16 pp, 468K) |
| Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) | Utilities | Perspectives on Climate Initiatives in the Northeast (PDF) (15 pp, 792K) |
| Quad/Graphics Inc. | Printing | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (17 pp, 521K) |
| Raytheon Company | Engineering | Raytheon’s Energy Star Partnership (PDF) (13 pp, 688K) |
| Roche Group U.S. Affiliates | Health Services | Sustainable Progress at Roche USA (PDF) (28 pp, 808K) |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Climate Leaders overview (PDF) (17 pp, 5.5MB) |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (38 pp, 1.6MB) |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Offsets Methodology for an Example Boiler Project (PDF) (9 pp, 198K) |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Software Manufacturing | Data Center Efficiency (PDF) (21 pp, 1.2MB) |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Software Manufacturing | Eco Responsibility and Employees (PDF) (13 pp, 667K) |
| SustainAbility Inc. | Consulting | Trends in Climate Change and Sustainability Reporting (PDF) (14 pp, 1.2MB) |
| The Climate Group | Nonprofit | Carbon Down, Profits Up -Business Initiatives to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF) (14 pp, 993K) |
| The Pew Center on Global Climate Change | Nonprofit | U.S. State and Regional Action on Climate Change (PDF) (19 pp, 644K) |
| The Pew Center on Global Climate Change | Nonprofit | Climate Change Policy and The Next President and Congress (PDF) (33 pp, 1M) |
| Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc. | Insurance | A Sound Risk Management Approach Creates Business Opportunities (PDF) (24 pp, 859K) |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | Food Services | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (6 pp, 136K) |
| U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) | Federal Government | Guidelines for Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program and Climate VISION (PDF) (9 pp, 84K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Leaders Program Update (October 2008) (PDF) (19 pp, 1.2M) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Leaders Inventory Manager for Businesses (PDF) (13 pp, 887K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Green Power Partnership | Federal Government | GHG Reductions with Green Power (PDF) (12 pp, 448K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Leaders Approach to Offsets and Updated Offsets Guidance (PDF) (16 pp, 250K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | December 2007 Program Update (PDF) (20 pp, 824K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Financial Mechanisms for Implementing GHG Reduction Projects (PDF) (5 pp, 101K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Innovations in Implementing Employee GHG Reductions (PDF) (7 pp, 235K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Introduction to the Climate Leaders Program (PDF) (27 pp, 1.3MB) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | U.S. Climate Policy: 2007 and 2008 (PDF) (17 pp, 213K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (12 pp, 467K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Guidance (PDF) (10 pp, 535K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | WasteWise Program (PDF) (20 pp, 1.2MB) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | ENERGY STAR®:Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Begins with Energy Efficiency (PDF) (16 pp, 325K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Developing An Energy Management Program to Achieve Climate Goals (PDF) (18 pp, 585K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Goal Setting: Various Partner Experiences (PDF) (10 pp, 799K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region 5 | Federal Government | Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PDF) (29 pp, 1M) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – CHP | Federal Government | CHP Project Resources and Assistance (PDF) (7 pp, 112K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Clean Energy | Federal Government | GHG Accounting for Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) (PDF) (11 pp, 263K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Change Industry (PDF) (8 pp, 187K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Designing and Evaluating GHG Performance Metrics (PDF) (14 pp, 2.2MB) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Leaders overview (PDF) (18 pp, 620K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Marketing Opportunities for Climate Leaders Partner (PDF) (18 pp, 620K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | RECs (PDF) (14 pp, 252K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Offsets (PDF) (10 pp, 206K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Best Workplaces for Commuters | Federal Government | GHG reduction – mobile sources (PDF) (9 pp, 432K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Energy Star | Federal Government | Energy Star for buildings & industry (PDF)(17 pp, 418K) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Green Power Partnership | Federal Government | Green Power (PDF) (7 pp, 375K ) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – LMOP | Federal Government | An Overview of Landfill Gas Energy in the U.S. (PDF) (27 pp, 1.1MB) |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – SmartWay | Federal Government | GHG reduction – mobile sources (PDF) (16 pp, 3.9MB) |
| Unilever | Manufacturing | Unilever Greenhouse Gas Management (PDF) (16 pp, 1.1MB) |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | UTC’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Process (PDF) (14 pp, 402K) |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Performance, Plans, Programs @ UTC and its Suppliers (PDF) (25 pp, 824K) |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Bringing Energy Efficiency and Climate Strategies to Customers and the Supply Chain (PDF) (13 pp, 359K) |
| World Economic Forum | Nonprofit | Global GHG Register (PDF) (22 pp, 520K) |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | New Tools and Programs to Manage Global Emissions (PDF) (24 pp, 808K) |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Guidance (PDF) (22 pp, 238K) |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | GHG Project Selection and the Market Value of Carbon (PDF) (9 pp, 121K) |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Green Power and RECs Accounting (PDF) (11 pp, 90K) |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Reviewing the State of the Climate (PDF) (73 pp, 4.1MB) |