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Climate Leadership Awards

C2ES congratulates the inaugural winners of the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual Climate Leadership Awards, presented on February 29, 2012, at the Climate Leadership Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The awards – co-sponsored by EPA, C2ES, the Association of Climate Change Officer, and The Climate Registry – recognize exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.  

“Corporate leadership is essential to meeting our climate and energy challenges,” said C2ES President Eileen Claussen. “We join EPA in applauding the first winners of the Climate Leadership Award. These companies demonstrate every day that it’s possible to shrink your carbon footprint without compromising your bottom line. Their accomplishments will inspire other companies to act, and will contribute to strong, sensible policies benefiting both our economy and our climate.”

The Climate Leadership Conference brought together more than 250 representatives of business, government, academia, and the non-profit community to exchange ideas and information on how to address climate change while simultaneously running their operations more competitively and sustainably. Keynote speakers included Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation; and Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board.

Following are the Award categories and recipients:

  • Organizational Leadership: Recognizes organizations for exemplary leadership both in their internal response to climate change and through engagement of their peers, competitors, partners, and value chain.
    • IBM
    • San Diego Gas & Electric
  • Individual Leadership: Recognizes an individual for outstanding efforts in leading an organization’s response to climate change.
    • Gene Rodrigues, Director of Customer Energy Efficiency and Solar at Southern California Edison
  • Supply Chain Leadership: Recognizes organizations for actively addressing emissions outside their operations.
    • Port of Los Angeles
    • SAP
    • UPS
  • Excellence in GHG Management (Goal Achievement): Recognizes organizations for aggressively managing and reducing their GHG emissions.
    • Campbell Soup Company
    • Casella Waste Systems
    • Conservation Services Group
    • Cummins Inc.
    • Fairchild Semiconductor
    • Genzyme
    • Hasbro
    • Intel Corporation
    • International Paper
    • SC Johnson
  • Excellence in GHG Management (Goal Setting): Recognizes organizations for establishing aggressive GHG reduction goals.
    • Avaya
    • Bentley Prince Street
    • Campbell Soup Company
    • Ford Motor Company
    • Gap Inc.
    • Ingersoll Rand
 

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