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Case Studies
These case studies highlight some of the efforts by Climate Leaders Partners to reduce their GHG emissions during their participation in the program. Although the program has been phased down, these case studies continue to serve as a useful source of information for organizations looking for practical and innovative ideas to reduce their own GHG emissions.
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| Name | Industry | Project | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3M | Manufacturing | 3M's Energy Management Program (PDF) (21 pp, 592K) | 12/3/07 |
| 3M | Manufacturing | Managing Energy is Good Business (PDF) (17 pp, 194K) | 10/5/04 |
| 3M | Manufacturing | 3M's Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management System (PDF) (16 pp, 847K) | 10/5/04 |
| Abbott | Health Services | Going Carbon Neutral with US Sales Vehicle Fleet (PDF) (22 pp, 694K) | 12/3/07 |
| ACE Group of Companies | Insurance | Reducing GHG Emissions: One Ton at a Time (PDF) (16 pp, 385K) | 10/6/08 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Semiconductor | Creative, Authentic, Cross-Functional Green Communication (PDF) (22 pp, 1.9M) | 10/7/08 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Semiconductor | Partner Case Study: December 2007 Carbon Copy (PDF) (2 pp, 25K) | 12/4/07 |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Semiconductor | AMD's Global Climate Protection Plan 2006 (PDF) (14 pp, 66K) | 10/12/06 |
| Alcoa Inc. | Aluminum Manufacturing | Measuring, Reporting and Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF) (31 pp, 501K) | 1/13/04 |
| American Electric Power | Utilities | AEP's Climate Leaders Commitment (PDF) (25 pp, 1.2MB) | 1/18/06 |
| Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Gas Project (PDF) (23 pp, 1.8M) | 10/7/08 |
| Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. | Manufacturing | Next Frontier: Supply Chain Carbon Management (PDF) (16 pp, 987K) | 12/3/07 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Semiconductor | Solar Panel Installation at Corporate Office Buildings (PDF) (2 pp, 767K) | 4/1/09 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Semiconductor | Applied Materials Solar Installations (PDF) (13 pp, 581K) | 10/6/08 |
| Ball Corporation | Manufacturing | Climate Leaders Insights and Experience (PDF) (14 pp, 327K) | 1/18/06 |
| Bank of America Corporation | Financial Services | Climate Leaders Commitment (PDF) (12 pp, 739K) | 3/22/07 |
| Baxter International Inc. | Health Services | Baxter Progress Report (PDF) (14 pp, 798K) | 5/5/05 |
| Boise Paper | Manufacturing | Reducing GHG Emissions in the Pulp & Paper Sector-Manufacturer's Perspective (PDF) (13 pp, 766K) | 12/2/09 |
| California Portland Cement Co. | Cement | Energy and GHG Management (PDF) (20 pp, 704K) | 3/22/07 |
| Calpine | Utilities | Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (13 pp, 353K) | 10/6/04 |
| CalPortland Company | Cement | Leveraging Government Resources at CalPortland Company (PDF) (12 pp, 2.4M) | 12/3/09 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | Manufacturing | 2020 Goals for Products, Services, Solutions (PDF) (6 pp, 380K) | 10/8/08 |
| Caterpillar, Inc. | Manufacturing | Caterpillar's Climate Leaders Journey (PDF) (21 pp, 540K) | 12/4/07 |
| Center for Resource Solutions | Nonprofit | Green-e Product Labeling (PDF) (32 pp, 2.1MB) | 1/19/06 |
| CH2M Hill | Engineering | Designing a High-Quality Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (16 pp, 898K) | 1/13/04 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Telecommunications | Tools for Data Management (PDF) (21 pp, 2.5M) | 10/6/08 |
| Cummins Inc. | Manufacturing | A Strategic Imperative for Energy Efficiency (PDF) (30 pp, 790K) | 10/7/08 |
| Cummins Inc. | Manufacturing | Doing More to Use Less -The Education on the Way to Innovation (PDF) (21 pp, 259K) | 12/5/07 |
| Dell, Inc. | Manufacturing | Climate Action: A Lifecycle Approach to Supply Chain Leadership (PDF) (13 pp, 529K) | 12/5/07 |
| Dupont Company | Chemical | Opportunities for Climate Leadership Beyond GHG Management (PDF) (6 pp, 225K) | 10/8/08 |
| DuPont Company | Chemical | Engaging Customers & Suppliers in Climate Strategy (PDF) (15 pp, 606K) | 3/22/07 |
| E Source | Consulting | Promising Technologies for Reducing Carbon Emissions, Cost and Energy Use (PDF) (27 pp, 826K) | 1/19/06 |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Manufacturing | Setting a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target (PDF) (10 pp, 631K) | 1/14/04 |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Manufacturing | Beyond Recycling (PDF) (14 pp, 695K) | 5/5/05 |
| EMC Corporation | Software Manufacturing | Partner Case Study: Spring 2007 Carbon Copy (Forging A Dynamic Inventory Management Plan) (PDF) (3 pp, 19K) | 3/22/07 |
| Exelon Corporation | Utilities | Building an Industry Leading Green Supply Chain (PDF) (8 pp, 638K) | 1/19/06 |
| Exelon Corporation | Utilities | Incorporating Carbon Considerations in Business Decisions (PDF) (9 pp, 59K) | 1/19/06 |
| FPL Group, Inc. | Utilities | FPL Group's Climate Change Approach (PDF) (26 pp, 803K) | 12/4/07 |
| Frito-Lay, Inc. | Food Services | Frito-Lay Greenhouse Gas Reductions thru the EPA Climate Leaders Program (PDF) (29 pp, 3.4MB) | 12/3/07 |
| FXFowle Architects | Architectural Services | Climate Leaders Small Business Case Study (PDF) (14 pp, 811K) | 5/20/10 |
| General Electric Company | Manufacturing | GHG Data Management Tools (PDF) (29 pp, 2.1M) | 10/6/08 |
| General Motors Corporation | Automotive | Demonstrating the Connection Between Effective Energy & Waste Management Practices and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions (PDF) (30 pp, 749K) | 1/13/04 |
| General Motors Corporation | Automotive | A Global Strategy for Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF) (28 pp, 689K) | 5/6/05 |
| General Motors Corporation | Automotive | Landfill Gas Direct Use (PDF) (23 pp, 774K) | 5/6/05 |
| Green Order | Strategy and Marketing | Beyond Operations Emissions Reductions (PDF) (16 pp, 587K) | 10/8/08 |
| Greenstar North America | Waste Management | Reducing Emissions Across a Business Value Chain (PDF) (10 pp, 1M) | 12/2/09 |
| Hasbro, Inc. | Manufacturing | Meeting Our Goals by Taking the Initiative (PDF) (13 pp, 371K) | 1/18/06 |
| HSBC - North America | Financial Services | Sustainable Development Corporate Real Estate (PDF) (16 pp, 841K) | 10/6/08 |
| IBM Corporation | Manufacturing | Sustainability Matters - Beyond Operational Carbon Reduction (PDF) (9 pp, 272K) | 10/8/08 |
| IBM Corporation | Manufacturing | The Role of Renewable Energy Certificates (PDF) (10 pp, 422K) | 1/18/06 |
| IBM Corporation | Hardware Manufacturing | Energy & GHG Emissions Management (PDF) (21 pp, 1.4MB) | 5/5/05 |
| Institute for Market Transformation | NGO | The Value Implications of Green (PDF) (25 pp, 478K) | 3/14/07 |
| Intel Corporation | Semiconductor | Partner Progress Report (PDF) (11 pp, 660K) | 10/6/08 |
| Intel Corporation | Semiconductor | Climate Leaders and Green Power Partnership (PDF) (10 pp, 467K) | 12/3/09 |
| Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Innovative Strategies to Reduce GHG Emissions from Mobile Sources (PDF) (20 pp, 342K) | 1/13/04 |
| Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Gas (PDF) (14 pp, 481K) | 5/6/05 |
| Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Offset Methodology (PDF) (12 pp, 630K) | 1/19/06 |
| International Paper | Manufacturing | IP's GHG Inventory Management (PDF) (13 pp, 763K) | 10/6/04 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | Incorporating the Cost of Carbon in Investment Decisions (PDF) (22 pp, 321K) | 1/18/06 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | Implementing an Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (14 pp, 145K) | 1/13/04 |
| Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | Purchasing Green Power and Renewable Energy Certificates (PDF) (22 pp, 321K) | 1/18/06 |
| Johnson Controls, Inc. | Manufacturing | Financial Mechanisms for Implementing GHG Reduction Projects (PDF) (135 pp, 433K) | 12/3/07 |
| Kohl's Department Stores | Retail | A Sustainable Kohl's (PDF) (25 pp, 720K) | 10/7/08 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | Engineering | Lockheed Martin Energy and Climate Energy Efficiency (PDF) (11 pp, 618K) | 12/5/07 |
| Mack Trucks, Inc. and Volvo Trucks North America | Automotive | Partner Interview: December 2007 Carbon Copy (PDF) (3 pp, 17K) | 12/4/07 |
| Marriott International, Inc. | Hotel Services | Marriott's Energy Strategy (PDF) (26 pp, 2.5MB) | 3/22/07 |
| Miller Brewing Company | Manufacturing | Development of Energy Tracking System (PDF) (27 pp, 709K) | 6/10/03 |
| Miller Brewing Company | Manufacturing | Mid-term Progress Report (PDF) (15 pp, 337K) | 5/5/05 |
| Millipore Corporation | Pharmaceutical | Compressed Air Case Study (PDF) (19 pp, 172K) | 10/6/08 |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Federal Government | Capitalizing on Incentives for On-Site Renewables (PDF) (11 pp, 2.2MB) | 12/5/07 |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Federal Government | NREL's Progress Toward Meeting its Climate Leaders Goal (PDF) (13 pp, 332K) | 5/5/05 |
| Oracle Corporation | Software Manufacturing | Energy Efficiency in Data Centers (PDF) (30 pp, 465K) | 12/3/07 |
| Owens Corning | Manufacturing | GHG Reduction Strategy (PDF) (13 pp, 713K) | 10/7/08 |
| PepsiCo | Manufacturing | Supplier Sustainability and Resource Conservation Outreach (PDF) (13 pp, 2.4M) | 10/6/08 |
| PepsiCo | Manufacturing | Corporate Energy Management (PDF) (14 pp, 550K) | 3/22/07 |
| Pfizer Inc. | Pharmaceutical | Climate Change Program at Pfizer Inc. (PDF) (14 pp, 67K) | 10/12/06 |
| Pfizer Inc. | Pharmaceutical | Increasing Colleague Climate Change Program Awareness (PDF) (13 pp, 161K) | 5/5/05 |
| Piper Jaffray | Financial | Financing New Clean Energy Technologies (PDF) (22 pp, 333K) | 10/8/08 |
| 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) | 5/6/05 |
| Quad/Graphics Inc. | Printing | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (17 pp, 521K) | 12/5/07 |
| Raytheon Company | Engineering | Partner Case Study: Spring 2007 Carbon Copy (Changing Attitudes Toward Energy) (PDF) (3 pp, 19K) | 3/22/07 |
| Raytheon Company | Engineering | The Raytheon Energy Conservation Program (PDF) (29 pp, 1.6MB) | 3/22/07 |
| Raytheon Company | Engineering | Raytheon's Energy Star Partnership (PDF) (13 pp, 688K) | 10/6/04 |
| Roche Group U.S. Affiliates | Health Services | Roche's Climate Leaders Activities (PDF) (12 pp, 420K) | 10/7/08 |
| Roche Group U.S. Affiliates | Health Services | Partner Case Study: December 2007 Carbon Copy (PDF) (2 pp, 24K) | 12/4/07 |
| Roche Group U.S. Affiliates | Health Services | Sustainable Progress at Roche USA (PDF) (28 pp, 808K) | 12/4/07 |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Setting a GHG Reduction Goal The Second Time Around (PDF) (23 pp, 387K) | 3/22/07 |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Climate Leaders overview (PDF) (17 pp, 5.5MB) | 1/13/04 |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (38 pp, 1.6MB) | 5/5/05 |
| SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Offsets Methodology for an Example Boiler Project (PDF) (9 pp, 198K) | 1/18/06 |
| Schering-Plough Corp. | Pharmaceutical | Tailored Benchmarking (PDF) (14 pp, 383K) | 10/7/08 |
| St. Lawrence Cement | Cement | Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program at St. Lawrence Cement (PDF) (40 pp, 1.9MB) | 3/23/07 |
| Staples, Inc. | Retail | Climate Leaders Meeting, March 2007 (PDF) (25 pp, 2.6MB) | 3/23/07 |
| Staples, Inc. | Retail | Partner Interview: Spring 2007 Carbon Copy (PDF) (4 pp, 21K) | 3/22/07 |
| Staples, Inc. | Retail | Developing an Integrated Renewable Energy Strategy (PDF) (21 pp, 122K) | 10/6/04 |
| Staples, Inc. | Retail | Reducing GHG Emissions in the Pulp and Paper Sector- Customer's Perspective (PDF) (18 pp, 1.6M) | 12/2/09 |
| Steelcase Inc. | Manufacturing | Implementing the EPA/DOC Green Suppliers Network at Steelcase (PDF) (20 pp, 821K) | 12/3/09 |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Software Manufacturing | Data Center Efficiency (PDF) (21 pp, 1.2MB) | 12/3/07 |
| Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Software Manufacturing | Eco Responsibility and Employees (PDF) (13 pp, 667K) | 12/3/07 |
| The Inter-American Development Bank | Other | Managing Business Travel Emissions (PDF) (23 pp, 1.4M) | 10/6/08 |
| The Tower Companies | Real Estate | Energy Efficiency in Buildings; Making Sustainability Profitable (PDF) (16 pp, 824K) | 10/7/08 |
| Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc. | Insurance | A Sound Risk Management Approach Creates Business Opportunities (PDF) (24 pp, 859K) | 12/5/07 |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | Food Services | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (6 pp, 136K) | 12/3/07 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Financial Mechanisms for Implementing GHG Reduction Projects (PDF) (5 pp, 101K) | 12/4/07 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Innovations in Implementing Employee GHG Reductions (PDF) (7 pp, 235K) | 12/5/07 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Ranking the Cost and Carbon Effectiveness of Clean Energy Projects (PDF) (9 pp, 227K) | 12/3/09 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Clean Energy | Federal Government | GHG Accounting for Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) (PDF) (11 pp, 263K) | 5/5/05 |
| 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) | 10/7/08 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Designing and Evaluating GHG Performance Metrics (PDF) (14 pp, 2.2MB) | 5/6/05 |
| 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) | 5/5/05 |
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region 5 | Federal Government | Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PDF) (29 pp, 1M) | 10/7/08 |
| Unilever | Manufacturing | Unilever Greenhouse Gas Management (PDF) (16 pp, 1.1MB) | 12/6/07 |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Building a World Class Energy Management Program (PDF) (19 pp, 654K) | 10/7/08 |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Managing Corporate GHG Challenges (PDF) (17 pp, 881K) | 1/18/06 |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | UTC's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Process (PDF) (14 pp, 402K) | 1/14/04 |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Performance, Plans, Programs @ UTC and its Suppliers (PDF) (25 pp, 824K) | 10/6/04 |
| United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Bringing Energy Efficiency and Climate Strategies to Customers and the Supply Chain (PDF) (13 pp, 359K) | 3/22/07 |
| World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Green Power and RECs Accounting (PDF) (11 pp, 90K) | 3/22/07 |
| Xerox Corporation | Manufacturing | Partner Case Study: Fall 2006 Carbon Copy (Energy Efficiency Initiatives for Reaching a 2012 GHG Reduction Goal) (PDF) (3 pp, 20K) | 10/12/06 |
| Xerox Corporation | Manufacturing | Xerox's GHG Reduction Initiative (PDF) (30 pp, 2.1MB) | 10/12/06 |
| Xerox Corporation | Manufacturing | Xerox's GHG Reduction Initiative (PDF) (24 pp, 780K) | 6/2/10 |