Green Power Partnership
Partner Profile
| Raytheon Company | |
| Location | Waltham, MA |
| Organization Type | Industrial Goods & Srvcs. |
| Percentage Green Power | 4.2% |
| Percent of Green Power Use Third-Party Certified (excluding On-site) | 100% |
| Organization-wide Purchase | Yes |
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| Partner Profile Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 89 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts and has 72,000 employees worldwide. Raytheon has a strong Sustainability Program which seeks to enhance the company's activities to protect the environment and conserve natural resources. The company has a long commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, having joined EPA's Climate Leaders program in 2002, and met it's initial reduction goal one-year ahead of schedule in 2008. Raytheon has reduced it greenhouse gas emissions by 21 percent between 2002 and 2010. Energy conservation and energy efficiency are a central part of the greenhouse gas reduction strategy. Purchasing and generating renewable energy is another strategy that has now been added to the company's overall sustainability program. | |