February 25, 2014 – Washington, DC –
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Center
for Corporate Climate Leadership announced the third annual
Climate Leadership Award winners in partnership with the
Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), the Center
for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and The Climate
Registry (TCR). Nineteen awards were given to 15
organizations and two individuals in the public and private
sectors for their leadership in addressing climate change by
reducing carbon pollution.
The 2014 Climate Leadership Award recipients
are:
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Organizational Leadership Award:
City of Chula Vista, Sprint, and University of
California, Irvine
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Individual Leadership Award: Sam
Brooks, Associate Director, D.C. Department of General
Services, and Robert Taylor, Energy Manager, Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
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Supply Chain Leadership Award:
Sprint
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Excellence in Greenhouse Gas
Management (Goal Achievement Award): The Boeing
Company; Caesars Entertainment; Cisco Systems, Inc.;
Ecolab; The Hartford; IBM; Johnson Controls; Kohl's
Department Stores; Mack Trucks; and Novelis
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Excellence in Greenhouse Gas
Management (Goal Setting Certificate): Fruit of the
Loom, Inc.; Hasbro, Inc.; and Kohl's Department Stores
"Our Climate Leadership Award winners have
made great strides in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and
are providing leadership nationwide in many sectors of our
economy," said Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator
for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. "Their innovative
approaches and commitment to reducing carbon pollution
demonstrate that efforts to address climate change are
repaid by saving money and energy, while supporting more
livable and resilient communities, and a healthier, better
protected environment now and for future generations."
The national awards program recognizes and
incentivizes exemplary corporate, organizational, and
individual leadership in response to climate change. Award
recipients represent a wide array of industries, including
finance, manufacturing, retail, technology, higher education
and local government.
"The Association of Climate Change Officers
is pleased to recognize another exceptional class of
organizations and individuals who are demonstrating
leadership in driving climate action into their
organizational cultures," said Daniel Kreeger, ACCO’s
co-founder and executive director. "These award recipients
are demonstrating critical devotion and leadership to
managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting
to the risks and challenges posed by climate change. These
recipients are role models for corporate, organizational,
and individual leaders who can and should be responding
proactively to climate change risks and opportunities."
"Communities and businesses are already
experiencing the impacts of climate change, and we need to
act now to protect both our environment and our economy,"
said C2ES President Eileen Claussen. "We join EPA in
applauding the winners of the Climate Leadership Awards.
These companies, organizations, and individuals demonstrate
that we can save energy, reduce emissions, and take decisive
steps toward a low-carbon future. We hope their
accomplishments will serve as an example for others to
follow."
"The Climate Registry applauds this year’s
Climate Leadership Award winners for demonstrating a
meaningful, results-oriented response to climate change,"
said David Rosenheim, executive director of TCR. "Exhibiting
transparency, consistent metrics, and innovative mitigation
measures, our deserving award recipients are building a
stronger platform for policy, innovation, and business
solutions to reducing carbon pollution."
The President’s Climate Action Plan calls on
the federal government to work with all stakeholders to take
action to cut the harmful carbon pollution that fuels
climate change. These organizations and individuals are
working to do just that.
The awards are held in conjunction with the
2014 Climate Leadership Conference at the Hyatt Mission Bay
Hotel in San Diego, Calif.
More information about the 2014 Climate
Leadership Award winners is available at
www.epa.gov/climateleadership/awards/2014winners.html
The EPA's Center for Corporate Climate
Leadership was launched in 2012 to establish norms of
climate leadership by encouraging organizations with
emerging climate objectives to identify and achieve
cost-effective GHG emission reductions, while helping more
advanced organizations drive innovations in reducing their
greenhouse gas impacts in their supply chains and beyond.
The Center serves as a comprehensive resource to help
organizations of all sizes measure and manage GHG emissions,
providing technical tools, ground-tested guidance,
educational resources, and opportunities for information
sharing and peer exchange among organizations interested in
reducing the environmental impacts associated with climate
change.
More information about EPA’s Center for
Corporate Climate Leadership:
www.epa.gov/climateleadership
About the Association of Climate Change
Officers
The Association of Climate Change Officers
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization for
executives and officials worldwide in industry, government,
academia and the non-profit community. ACCO’s mission is to
define, develop and support the functions, resources and
communities necessary for effective organizational
leadership in addressing climate-related risks and
opportunities. For more information about ACCO, please visit
http://www.accoonline.org.
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