Eco-Efficiency

In 2010, we became the first North American-based financial institution to achieve carbon-neutral status. Since then, we have continued to meet our commitment to carbon neutrality.

How we meet our carbon neutral commitment:

Step 1

Reduce energy use. We do this by improving the energy efficiency of our operations, from the way we design and operate our buildings to green IT and employee engagement initiatives.

Step 2

Generate renewable electricity from our facilities and purchase certified EcoLogo or Green-e renewable energy credits (RECs) to add the equivalent amount of electricity we use back into the grid.

Step 3

Offset remaining GHG emissions with innovative North American-based carbon offsets, with a significant portion generated through impact investing projects undertaken with social partners such as schools, institutions, and Aboriginal communities.

As TD continues to grow, our environmental challenge is to reduce our environmental impact despite rapid business expansion. Our key areas of focus in managing the environmental footprint of our business operations are:

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Improving energy efficiency
Reducing paper use
Reducing waste volumes and water use
Greening our supply chain

We make it possible for businesses and their customers to take urgent action on climate change.

At 3Degrees, we are passionate about addressing climate change. We help hundreds of organizations incorporate clean energy and greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies into their business operations. And we connect over 275,000 residential customers with renewable energy through our utility and community solar partnerships. How do we do it? Through our custom renewable energy and climate solutions that meet each client at every step of the way.

After all, solving the most significant challenge of our generation is a tall order. But it’s a challenge that energizes us. We hope you’ll join us.

Established in 1964, GZA is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary consulting firm providing geotechnical, environmental, water, ecological, and construction management services to a wide array of private and public clients.

Ecolab offers water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that provide and protect clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments for food, energy, healthcare, industrial and hospitality markets.

Our Approach to Sustainability

At Ecolab, we and our customers are united by our powerful purpose to make the world a better place. Doing Better Together. Our team of 48,000, in partnership with more than 1 million customer locations around the world, brings our best efforts forward every day to help address the world’s most pressing global challenges. Collectively, we are working to help meet growing demand for goods and services while at the same time reinventing the way businesses operate to be less reliant on the world’s limited natural resources.

Operating with care for people and the environment

Across every industry we serve, we strive to deliver the best results at the lowest total cost while reducing waste, energy and water use. From how we operate and develop solutions to the way we work with customers and support communities, we are working to deliver a more sustainable future for everyone. Through our unparalleled service, industry-leading innovation and real-time data and insights, we help our customers do more with less.

WATER STEWARDSHIP

We actively seek to improve the use of water resources within our own operations and within the watersheds in which we operate. Our commitment extends beyond our operations to partnerships with thought leaders and leading organizations that support the advancement of responsible use of the world’s limited freshwater resources to the benefit of nature, communities, and business.

Advancing Global Water Stewardship Standards

Global Commitments and Partnerships

Through partnerships with leading global non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we strengthen our understanding and our ability to impact global challenges facing our business, customers, and communities. We are a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the CEO Water Mandate, and an active member of the Corporate Eco Forum. Our partnerships with the World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy help advance water conservation and stewardship initiatives in priority regions including China, Mexico, and the United States.

Advancing Global Water Stewardship

Ecolab is a founding partner of the Alliance for Water Stewardship’s (AWS) International Water Stewardship Standard, a globally consistent and locally adaptable framework to inform decisions and encourage collective action to promote sustainable freshwater use. In April 2014, Ecolab joined nearly 30 leading organizations from across industries to launch the Standard.

In 2014, we initiated programs to implement the framework at our own facilities. Our Taicang, China, plant, located in the Yangtze Taihu basin, outside of Shanghai, was a pilot location for the Standard. In September 2015, our Taicang plant became the first facility in the world to be certified under the AWS Standard.

We expanded implementation to our Carson and City of Industry manufacturing plants in California, where extreme drought is impacting all water users. As a leading adopter of the Standard in this region, we partnered with AWS and the WWF to provide training to other local water users. We also collaborated with companies in the watershed to implement the Standard within their facilities and to identify ways to work together to further reduce our collective impacts.

To learn more about the AWS Standard, visit www.allianceforwaterstewardship.org.

Water Stewardship is the use of water that is socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial, achieved through a stakeholder-inclusive process that involves site and catchment-based actions. Good water stewards understand their own water use, catchment context and shared risk in terms of water governance, water balance, water quality and important water-related areas; and then engage in meaningful individual and collective actions that benefit people and nature.

At United, we are committed to operating sustainably and responsibly. This commitment means that we minimize the environmental impacts associated with our operations and that we continuously look for ways to reduce our footprint in the air, on the ground and at our facilities.

In 2013, we were recognized for our environmental accomplishments and named Air Transport World magazines Eco-Aviation “Airline of the Year” Gold Winner, and in 2014, we received the Global Business Travel Association Foundations Sustainability Outstanding Achievement Award as well as the ICARUS Gold Award for Sustainability Excellence. We have built a corporate track record that we are proud of. We have improved aircraft fuel efficiency by 33 percent since 1994, advanced sustainable alternative fuels and worked to mitigate our impact on the environment through reduced energy use and waste generation. We are not stopping there, because there is more to do.

At Ingersoll Rand, we integrate sustainability into the anatomy of how we help our customers succeed and how we run our operations.
​Our commitment to sustainability extends to the environmental impacts of our people, operations, and products and services. As a global enterprise leading the way to a more sustainable future, Ingersoll Rand is focused on heating, cooling and automating homes and buildings; enhancing industrial productivity; keeping transported food and perishables safe and fresh; and delivering efficient and reliable small transportation solutions. From the efficiency of our buildings to our progress in managing energy, water and waste, we continue to find ways to reduce the company’s impact on the environment and embed sustainability throughout our businesses.
Our climate commitment increases energy efficiency and reduces the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) related to our operations and products, including:

A 50 percent reduction in the greenhouse gas refrigerant footprint of our products for our customers by 2020 and lower-global warming potential alternatives across our portfolio by 2030
A $500M investment in product-related research and development over the next five years to fund the long-term reduction of GHG emissions
A 35 percent reduction in greenhouse gas footprint of our own operations by 2020

AN INVESTMENT BANK WITH A VISION…

Our Vision is a sustainable world – a world where our energy demands are in balance with alternative energy supplies. We believe alternative sources of energy will fuel the future. Together with our clients, we are able to create tremendous opportunities in the low carbon economy.

Mont Vista Capital is a leading global provider of investment banking and risk advisory services to clients in the alternative energy industry. Mont Vista also seeks proprietary trading and growth equity opportunities in alternative energy markets which add value for our investors. Mont Vista provides superior service to our clients by retaining a team of professionals dedicated to growth in numerous dimensions.

Professional distinction in the alternative energy industry is a cornerstone of the firm, whether in mergers and acquisitions, financings, valuation, financial opinions, or financial restructuring. Mont Vista maintains independence and objectivity which enables the firm to commit superior resources to our clients.

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Climate Social fits at the intersection of digital marketing and sustainability. We fluently communicate on today’s social media platforms, transparently interacting with your brand’s stakeholders. We follow the trends in green business and promote the importance of your organization’s work for the betterment of the environment, society, and economics. Clients include B Corps, product startups, sustainability consulting firms, niche business publications, and more. From organizational marketing to personalized coaching, let us craft your perfect strategy to increase connectivity, conversation, and community. With the right blend of timeliness and tone, you’ll be on the path to reaching new eyes and to building new relationships in no time! www.climatesocialmarketing.com

UL EHS Sustainability (‘UL EHSS’) is a division of Underwriters Laboratories (‘UL’), the premier global independent safety science company that has championed progress for 120 years. UL EHS Sustainability empowers organizations to protect the well-being of workers, reduce risk, improve productivity, enhance compliance, and drive measurable business improvement through its EHS, occupational health, environmental, supply chain, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility platforms.
More than 2,000 organizations in over 20 major industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and construction & energy, trust UL’s tools to meet their expanding needs. In 2016, UL EHS Sustainability acquired cr360, a leader in Sustainability and EHS management software.

CO2logic has extensive experience in calculating, reducing, and offsetting the carbon footprints of large organizations. Not only does CO2logic help organizations reduce their carbon footprint, they help them do it in a way that benefits the international community by developing and sustaining social programs in areas that are in the greatest need. CO2logic has won public tenders to become the carbon consultant to the European Investment Bank, the European Parliament, the City of Brussels, etc. Large corporations like Levi’s, Dow Corning, Baltimore Aircoil, Le Pain Quotidien and Mars have also trusted CO2logic’s expertise. CO2logic works with the highest quality standards and has the best consultants in the field.