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Governors, Premiers, environmental groups and corporations band together to support the Climate Registered program

June 23, 2010

Leaders are separating the wheat from the chaff in environmental programs

(June 23, 2010 – Chicago, ILL) Leading corporations from across North America are being honored today by Governors, Premiers and environmental groups for achieving Climate Registered status. Climate Registered Members represent over 205 million tons of carbon, which they are choosing to measure and manage according to The Registry’s rigorous voluntary reporting program.

In addition, fourteen outstanding organizations are being recognized for committing to reduce their footprints by up to 20% as part of the Climate Registered reduction program. The diverse group includes the Eastman Kodak Company, Flight Centre Canada, Allergan, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Ecology & Environment, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Seattle Steam Company, Armstrong World Industries, Bentley Prince Street, Left Coast Cellars, City of Austin, the US Postal Service, 3Degrees and Thurston County, Washington.

“When it comes to environmental programs, Climate Registered leads the pack because it requires corporations to measure their entire North American carbon footprint, verify the findings with an independent third party, and publicly report the results,” said Doug Scott, Chairman of The Climate Registry and Commissioner of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. “It is comprehensive and transparent and there is no other program out there as rigorous as the Climate Registered program.”

To help balance out the climate impact of the event honoring Climate Registered members, The Climate Registry purchased and retired third-party verified carbon offsets sourced through 3Degrees. These offsets represent real, quantifiable and permanent GHG emission reductions equivalent to 30 metric tons of carbon dioxide. The offsets were generated through the capture and destruction of methane at the Climate Action Reserve-registered Denton Landfill Gas Project.

The Climate Registered program is distinguished from other GHG reporting programs by a number of important features:

• The Registry’s program is supported by 41 US states and D.C., all the Canadian provinces and territories, six Mexican states and four native sovereign nations.
• The Registry’s protocols for measuring GHG emissions are aligned with international best practice, and have been referenced in US EPA’s mandatory reporting rule and cap-and-trade bills being considered in Congress.
• The Climate Registry is specifically noted in the SEC climate disclosure guidance document as one of the ways companies have been voluntarily reporting their GHG emissions.
• The Registry’s Climate Registered reporting program involves independent third party verification, which ensures that the GHG data being reported is accurate and reliable.
• Climate Registered Members publicly report their GHG inventories on The Registry’s website.

“The Climate Registered program provides both a roadmap and recognition for companies and organizations that are reducing their carbon pollution,” said Peter Lehner, Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “NRDC has been reporting its own emissions with the Registry for many years, and we look forward to the ‘Silver, Gold or Platinum-worthy’ results that will be achieved as more institutions and corporations engage in this pollution-reduction program.”

“The Climate Registered program demonstrates to our stakeholders that we’re taking real and meaningful action,” said Charles Ruffing, Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability at Eastman Kodak Company. "Because we believe voluntary action is an important part of the solution, we encourage our peers, our suppliers and our business partners to join us in becoming Climate Registered.”

“Becoming Climate Registered isn't easy,” said Diane Wittenberg, Executive Director of The Climate Registry. “These organizations have measured their GHG footprints with accuracy, transparency and to verified international standards. No greenwashing here; that's real environmental leadership.”

Climate Registered companies (those who have measured, third party verified and reported their GHG inventories):

Alcoa Inc
All4 Inc.
Allergan, Inc.
Alliant Environmental
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Bell Independent Power
Bentley Prince Street
Carbon Credit Corp
Carbon Solutions America, LLC
City of Davis
Climate Action Reserve
Coastal Conservation League
Colorado Springs Utilities
Con Edison, Inc.
Cooper Mountain
Cormetech
E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.
Earth Advantage, Inc.
ÉcoRessources Consultants
Ecotek
El Dorado Energy LLC
ENVIRON International Corporation
Environmental Planning Specialists
Environmental Science Associates
ETC Group
Gills Onions, LLC
Good Company
Grand Targhee Resort
Horizon Environmental Corporation
Hydranautics
Johnson & Johnson
KEMA, Inc.
Kennecott Utah Copper
Kleinfelder
Landscape Structures Inc.
Landtec North America
Left Coast Cellars
Lemelson Vineyards
Levi Strauss & Co.
Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc.
Malcolm Pirnie
M.E. Group
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
Mesquite Power, LLC
MGM International
Millennium Consulting Associates
Modesto Irrigation District
New York MTA
Newmont Nevada
Nexant
Noblis
Novogradac & Company LLP
Nuclear Energy Institute
Platte River Power
Point Carbon North America
Port of Portland
Progress Energy
Salt River Project
San Diego Unified Port District
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Sokol Blosser Winery
Sonoma-Loeb
Soter Vineyards
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stantec
Sterling Planet Inc.
Summit Energy
Sustainable Business Consulting
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Symbiotic Engineering
Termoelectrica de Mexicali, S. de R.L. de C.V.
The Cadmus Group, Inc
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The Energy Foundation
The Weidt Group
Trihydro Corporation
Union of Concerned Scientists
US Postal Service
USANA Health Sciences
Utah Transit Authority
Wal-Mart
Washington State Department of Ecology
Wenck Associates, Inc.
West Basin Municipal Water District
West Linn Paper Company
Weston Solutions
Willis Energy Services Ltd.
Wolverine Power Cooperative
World Resources Institute

Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management

About The Climate Registry
The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization that operates the only carbon footprint registry in North America supported by states, provinces, territories and tribes. The Climate Registry helps hundreds of public and private organizations measure, report and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with integrity.

For more information, please visit www.theclimateregistry.org.