Case Studies
Climate Leaders case studies highlight the innovative work of Climate Leaders Partners to reduce their GHG emissions.
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Name | Industry | Presentation |
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3M | Manufacturing | 3M’s Energy Management Program (PDF) (21 pp, 592K) |
3M | Manufacturing | Energy Star for buildings & industry (PDF) (17 pp, 194K) |
3M | Manufacturing | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (16 pp, 847K) |
3M | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (21 pp, 407K) |
Abbott | Health Services | Going Carbon Neutral with US Sales Vehicle Fleet (PDF) (22 pp, 694K) |
Alcoa Inc. | Aluminum Manufacturing | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (31 pp, 501K) |
American Electric Power | Utilities | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (25 pp, 1.2MB) |
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. | Manufacturing | Next Frontier: Supply Chain Carbon Management (PDF) (16 pp, 987K) |
Ball Corporation | Manufacturing | Climate Leaders overview (PDF) (14 pp, 327K) |
Bank of America Corporation | Financial Services | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (12 pp, 738K) |
Baxter International Inc. | Health Services | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (14 pp, 798K) |
California Climate Action Registry | Nonprofit | State initiatives (PDF) (58 pp, 3.6MB) |
California Portland Cement Co. | Cement | Benchmarking Industrial Facilities (PDF) (20 pp, 704K) |
Calpine | Utilities | Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (13 pp, 353K) |
Carbon Disclosure Project | Nonprofit | Reporting (PDF) (10 pp, 96K) |
Caterpillar, Inc. | Manufacturing | Caterpillar's Climate Leaders Journey (PDF) (21 pp, 540K) |
Center for Energy & Climate Solutions | NGO | Technology & Tools (PDF) (24 pp, 723K) |
Center for Resource Solutions | Nonprofit | Marketing (PDF) (32 pp, 2.1MB) |
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) | NGO | Climate change industry (PDF) (30 pp, 284K) |
CH2M Hill | Engineering | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (16 pp, 898K) |
Confederation of Indian Industry – Green Business Center | International Government | Managing Global GHG Emissions- Experience from India (PDF) (24 pp, 445K) |
Cummins Inc. | Manufacturing | Doing More to Use Less (PDF) (21 pp, 259K) |
Dell, Inc. | Manufacturing | Climate Action: A Lifecycle Approach to Supply Chain Leadership (PDF) (13 pp, 529K) |
DuPont Company | Chemical | Supply chain (PDF) (15 pp, 606K) |
Eastern Climate Registry | Nonprofit | State initiatives (PDF) (25 pp, 514K) |
Eastman Kodak Company | Manufacturing | Goal Setting (PDF) (10 pp, 631K) |
Environmental Resources Trust, Inc. | Nonprofit | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (13 pp, 109K) |
California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) | State Government | State initiatives (PDF) (26 pp, 382K) |
E Source | Consulting | Technologies & Tools (PDF) (27 pp, 826K) |
Eastman Kodak Company | Manufacturing | Waste reduction (PDF) (14 pp, 695K) |
Exelon Corporation | Utilities | Cost of carbon in business (PDF) (9 pp, 59K) |
FPL Group, Inc. | Utilities | FPL Group's Climate Change Approach (PDF) (26 pp, 803K) |
Frito-Lay, Inc. | Food Services | Frito-Lay Greenhouse Gas Reductions thru the EPA Climate Leaders Program (PDF) (29 pp, 3.4MB) |
General Motors Corporation | Automotive | Waste reduction (PDF) (30 pp, 749K) |
General Motors Corporation | Automotive | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (28 pp, 689K) |
General Motors Corporation | Automotive | Landfill Methane (PDF) (23 pp, 774K) |
Green Order | Strategy and Marketing | Beyond Operations Emissions Reductions (PDF) (16 pp, 587K) |
Hasbro, Inc. | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (13 pp, 371K) |
IBM Corporation | Hardware Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (21 pp, 1.4MB) |
IBM Corporation | Hardware Manufacturing | RECs (PDF) (10 pp, 422K) |
Institute for Market Transformation | NGO | Technology & Tools (PDF) (25 pp, 478K) |
Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | GHG reduction – mobile sources (PDF) (20 pp, 342K) |
Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Methane (PDF) (14 pp, 481K) |
Interface, Inc. | Manufacturing | Landfill Methane (PDF) (12 pp, 630K) |
International Paper | Manufacturing | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (13 pp, 763K) |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | Manufacturing | Financial Mechanisms for Implementing GHG Reduction Projects (PDF) (135 pp, 433K) |
Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | GHG Inventory / Inventory Management Plan (PDF) (14 pp, 145K) |
Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | Cost of carbon in business (PDF) (34 pp, 1.3MB) |
Johnson & Johnson | Health Services | RECs (PDF) (22 pp, 321K) |
Lockheed Martin Corporation | Engineering | Lockheed Martin Energy and Climate Energy Efficiency (PDF) (11 pp, 618K) |
Marriott International, Inc. | Hotel Services | Technology & Tools (PDF) (26 pp, 2.5MB) |
Miller Brewing Company | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (15 pp, 337K) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | University | Carbon Trading (PDF) (9 pp, 30K) |
National Commission on Energy Policy | NGO | Policy (PDF) (13 pp, 226K) |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Federal Government | Capitalizing on Incentives for On-Site Renewables (PDF) (11 pp,2.2MB) |
New York Department of Environmental Conservation | State Government | State initiatives (PDF) (14 pp, 229K) |
New York Department of Environmental Conservation | State Government | Carbon Trading (PDF) (11 pp, 105K) |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Federal Government | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (13 pp, 332K) |
Office of Governor Chris Gregoire (WA) | State Government | State initiatives (PDF) (22 pp, 882K) |
Oracle Corporation | Software Manufacturing | Energy Efficiency in Data Centers (PDF) (30 pp, 465K) |
PepsiCo | Manufacturing | Benchmarking Industrial Facilities (PDF) (14 pp, 550K) |
Pew Center on Global Climate Change | Nonprofit | State initiatives (PDF) (19 pp, 644K) |
Pfizer Inc. | Pharmaceutical | Employee communications (PDF) (13 pp, 161K) |
Piper Jaffray | Financial | Financing New Clean Energy Technologies (PDF) (22 pp, 333K) |
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) | Utilities | Waste reduction (PDF) (16 pp, 468K) |
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) | Utilities | State initiatives (PDF) (15 pp, 792K) |
Quad/Graphics Inc. | Printing | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (17 pp, 521K) |
Raytheon Company | Engineering | Energy Star for buildings & industry (PDF) (13 pp, 688K) |
Raytheon Company | Engineering | Benchmarking Industrial Facilities (PDF) (29 pp, 1.6MB) |
Roche Group U.S. Affiliates | Health Services | Sustainable Progress at Roche USA (PDF) (28 pp, 808K) |
SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Climate Leaders overview (PDF) (17 pp, 5.5MB) |
SC Johnson | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (38 pp, 1.6MB) |
SC Johnson | Manufacturing | Offsets (PDF) (9 pp, 198K) |
SC Johnson | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (23 pp, 387K) |
St. Lawrence Cement | Cement | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (40 pp, 1.9MB) |
Staples, Inc. | Retail | Green Power (PDF) (21 pp, 122K) |
Staples, Inc. | Retail | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (25 pp, 2.6MB) |
Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Software Manufacturing | Data Center Efficiency (PDF) (21 pp, 1.2MB) |
Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Software Manufacturing | Eco Responsibility and Employees (PDF) (13 pp, 667K) |
SustainAbility Inc. | Consulting | Reporting (PDF) (14 pp, 1.2MB) |
The Climate Group | Nonprofit | Climate Change Industry (PDF) (14 pp, 993K) |
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change | Nonprofit | Current Issues in State and Federal Climate Policy (PDF) (33 pp, 1M) |
Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc. | Insurance | Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality (PDF) (24 pp, 859K) |
Tyson Foods, Inc. | Food Services | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (6 pp, 136K) |
U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) | Federal Government | U.S. DOE 1605(b) (PDF) (9 pp, 84K) |
U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) | Federal Government | U.S. DOE 1605(b) (PDF) (9 pp, 81K) |
U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) | Federal Government | U.S. DOE 1605(b) (PDF) (9 pp, 81K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Leaders Program Update (October 2008) (PDF) (19 pp, 1.2M) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Development of Climate Leaders GHG Management Tool (PDF) (13 pp, 887K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Green Power Partnership | Federal Government | GHG Reductions with Green Power (PDF) (12 pp, 448K) |
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) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | December 2007 Program Update (PDF) (20 pp, 824K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Financial Mechanisms for Implementing GHG Reduction Projects (PDF) (5 pp, 101K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Innovations in Implementing Employee GHG Reductions (PDF) (7 pp, 235K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Introduction to the Climate Leaders Program (PDF) (27 pp, 1.3MB) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | U.S. Climate Policy: 2007 and 2008 (PDF) (17 pp, 213K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | A Moving Target: Tackling GHGs from Transportation (PDF) (12 pp, 467K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Guidance (PDF) (10 pp, 535K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Waste reduction (PDF) (20 pp, 1.2MB) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Benchmarking Industrial Facilities (PDF) (16 pp, 325K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) | Federal Government | Technology & Tools (PDF) (18 pp, 585K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region 5 | Federal Government | Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PDF) (29 pp, 1M) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – CHP | Federal Government | Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (7 pp, 112K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Clean Energy | Federal Government | RECs (PDF) (11 pp, 263K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Change Industry (PDF) (8 pp, 187K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Cost of carbon in business (PDF) (14 pp, 2.2MB) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Climate Leaders overview (PDF) (18 pp, 620K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Marketing (PDF) (18 pp, 620K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Marketing (PDF) (11 pp, 264K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Marketing (PDF) (11 pp, 288K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | RECs (PDF) (14 pp, 252K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Climate Leaders | Federal Government | Offsets (PDF) (10 pp, 206K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Best Workplaces for Commuters | Federal Government | GHG reduction – mobile sources (PDF) (9 pp, 432K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Energy Star | Federal Government | Energy Star for buildings & industry (PDF)(17 pp, 418K) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – Green Power Partnership | Federal Government | Green Power (PDF) (7 pp, 375K ) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – LMOP | Federal Government | Landfill Methane (PDF) (27 pp, 1.1MB) |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) – SmartWay | Federal Government | GHG reduction – mobile sources (PDF) (16 pp, 3.9MB) |
Unilever | Manufacturing | Unilever Greenhouse Gas Management (PDF) (16 pp, 1.1MB) |
United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Guidance (PDF) (14 pp, 402K) |
United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Supply Chain (PDF) (25 pp, 824K) |
United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | Supply chain (PDF) (13 pp, 359K) |
United Technologies Corporation | Manufacturing | GHG reduction strategy (PDF) (17 pp, 881K) |
World Economic Forum | Nonprofit | Reporting (PDF) (22 pp, 520K) |
World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | New Tools and Programs to Manage Global Emissions (PDF) (24 pp, 808K) |
World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Guidance (PDF) (22 pp, 238K) |
World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Cost of carbon in business (PDF) (9 pp, 121K) |
World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | RECs (PDF) (11 pp, 90K) |
World Resources Institute (WRI) | Nonprofit | Science (PDF) (73 pp, 4.1MB) |