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Mobilizing Companies to cut carbon dioxide

Leading corporations are partnering with WWF to establish ambitious targets to voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By 2010, the Climate Savers companies will collectively cut carbon emissions by some 14 million tons annually – the equivalent of taking more than 3 million cars off the road every year. By increasing efficiency, Climate Savers companies are saving hundreds of millions of dollars, proving again that protecting the environment makes good business sense.

Johnson & Johnson
Second Largest U.S. Corporate Purchaser of Clean Energy

Through its agreement with WWF, Johnson & Johnson pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from all facilities worldwide by 7% below 1990 levels by 2010. Although sales have increased about 350% from 1990 to 2005, the company exceeded its goal 5 years early with emissions 11.5% below 1990 levels in 2005. Johnson & Johnson is currently the second largest corporate user of on-site solar photovoltaic energy in the United States, in addition to being one of the largest corporate purchasers of wind power in the country in 2005. Green power accounted for 30% of the company's total U.S. energy use in 2005 and included wind power, on-site solar, low-impact hydro, and renewable energy certificates. In Europe, almost half of the company's electricity comes from renewable supplies, with ten major Johnson & Johnson facilities now obtaining 100% of their power from green sources. Beyond purchasing renewable energy, many innovative projects are underway at facilities around the world. At the Alza Pharmaceutical facility in Mountain View, California, methane gas collected from a local landfill is used to fire a 3-megawatt co-generation system, avoiding 7,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Other unique projects include the use of wood-chips as a carbon-neutral fuel for a boiler at Cilag-AG in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and a geothermal heating and cooling system at the DePuy facility in France. Through its 10-stage energy best practices model, Johnson & Johnson is reaping more than $30 million in annualized energy efficiency savings from projects completed in the past ten years.

Learn more about the measures Johnson & Johnson has taken

IBM
Saving $115 Million Since 1998 by Avoiding 1.28 Million Tons of carbon dioxide Emissions

Having achieved a 20 percent avoidance of global carbon dioxide emissions through energy conservation from 1990 to 1997, IBM further avoided the GHG emissions associated with the company's operational energy use by 5.7 percent from 1998 to 2004, exceeding its Climate Savers goal. IBM has saved $115 million in reduced energy costs and avoided more than 1.28 million tons of carbon dioxide since 1998, the equivalent of taking 51,600 cars off the road. Energy savings came from a variety of projects including: installing motion detectors for lighting in bathrooms and copier rooms, rebalancing heating and cooling systems and rebuilding and resizing high purity water pumping systems in semiconductor manufacturing lines. IBM is also delivering increased performance per watt with each new generation of equipment it sells through improvements in power supply efficiency - in many cases to over 90 percent conversion efficiency - and energy management software such as the PowerExecutive (tm) software, which tracks power usage on blade servers. In addition, IBM has one of the largest corporate work-at-home programs in the U.S. involving over 25,000 employees in 2005. This contributed to reductions of about 5 million square feet (18 percent) in its U.S. office space from 2000 to 2005 with significant energy savings and conserved 5 million gallons of fuel, avoiding 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2005. In 2006, IBM set a new goal to reduce GHG emissions to 12 percent below 2005 levels.  In the first year of this commitment program, IBM reduced emissions by 2.8 percent, thrh

Xanterra Parks & Resorts
Bringing carbon dioxide Savings to National and State Parks

Xanterra Parks & Resorts operates lodges, restaurants, and other concessions at 18 national and state parks. As the first hospitality company with an absolute greenhouse gas reduction target, Xanterra aims to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 10% below 2000 levels by 2015. By 2004, Xanterra was already nearly halfway to reaching its goal with emissions 4.75% below 2000 levels. In 2006, Xanterra is using 6,011,723 kilowatt hours of renewable wind, solar, or geothermal energy, totaling more than 7% of total energy use at its operations nationwide. This prevents 2,300 tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted. Wind power provides 50% of Xanterra's electricity at Crater Lake and Zion, and a third at Mount Rushmore. In addition to renewable energy, Xanterra is reducing emissions through fuel switching (from heating fuel oil to propane), strategic conservation programs, energy control systems in rooms and facilities, and efficiency upgrades including 27,000 lighting retrofits. Xanterra is one of only a few hospitality companies to construct buildings that have achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED green building rating system certification (one at Yellowstone and another being built at Crater Lake National Park). Last year the company designated its own company-wide CAFE standard of 35 miles per gallon for all company vehicles purchased.

Polaroid Corporation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 50% from 1994 to 2004

When Polaroid joined Climate Savers in 2000, it committed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25% below 1994 levels by the year 2010. In 2004, combined (direct and indirect) emissions of carbon dioxide were down 14% from the prior year, nearly 50% lower than 1994 baseline emissions. Polaroid is upgrading and replacing compressors, chillers, boilers, hot water systems, lighting systems and motors; purchasing green power; and switching to cleaner forms of fuel for on-site operations. Warehouses and conference rooms are equipped with intelligent switches, which reduce the time that lighting is on. Polaroid's Facilities organization now requires each employee to identify energy-saving projects as part of their performance evaluation. In one example, the company partnered with the local utility to share the cost and benefits of replacing a very large air compressor. Energy savings from the project, which translate directly to reduced emissions, provided a 267% return. Through the efforts of the Facilities organization, company-wide energy consumption is down 5% from 2003 to 2006.

Nike, Inc.
Running Against Global Warming

When Nike joined Climate Savers in 2001, it set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 13% from Nike-owned operations and business travel from a 1998 baseline by the end of 2005. Nike has since achieved these reductions. Energy efficiency projects lowered the company's facility emissions below 1998 levels while facilities grew by approximately 6%. Nike purchased the green power equivalent to approximately 20% of all electricity that is used in its owned facilities worldwide. Nike's European distribution center installed six wind turbines, with the capacity to power approximately two million square feet, in partnership with its local power supplier. In addition, Nike offset the majority of its business travel carbon dioxide emissions through partnerships with air carriers, rental car companies, government energy departments and the carbon dioxide retail market. Another Climate Savers goal was to remove greenhouse gas emissions from its products - a recent accomplishment. Lastly, Nike completed its goal of measuring the greenhouse gas emissions from its contracted manufacturing and shipping operations, but still has more work to do in order ultimately to reduce those emissions. The contract factories that make Nike products, and the ships and trucks that move those products, represent approximately eight times the emissions of its owned operations and business travel combined. Even though these emissions are outside the widely accepted boundaries of a company's footprint, Nike recognizes the need to address those emissions.

Read a recent BusinessWeek article about how Nike removed greenhouse gases from their shoes

Catalyst Paper
Major Paper Producer Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 70 percent

Catalyst is a leading producer of mechanical printing papers used in directories, catalogues, magazines, ad inserts and daily newspapers throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Catalyst Paper set one of the most ambitious emissions reduction goals of any large corporation worldwide - a 70 percent reduction in its GHG emissions by 2010 relative to 1990 levels. Catalyst achieved this goal ahead of schedule in both 2005 and 2006, while also registering significant reductions on an intensity basis. In 2007, the reduction level fell back slightly to 69 percent, due largely to a constrained supply of carbon-neutral biomass fuels. However, the company will strive to return to its 70 percent reduction level in 2008 and beyond. Catalyst has developed an elegant strategy to minimize its GHG emissions. It relies on wastes generated elsewhere within the industry - primarily sawmill leftovers such as bark and wood chips - to generate heat and electricity. In 2007, these and other renewable sources accounted for 87 percent of its total energy needs. This included expanded use of methane captured from a nearby municipal landfill at Catalyst's Paper Recycling Division.

Lafarge
World's Largest Cement Manufacturer Breaks the Mold

With 85,000 employees in 75 countries including 16,500 in the U.S., Lafarge is the largest cement manufacturer in the world. When Lafarge joined Climate Savers, it committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries by 10% below 1990 levels by 2010. Since 1990, Lafarge has cut net emissions per ton of cement by 12.7% and aims to increase reductions per ton to 20% by 2010. The company has also reduced absolute gross emissions in industrialized countries by 8.3%. Lafarge has achieved these reductions by improving energy efficiency at its cement plants and using industrial by-products such as fly ash from coal-fired power plants and slag from the steel industry as substitutes to raw materials that require significant energy to produce. In addition, Lafarge has shifted some of its fuel use to waste fossil fuels (industrial waste, tires, oils, plastic and solvents) and waste biomass (rice husks, coffee shells, animal meal). Lafarge has also invested in a wind power project in Morocco, which obtained registration under the CDM. Similar status was also gained for using palm kernel shells as a substitute for coal at two cement plants in Malaysia. Other investments in carbon reducing projects are under development in countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Brazil and the Philippines in order to obtain CDM credits.

The Collins Companies
Forest Products Business Poised to Save Millions

The first privately-owned timber company in the U.S. to be environmentally certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), The Collins Companies committed to reducing their carbon dioxide emissions by 15 percent below 1999 levels by 2009. Collins has already achieved an 10.2 percent reduction and expects to reach its target well ahead of schedule. As a provision of its Climate Savers agreement, the company's new and existing buildings now use environmentally friendly and energy efficient materials. Collins anticipates saving $5 million by increasing its energy efficiency. Numerous projects and changes have contributed to its carbon dioxide reductions, including the purchase of resins and paints in a more concentrated formula, which reduces the number of truck trips needed to transport the goods. Motion and light sensors have replaced light switches in many locations. In addition, a number of electrical motors have been replaced with fewer, more efficient motors, which reduce the amount of electricity used. At one facility, computerized controls were added to the biomass co-generation plant, significantly reducing emissions. In addition, FSC-certified CollinsWood products are featured in a number of Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) Gold projects in the U.S. such as the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center and the Hillsdale Library, as well as a number of green building projects worldwide such as the Nike European Headquarters, the Gap Inc. headquarters building and the new United Terminal at the San Francisco International Airport.

Sagawa Express
Major Delivery Company Saves Millions by Reducing Vehicle Idling

Sagawa Express is a major delivery and logistics company in Asia. The company pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 6% below 2002 levels by 2012, through the introduction of 7,000 Compressed-Natural-Gas (CNG) vehicles. Sagawa became the first company to join Climate Savers from the transport sector. Through 2005 Sagawa introduced approximately 2,600 CNG vehicles. To support the switch to CNG, Sagawa constructed six natural gas stations for fueling vehicles with CNG and introduced solar generation systems in several stations to reduce emissions from compressing the natural gas. Sagawa also encourages its drivers to stop idling and instead turn their vehicles off when delivering packages. As a result, Sagawa has cut 2.49% of their carbon dioxide emissions as of 2004. The reduced idling time has resulted in saving 10,000 liters of fuel every year, enough to fill 560 truck tanks. This saves Sagawa approximately $5,413,066 (about 700 million yen) each year in reduced fuel costs. Sagawa has been asked to advise the Japanese government on climate policy in the transportation sector.

Novo Nordisk
Global Pharmaceutical Company Aims to Cut Emissions by 10%

Novo Nordisk, the global pharmaceutical company known for its leadership in diabetes care, has made a commitment to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 10% below 2004 levels by 2014. In the absence of emission reduction programs, Novo Nordisk's emissions would increase by approximately 67% during this period. The reductions will be achieved through a mix of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects carried out at Novo Nordisk operations globally.

Tetra Pak
Bringing Energy Efficiency to Food and Beverage Packaging

Operating in more than 165 markets with over 20,000 employees, Tetra Pak is a world leader in the manufacturing and marketing of food processing, packaging and distribution systems. Tetra Pak has adopted a corporate mission of "...responsible industry leadership, creating profitable growth in harmony with environmental sustainability and good corporate citizenship." A global leader in the sustainable packaging movement, Tetra Pak is committed to reducing its impact on climate change. Since 2002, it has reduced the amount of energy needed per package by 15% at its 53 plants around the world. Tetra Pak will reduce its carbon dioxide emissions over the next five years by 10% in absolute terms through improved energy efficiency and increased use of renewable energy. As a result, Tetra Pak will reduce its impact on climate change by 10%, even as it continues to grow. And, most importantly, Tetra Pak delivers healthy, safe food efficiently to consumers around the world through its aseptic packaging.

Sony

Sony, the international electronics company, has committed to cut its absolute carbon dioxide emissions by seven percent by 2010, set against 2000 emissions of 2,183,765 tons. Sony intends to increase energy efficiency in all its production facilities, and to switch fuel from oil to renewable energy sources and natural gas. Sony will also replace some strong greenhouse gases used in specific production systems with more climate-friendly options. Sony includes all its subsidiaries and its production facilities globally, including Japan, China, Europe, and the United States.

Taking its commitment a decisive step further, Sony also committed to increasing the energy efficiency of its appliances. A target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its products has been agreed between the two partners. Consumer outreach strategies will also be developed. Sony officially supports the view that the world must stay below the danger threshold of 2°C warming of global average temperature above pre-industrial times.

HP
Pledging Further Reductions in Emissions and Energy Consumption

Through the Climate Savers program HP officials pledged to reduce emissions from operations and the use of its products by six million tons below 2005 levels by 2010. In addition, the company committed to reduce energy consumption by 15 percent in its operations from 2005 levels, while achieving a 25 percent reduction in the energy used by its products and operations combined below 2005 levels by 2010. Between 1987 and 2007, HP has made great strides in reducing its emissions through operational efficiency and product recycling. In 2007, HP announced it would reduce energy use from its products and operations by 20 percent over 2005 levels by the end of 2010. But by the end of October 2007, HP had already reached a 19.2 percent reduction, so it strengthened the goal further to 25 percent. WWF is pleased to work together with HP to continue this trend.

Nokia
Builds on its Strong Environmental Record

Nokia joined the WWF Climate Savers program in January 2008 with a pledge to build on its strong environmental record by improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions across its business. From 2003 to 2006 energy saving projects in Nokia facilities in Europe, the Americas, and China reduced the company’s overall global energy consumption by 3.5 percent. By joining the WWF Climate Savers Program, Nokia is raising the bar and is targeting a new series of energy savings including halving the stand-by energy used by its mobile phone chargers, using green electricity to power 50 percent of its facilities by 2010 and reducing the overall energy needs of its sites by 6 percent by 2012.

Spitsbergen Travel
Arctic Travel Company Takes Responsibility

Spitsbergen Travel has committed to reduce the company’s CO₂ emissions by 16,867 tons in the period 2008 – 2013. This cut equals a reduction of about 2,800 tons per year which is as much as the annual emissions of 6,000 cars. By 2013, Spitsbergen Travel’s emissions shall be 7 percent less than in 2005. The company will achieve the emission reductions through adjustments to equipment and infrastructure, investing in more efficient snow mobiles and by using alternative fuels.Thus, operations are expected to become climate neutral by the end of 2010.

Nokia Siemens Networks 

Leading telecommunications infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) pledged to cut absolute emissions from its base stations by 28 percent by 2012. Base stations are a piece of equipment essential to making mobile phones work; they transmit signals from and to mobile and fixed phone networks, connecting them to the network operator. NSN will reduce base station-related emissions by making them more energy efficient, as a result of investment in technology development. In addition, NSN will decrease energy consumption of its buildings by 6 percent by 2012, compared to 2008 figures and increase the share of green energy in its global consumption (18 percent in 2008, 25 percent in 2009 and 50 percent in 2012). The resulting avoided emissions amount to almost 2 million tonnes of CO₂.

Diversey
Cleaning industry leader to cut emissions from their vehicles and production, and install on-site alternative energy sources. 

Diversey, formerly JohnsonDiversey, is one of the world’s largest providers of commercial cleaning products and services. In joining Climate Savers, Diversey originally pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 8 percent below 2003 levels by 2013. In late 2009, Diversey took another important step in addressing climate change by tripling its emissions reduction commitment to 25 percent, using the same 2003 baseline and timeframe ending in 2013. Diversey has outlined a number of operational initiatives including improving the fuel efficiency of its worldwide auto and truck fleet by switching to vehicles with the best fuel efficiency in their class and alternative energy vehicles; upgrading the energy efficiency of its buildings, manufacturing plants and operations in major sites around the world; and installing on-site alternative energy sources such as fuel cells or wind turbines.

The Coca-Cola Company
Preventing 2 million tons of CO2 emissions

Through its partnership with WWF, The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), the world’s largest beverage company, has set two emissions reduction targets: 1) stabilizing emissions in emerging economies and 2) a 5 percent absolute reduction in Annex 1 (developed) countries. These goals apply to manufacturing operations in the year 2015 compared to a baseline year of 2004.

TCCC and its bottlers anticipate substantial volume growth globally during this period, thus growing the business without growing the carbon is a significant commitment. Without intervention, emissions would grow proportional to volume and reach 7.3 million metric tons in 2015. Thus, the global commitment will prevent the release of more than 2 million metric tons of CO2 in 2015 – the equivalent of planting 600,000 acres of trees.

Since 2002, the Coca-Cola system’s energy efficiency has improved by 19 percent. In addition to its manufacturing operations, the Coca-Cola system’s primary energy and climate impact is attributable to cold drink equipment and fleet. The Company is working to take action in all of these areas, recognizing that climate change may have long-term direct and indirect implications for its business and supply chain.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
With over 50 distinctive hotels and 23,000 hotel rooms around the globe, Fairmont Hotels Resorts is a leader in the global hospitality industry. Joining Climate Savers in 2009, Fairmont committed to reduce operational CO2 emissions from its existing portfolio of hotels by 20 percent below 2006 levels by 2013. Fairmont will also ensure new properties participate in its Energy and Carbon Management Program, strive to reduce their CO2 emissions, and update existing Design and Construction standards to incorporate and reflect LEED standards by the end of 2011. Further, the company will educate and encourage emissions reductions from its supply chain through the development of a Green Procurement Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct. 

Sofidel
Sofidel is a multinational paper company which provides a complete portfolio of tissue products. The Italian group is one of the most significant tissue companies in Europe, producing 683,000 tonnes annually and employing over 3,100 staff. Joining Climate Savers in 2008, Sofidel committed to cut CO2 emissions by at least 11 percent below 2007 levels by 2012. Sofidel will also reduce its indirect emissions – those associated with the production and shipping of raw materials, as well as the shipping of finished products. To achieve its target, the group is improving the energy efficiency of its tissue paper production by optimizing its processes and machinery. Sofidel is also investigating the feasibility of boosting its use of renewable energy such as photovoltaic, small hydro and wind power. To date, Sofidel has invested 4 million Euros in the adaptation of two of its plants in Italy. Sofidel is also considering the introduction of additional Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants, which often generate lower emissions as they use less primary energy.

National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest scientific and educational organizations. National Geographic committed to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 percent below 2005 levels by the end of 2010. National Geographic will also work with WWF to reduce CO2 emissions from its magazine paper and printing materials supply chain by 10 percent by 2015. National Geographic is the first media organization to join WWF's Climate Savers program.

Natura
Natura is one of Brazil’s leading manufacturers and marketers of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics, perfume and hair care products. Joining Climate Savers in 2009, Natura committed to reduce its operational emissions by 10 percent below 2008 levels by 2012. To reach its targets, Natura will invest in the use of renewable energy, substituting the fossil fuels used in its furnaces and vehicle fleet with biomass and ethanol.