Recognition in Excellence

2016

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Intro pp. 5 List of Winners pp. 7 Top Products of the Year pp. 8 Top Projects of the Year pp. 67 Panel of Judges pp. 100 About EL Publishing pp. 109 ANNOUNCING THE 2016 WINNERS

2016 Judging Panel

Peter Bussey Research Analyst for Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and sustainability management at LNS Research

Adam Brennan Josh Prigge Unit Leader Fetzer Vineyards Sustainable Chemical Management at C&A Dennis J. Hu Director Mark Buckley Environmental Health and Vice President of Safety (EHS) and Systems Environmental Affairs, Safety Engineering (SSE) Staples, Inc. Stephen Illes Drew Campbell Partner, ERM Deputy Director of the Sustainability Dave Meyer Performance Office at the Senior Consultant United States Department BSI EHS Services and of Energy (DOE) Solutions

Paul Campbell Rob Threlkeld Director Global Manager of Sustainability/Green Renewable Energy, Leadership General Motors Sears Holdings Corporation

Ellen Edwards Director Sustainability/Green Leadership Sears Holdings Corporation

Each year since the inception of the Environmental Leader “smart” solution. This ranges from cloud-based software Product and Project Awards program, the range and quality platforms to manage enterprise sustainability, to application of of the entries has risen. With the bar set high, the pool of Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data technologies to optimize 2016 entrants did not disappoint. The community of providers energy management systems in real-time. continues to address the rising demand for cost-effective solutions to address complex environmental, sustainability, Energy management use cases remain prominent. Nearly a and energy management challenges. And end-user third of the winners were either products or projects focused organizations are becoming more creative in applying the on energy management, for industrial and commercial available solutions to get real results. applications, as well as use in consumer settings. This isn’t surprising considering the tangible benefits and strong ROI The overall quality of the entries this year really stood out. that’s been demonstrated from energy efficiency initiatives. Several judges who have been involved in the program for multiple years noted the trend towards higher-quality The Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards have submissions, with a greater degree of innovation and shown us once again that innovation is alive and well when demonstrated results. it comes to solving thorny sustainability and environmental problems at global, regional, facility, and individual consumer Within this top-notch, diverse pool of entries, several themes levels. We congratulate these winning companies for their among the winners emerged: achievements in enabling a more sustainable world across environmental, financial and social dimensions. Manufacturers are using Design for Sustainability to reduce lifecycle impacts. About 25% of the winners were focused on Peter Bussey how existing products or new products for existing applications Research Analyst were designed to be more resource-efficient throughout the LNS Research product lifecycle, with significantly less material intensity in Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards production, and lower energy, water and waste impacts during use. Judging Coordinator

Information technology is enabling smart solutions. More Paul Nastu than in previous years, many of the entries are software President/Founder products, or feature software components as part of a Business Sector Media

5 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com 3M Lakeshore Recycling Systems Advanced Micro Devices General Motors 3M Petrifilm Plates Lakeshore Recycling 25x20 Energy Efficiency Chevrolet Volt Battery Systems Sustainable Initiative Secondary Reuse Project AkzoNobel’s Marine Coatings Business Model Business, International ALDI Inc. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Carbon Credits Leidos ALDI Energy Management International Airport AMPLIFY - Application System: Siemens Rollout Energy Management Big Ass Solutions Management Platform for Program Essence Energy Efficiency Programs Ameresco Minneapolis–St. Paul IHS Big Ass Solutions Panasonic Industrial Devices International Airport Repsol EMISphere Haiku Light Sales Co. of America Panasonic Vacuum Insulation Arby’s, Ecova, Powerhouse Jackson Family Wines Bloomberg LP Panel (VIP) Dynamics, and Tesla Stationary Energy The Water Risk Valuation Weathermatic Storage System Tool Petro-Canada Lubricants How Arby’s Leveraged Ecova Inc. and a Partnered Water Meter Leidos DePuy Synthes Companies Hydrex XV Solution to Save over 7M Hawaii Energy Conservation of Johnson & Johnson Gallons of Water and Efficiency Program Attune Knee System Quantis Logiclock Tibial Base Life Cycle Perception Game Caesars Entertainment MillerCoors Enterprise Waste Diversion MillerCoors Irwindale Solar DePuy Synthes Companies Rapport Project Array of Johnson & Johnson Rapport DePuy Synthes Companies Consumer Technology Timberland Attune Knee Intuition Source Intelligence Association and National Empowering Haitian Farmers Supply Chain Compliance Cable & Telecommunications through Tree Planting Ecometrica Tool Association The Ecometrica Platform Voluntary Agreement for US Business Council for SunPower Corporation Ongoing Improvement to the Sustainable Development Enablon Cradle to Cradle Certified Energy Efficiency of Set-Top United States Materials The Enablon Enterprise- SunPower E and X Series DC Boxes Marketplace Class Platform Panels

Domtar FoundationFootprint Thinkstep Compliance Limited Plymouth K-Lime FoundationFootprint BOMcheck Substances Declarations Web Database Dow Water & Process GridPoint Solutions GridPoint Energy Thinkstep Compliance Limited Camp de Tarragona Management System EC4P DEMOWARE Municipal

Hilton Worldwide Trane Wastewater Reuse Project LightStay Sintesis

Ingersoll Rand UL EHS Sustainability Thermo King Truck and CR360 Trailer Refrigeration Units in Europe Urjanet Urjanet Utility Data Service Ingersoll Rand CenTraVac Water Chiller Waste To Energy Partners Models CVHH and CDHH Bolder Black

WeNow WeNowBox

3M 3M PETRIFILM PLATES

3M’s Petrifilm Plates are When compared to traditional half the time of most traditional used by food and beverage petri-dish and agar methods, agar methods and use 85% less manufacturers to test 3M Petrifilm Plates use 75% space from the bench top to the production samples for bacteria less energy and 80% less water, incubator. such as E.coli, salmonella, and emit 75% less greenhouse gas staphylococcus aureus. Created and produce 66% less waste, 3M conducted an emission for use by food processors, 3M says. In addition, they cut inventory study to examine the reference labs, and government labor costs by an average of reductions in energy demand, labs around the world, they are 45% and deliver an average blue water consumption, and shelf stable and nearly as thin increase of 80% efficiency in greenhouse gas emissions. as paper. quality assurance personnel. By using 3M Petrifilm Plates Results are also delivered in instead of agar plates in 2015,

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8 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This technology appears groundbreaking from a design for environment perspective, saves organizational time and operating expenses, does not diminish product safety or quality. A great blend of lean and green in a highly “ regulated market space.”

food processing industry In developing Petrifilm Plates, million MJ of energy, and 33 customers saved more than 46 3M conducted a life cycle million kilograms of carbon million gallons of water, 436 analysis study to examine the dioxide equivalent greenhouse million MJ of energy, and 33 reductions in energy demand, gas in customer use and million kilograms of carbon blue water consumption, and disposal as well as 10 million dioxide equivalent greenhouse greenhouse gas emissions. pounds of regulated waste, the gas in customer use and By using 3M Petrifilm Plates company said. disposal as well as 10 million instead of agar plates in 2015, pounds of regulated waste, the food processing industry company said. customers saved more than 46 million gallons of water, 436 www.3m.com/foodsafety

AKZONOBEL’S MARINE COATINGS BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL CARBON CREDITS

AkzoNobel’s marine coatings The carbon credits methodology, Alternatively, credits can be business, International, developed in partnership with used to voluntarily offset other developed the first carbon the nonprofit Gold Standard sources of CO2 emissions within credits methodology for Foundation, is based on ship an organization, the company international shipping to owners converting existing says. recognize and reward ship vessels from a biocidal anti- owners for investing in clean fouling system to a premium, AkzoNobel handles all the technology. Despite being biocide-free advanced hull administrative requirements for an environmentally efficient coating. AkzoNobel’s Intersleek customers. Using independent method of transport, shipping range of products include UN-accredited auditors to still emits over one billion tons Intersleek1100SR, a biocide- verify fuel and emissions of greenhouse gas emissions free, slime release coating. savings gained to earn carbon each year. Proven technologies credits ensures greater rigor such as sustainable hull Carbon credits are awarded and transparency of fuel coatings exist to help cut ships’ based on the amount of carbon saving claims, according to the emissions, but commercial dioxide reduced. Credits earned company. incentives are needed to are either sold to generate cash encourage owners to install or passed onto stakeholders Each carbon credit awarded them, according to AkzoNobel. to offset their emissions. [ cont’d on next page> ]

10 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This is a great technology to help reduce impacts of shipping, and the development of a carbon credit system will help attract customers to adopt this technology. This could be a very impactful project.”

represents“ the removal of one Based on the average 10% Organization Greenhouse Gas ton of CO2 from the atmosphere. CO2 savings recorded in this Study. The first carbon credits were first carbon credits issue, the awarded in February 2016. full fleet of over 4,500 vessels The carbon credit program More than 126,000 carbon currently using AkzoNobel’s represents a first for shipping credits have been issued since, Intersleek that were also eligible and for the global transportation equaling more than $500,000. for carbon credits already industry, the company says, On average, each of the 16 achieved total annual CO2 adding that it is the only carbon vessels included in the first reductions of 17 million tons. credit-generating methodology issue achieved savings of over That represents around 1.5% approved for assets that move 1,250 tons of fuel and 4,000 tons of the global emissions from across national boundaries. of CO2 per year, resulting in the shipping, based on the Third award of 126,785 credits by the International Maritime Gold Standard Foundation. www.international-marine.com/carboncredits

BIG ASS SOLUTIONS ESSENCE

Big Ass Solutions’ Essence Ass Solutions says. 30% on heating costs. ceiling fan is built to work in tandem with HVAC systems Essence provides up to a Unlike the systems developed to offset energy usage. Air 10°F cooling effect so users in the United States during conditioning large public can raise their thermostat the 1970s and 1980s, Essence spaces can be challenging and setpoints and reduce HVAC allows building owners to keep expensive. Open floor plans and run-time, saving up to 30% on residents and customers cool vaulted ceilings, while visually air conditioning costs, according without wasting energy. Big Ass appealing, are difficult to heat to the company. In the winter, Solutions engineers replaced and cool efficiently. Traditional Essence moves slowly to push the traditional, geared ceiling ceiling fans don’t provide warm air down from ceilings fan motor with a maintenance- enough air movement to offset without creating drafts. Getting free, permanent magnet drive. air conditioning or keep people warm air off the ceiling means The fan’s motor contains an comfortable such spaces, Big heaters work less, saving up to array of microprocessors

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12 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Internal microprocessor control has been needed in destrat fans for some time now. This product’s automated options brings the technology into the ‘smart’ world. Sleek new design has also been needed in this arena. It allows for a wider “ acceptance in applications where design is just as important as efficiency.”

that monitor the motor drive The Essence fan’s unobtrusive venues that often require lower circuit’s power and temperature design has customizable color noise levels, the company says. conditions, optimizing options, decals, and custom Essence also gives architects performance. Essence also color-matching with a 10-year and engineers a way to reduce has optional features such warranty. It is energy-efficient, the amount of ductwork in their as wireless wall controls and has a lightweight frame, and designs. This helps decrease SmartSense, an integrated silent, making it an option for costs and materials during system that automates the fan’s spaces like schools, office construction. operation. buildings, and performance

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BIG ASS SOLUTIONS HAIKU LIGHT

The Haiku Light is an LED presence. Automation means fixture containing built- Haiku Light fixtures are more nobody has to worry about in technology designed to efficient and functional than forgetting to turn off lights, the maximize convenience and existing smart bulbs in the company says. efficiency for end-users. High- lighting market, the company efficiency LEDs and an onboard says. Light’s occupancy The Haiku Light fixtures don’t occupancy sensor save energy sensor is located in the fixture have to be grouped to the by directing the light to turn itself rather than tied to a same electrical circuit to work on only when a user is in the separate occupancy sensor. together so a retrofit can be space. The fixture utilizes Active In addition, since the fixtures done by installing the lights in Light Equalization technology to can be wirelessly grouped existing cans or flush mounts, adjust its brightness as ambient together no matter which room and then grouping them. Each light levels change, conserving entrance is used, the lights fixture has 16 brightness energy while lighting remains will turn on automatically and settings, meaning there is no consistent. simultaneously in an occupant’s dimmer switch required for

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14 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Combining the high efficiency of LED, with built-in occupancy sensors and “ ambient level sensors, is brilliant.”

personalizing light levels. A die- or a conventional light switch. cast outer housing also acts as Users can segment sets of a heat sink, extending the LEDs’ fixtures so that only the lights lifespan beyond 50,000 hours. they need in the moment are drawing power. Active Light The lights can also be grouped Equalization means that spaces together and controlled only use as much light as they simultaneously using the need, even when they’re on for standard remote control, the long periods of time. optional Haiku Wall Control, www.haikuhome.com

BLOOMBERG LP THE WATER RISK VALUATION TOOL

To address water risk in Institute’s Aqueduct database, asset level. Another output is a the investor community, the tool allows users to comparison of discounted cash Bloomberg LP, the Natural examine how water risk might flow model share prices with Capital Declaration, and the impact valuations for gold and — and without — incorporating UN Environment Programme copper mining companies. water risk considerations. The Finance Initiative created It models potential asset third output is cost analysis a quantitative Water Risk stranding based on conditions allowing incorporation of a Valuation Tool or WRVT for of future physical water scarcity, so-called “shadow price” of short. This tool demonstrates and estimates the effects of this water derived from a Total the feasibility of environmental, water risk factor on earnings Economic Value framework, social and governance and share price. which captures a wider variety integration in the context of of factors such as health and water risk, using familiar Utilizing financial and operating ecological ones that represent financial valuation approaches. data on the Bloomberg the value of water supplies to Terminal, the WRVT provides other users. The WRVT provides a standard three unique outputs to users. methodological approach One is the water risk exposure The WRVT’s open-source for integrating water risk in of a company’s production on methodology approach allows financial valuations. Paired with both the overall enterprise- for a variety of user-types. data from the World Resources level and the individual mine [ cont’d on next page> ]

16 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The Water Risk Valuation tool is unique in its ability to model the potential impact on earnings and share price from water-constrained mining operations. The open-source tool can be used not only by financial and industry analysts but by corporate staff to “ help identify water risks and opportunities, and act on them appropriately.” Users do not need to possess elements in order to run them. received increased interest and any prior knowledge or data requests. Its page is one of the on the issues or companies The Water Risk Valuation Tool highest hit sites on Bloomberg’s observed. Other data-driven received very positive feedback, Sustainability webpage, the water risk tools take a close Bloomberg LP says. The company reported. The WRVT look at capital and operational tool also received invitations has been integrated into the expenditures, but they are to present privately and at environmental risk assessment geared for the corporate user numerous forums throughout process at major financial and do not roll the risk exposure 2015, including the UNEP FI institutions. It has the potential up to company valuation Annual General Meeting in to be expanded and adapted to impacts, Bloomberg LP says. Paris and the World Forum on other sectors. In addition, other tools require Natural Capital in Edinburgh. users to provide key data Since its launch, the tool www.bloomberg.com/bcause

DEPUY SYNTHES, COMPANIES OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON ATTUNE KNEE SYSTEM LOGICLOCK TIBIAL BASE

The Joint Reconstruction efficiencies and reducing surgeons to use a tibial base that Attune Total Knee system from material usage. can be upsized or downsized two DePuy Synthes Companies sizes compared to the insert. of Johnson & Johnson is a The Attune Total Knee System Surgeons match the femoral surgical replacement knee aims to address the clinical size to the insert size each time, that came out of one of the needs of patients, surgeons, picking the best fit for patients company’s largest research and hospital providers. Other and optimizing stability. and development projects. fixed bearing knee replacement It contains proprietary fixed products contain polyethylene Looking at the Logiclock’s bearing technology called the inserts held with a perioral life cycle, Johnson & Johnson Attune Logiclock Tibial Base locking mechanism, meaning the saw room for improvements designed to optimize size insert and implant must always in the foundry casting process and fit for patients. Johnson be the same size, according required for the tibial base & Johnson redesigned the to the company. The Logiclock components, which uses large process for the Logiclock’s Tibial Base has a centralized amounts of alloy. Johnson entire life cycle, adding locking mechanism, allowing [ cont’d on next page> ]

18 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This is a great project that shows with some lifecycle analysis, process optimization, and renewable energy investment, the environmental impacts of “ manufacturing can be reduced significantly.”

& Johnson redesigned the wind turbine that generates resulting in a 24% reduction process. That resulted in approximately 40% of the site’s in water usage as well as a an average reduction of 5 electrical energy annually, reduction in the total amount kilograms overall metal resulting in a 31% carbon of cleaning chemicals used. consumption per single runner dioxide reduction per part The company says these system, equivalent to a 33% produced. reductions in the Attune Knee reduction per component, System Logiclock Tibial Base the company reported. In A new process was created production were significant addition, the production facility to make the cleaning and improvements in the past year. that produces the Logiclock passivation line more efficient, installed a 3 megawatt https://www.depuysynthes.com/hcp/knee/products/qs/ATTUNE-Knee-System

DEPUY SYNTHES, COMPANIES OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON ATTUNE KNEE INTUITION

The Joint Reconstruction Attune Intuition also creates finding instruments. Attune Total Knee system from efficiencies from start to finish. DePuy Synthes Companies Through its innovative design, of Johnson & Johnson is a Using the pillars of design the Attune Intuition reduced surgical replacement knee clarity, precise control, and the number of instruments that came out of one of the efficiency, the Attune Intuition required to implant the Attune company’s largest research Instrumentation has colored Knee by 36% compared and development projects. touch points and high contrast to competitor SIGMA HP This system includes Intuition markings. Surgeons have instruments, according to the Instrumentation that combines precise control over the knee company. There was a reduction the surgical process with replacement implant. Design in the amount of packaging by efficient instruments so features like red actuators, high 25% because fewer trays were surgeons can balance the soft contrast markings and quick needed to transport and store tissue and control the implant’s set/release functions mean instruments. Two sheets of position and fit for each patient. surgeons spend less time spent Surgical Blue Wrap per surgical

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Excellent holistic approach to identify effective improvements and results. “ Multiple auxiliary benefits realized. Ultimately, the patient wins.”

procedure were also saved. instruments, using 55.7 MJ compared to SIGMA’s 71.2 MJ. Less energy and water is used The water required for the from start to finish during cleaning and sterilization of surgery with the Attune instruments was 25% less than Intuition Instrumentation. The its competitor, using 174 liters energy required for the cleaning of water compared to 233. and sterilization of instruments was 22% less than SIGMA HP

https://www.depuysynthes.com/hcp/knee/products/qs/ATTUNE-Knee-System

ECOMETRICA THE ECOMETRICA PLATFORM

The Ecometrica Platform is environmental impact, and take Ecometrica has a single end-to-end sustainability appropriate steps to mitigate software as a service product management software risks and pursue opportunities. maintained across their entire that allows businesses, customer base so all customers governments, and organizations The company uses business benefit from the company’s to make smarter decisions intelligence and satellite data two-weekly development cycle. and build long-term value. to help customers reach their They also offer full customer The platform combines goals of reducing carbon support and an experienced sustainability, environment, emissions and impacts on analyst team that can answer risk, and business management natural capital assets like queries as well as help with with geospatial intelligence and forests and water, tracking data collection, entry, and mapping applications. When supply chain activity, verifying interrogation. Ecometrica’s paired with Ecometrica’s expert sustainable product sourcing, databases contain terabytes analyst support, companies and reporting to established of data, and tens of thousands can measure their level of sustainability frameworks. of emission and conversion

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22 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This platform, while competitive with other SaaS models, offers enhanced benefits related to use of geospatial data and built-in compliance assurance by recognized independent auditors. As an end-to-end environmental accounting and sustainability management “ solution, this tool may set the standard for sustainability data management.”

factors. The company get their accounts externally the vulnerability of barley in experienced 100% year-on-year audited, this means avoiding its supply chain. That project growth in 2015. costly pre-audit fees that often allowed the company to create run into hundreds of thousands a 20-year plan so they can The Ecometrica Platform is of dollars per year. re-position, grow, and harvest the only sustainability software barley in the region despite the with audit-ready assurance A multinational alcoholic meteorological changes that from a Big Four auditor (PwC), beverages company used are likely to occur during that according to the company. For the Ecometrica Platform’s time. the largest customers who mapping modules to assess www.ecometrica.com

ENABLON THE ENABLON ENTERPRISE-CLASS PLATFORM

The Enablon platform is a way for organizations to the Enablon platform helps an enterprise-class cloud- be sustainable, compliant, companies solve business based solution for holistic efficient, and resilient. It challenges, provide measurable environmental, health, enables nine value drivers, return on investment on and safety (EHS) risk and each composed of a suite of initiatives designed to improve sustainability management. integrated applications that environmental performance More than 1,000 global organizations can use to and achieve energy efficiency, companies and 1 million users meet objectives such as safe improve decision-making, worldwide rely on Enablon. operations, green facilities, and transform regulatory and The platform has scalability, brand protection, business business requirements into predictive analytics, mobile efficiency, and materials for life. opportunities that create value. apps, and is part of a worldwide ecosystem of more than 80 Beyond collecting and The Enablon platform has content, technology, and service managing energy and helped leading firms achieve partners. environmental metrics, creating measurable benefits. Since The software platform offers dashboards and reports, [ cont’d on next page> ]

24 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This is a solid platform that is broad enough to collect metrics across a number of different areas relevant to environmentally minded organizations. It is quite robust and “ provides leading performance in the EHS and sustainability management system space.”

deploying Enablon, the global professional services meters or LED lights should be Danish brewing company company Accenture achieved installed based on factors such Carlsberg achieved the several a 42.5% carbon emissions as locations trending hotter, performance improvements in reduction per employee. The kilowatt consumption, and five years, reducing total energy company also used the Enablon kilowatt hours per meter. use by 9%, reducing carbon platform to improve energy dioxide emissions by 17%, and efficiency across 500 global reducing water use by 3%. locations. It helped determine Between 2007 and 2014, the the next place where smart

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FOUNDATIONFOOTPRINT

FoundationFootprint is cloud- The software is designed knowledge and experiences based workflow software that to compliment real world are captured in the system automates the collecting and processes and capture the and retained within the updating of sustainability goal knowledge and wisdom organization. data and the dissemination of the people involved. of progress information to FoundationFootprint is easy Automatic alerts of deviations stakeholders. The software to use, intuitive, and doesn’t from expectations ensure actively manages the processes require hours training, that stray goals receive timely of collecting data, guiding users according to the company. Each attention in order to increase through the review process individual goal is managed as overall success rates. A single- from supplier through to global a business case that requires a page management view across approver, and fully automates sponsor, a budget, and a clearly all goals shows an organization the in-depth analysis and defined return on investment. wide year-to-date ROI of their reporting of the data. Teams communicate through sustainability journey at any FoundationFootprint so their time.

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What the Judges Said... It has managed to differentiate itself by going beyond meeting data management and reporting requirements to provide a more holistic business management solutions, with the capability to manage and report sustainability initiatives as “ individual business cases.”

For the last three years, FoundationFootprint integrated notifications. Audits by KPMG National Australia Bank 69 suppliers across nine in three countries found only has conducted their annual countries in four weeks, two human errors across the global sustainability reporting capturing thousands of global exercise, which were not using FoundationFootprint. emission sources and indicators material in size. The software took six weeks across global operations. The to implement globally, from software also halved the time project kick-off to reporting taken to complete corporate global carbon footprint figures and global level reviews to the bank’s executives. through automated team https://foundationfootprint.com/el-top-product/

GRIDPOINT GRIDPOINT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

GridPoint’s Energy Management monitoring sensors collect optimizes operational expenses System of hardware, software, real-time, granular energy data by diagnosing malfunctioning and services gives end-users from assets such as heating, equipment and remotely tools for achieving their air conditioning, ventilation troubleshooting issues before sustainability goals. Many and cooling, lighting, and technicians are dispatched. businesses measure and refrigeration. The system In addition, GridPoint’s report carbon emissions but also collects data about Energy Management System lack insight into ways they renewable energy sources and customers can make smarter can proactively lower energy environmental conditions. That capital purchases based on consumption and emissions. data is aggregated in a cloud- real, asset-level consumption GridPoint addresses this by based software platform called data. With a constant collecting data from individual GridPoint Energy Manager, feedback loop of real-time energy-consuming assets, enabling tools like smart data, costumers can adjust providing detailed visibility alarms, facility diagnostics, and dynamically to changing into a site’s energy profile, and project tracking. The company’s site conditions and combat offering intelligent building professional services offer operational drift to maintain control. customers data-driven insights. savings over time, the company says. Low-cost submetering and The data GridPoint collects [ cont’d on next page> ]

28 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This solution illustrates the power of applying next-generation technology innovations such as IoT, smart sensors, big data analytics, and cloud-based software in a connected fashion to take a data-driven approach to solving “ sustainability problems.”

Deployed at more than 11,000 date, according to the company. institutions. National retail sites, GridPoint has collected customer VF Outlet reported more than 100 billion customer Customers currently include savings of 26% across sites data points and adds 75 million five of the top 10 retailers by since installation, with daily. GridPoint’s solutions have total sales, three of the top some stores reaching 30% saved customers over $250 10 casual dining restaurants, individually. GridPoint’s EMS million in energy expenses, four of the top 20 quick has enabled VF Outlet to reduced over 3.4 billion serve restaurants, leading significantly reduce operating kilowatt-hours, and eliminated commercial and industrial costs. over 3.1 billion pounds of enterprises, and major carbon dioxide equivalent to government and educational www.gridpoint.com

HILTON WORLDWIDE LIGHTSTAY

LightStay is Hilton Worldwide’s to track and complete LightStay tracks historical proprietary corporate improvement projects energy and weather data responsibility performance throughout the year. The to forecast future energy measurement platform. It was LightStay environmental and consumption levels and predict developed to calculate and energy management system the impact of performance analyze the environmental simplifies energy, water, and on cost. This allows hotels, and societal impact of every waste performance into simple owners, and management Hilton Worldwide branded scores, and also provides groups to take corrective action. hotel in their communities. The information on trending and The system cross-references platform measures, amongst benchmarking. The tool allows the data hotels submit with other things, energy use, hotels to track their goals and expected performance to send water use, waste output, and progress against those goals. automatic alerts to hotels carbon output at every Hilton Although it makes complex when performance falls below Worldwide hotel around the calculations in the background, expected levels. globe. LightStay’s simplified user interface makes it accessible to The platform measures across Each Hilton hotel is required team members. more than 200 building and

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Hilton is to be applauded for its LightStay initiative. The company not only had the vision to have ambitious sustainability goals, but developed and effectively “ implemented LightStay as the enabling technology to achieve them.”

operating sustainability best The platform has helped launched as a brand standard, practices. It manages energy Hilton Worldwide aggregate Hilton Worldwide has reduced and water modeling for every information across more than energy consumption by 14.5%, hotel, and calculates energy, 4,600 hotels in 102 countries. water consumption by 14.1%, water, and waste efficiency LightStay has allowed every and waste output by 27.6%. performance. LightStay is Hilton hotel to be certified to LightStay has also allowed available on laptops and mobile the ISO 14001 environmental Hilton Worldwide to save devices, and can aggregate data management standard and the an estimated $550 million and share insights from more ISO 50001 energy management during that time. than 4,800 energy efficiency standard. In the six years projects. since LightStay was initially http://cr.hiltonworldwide.com/

INGERSOLL RAND THERMO KING TRUCK AND TRAILER REFRIGERATION UNITS IN EUROPE

Ingersoll Rand and Chemours matching the needs of the by Thermo King to all other refrigeration experts co- refrigerated transport sector, products ranges including rigid developed the refrigerant reducing the direct greenhouse trucks and refrigerated vans R452A, a new fluid with lower contribution by 50% compared within 12 months. Starting in global warming potential. The to the refrigerant primarily January 2016, due to the high entire range of Thermo King used until early 2015, and adoption rate in 2015, Thermo truck and trailer refrigeration anticipate legislation in Europe King Europe standardized units operated by road that aims to reduce the use of its production with R452A transport companies carrying high greenhouse impact gases. supplied by default for all new perishable goods across Europe equipment delivered from its is now qualified for operation Initially introduced in January European production sites. with the refrigerant. 2015 on refrigerated units covering long haul fleets This new lower global warming The goals in developing only, refrigerant R452A’s impact refrigerant has several refrigerant R452A include availability was extended advantages for the sector,

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The development of this new, sustainable refrigerant, and the proof of its value through the Thermo King implementation, is a leader in the transportation sector. “ Best of all, it can be used in existing equipment, saving the cost of replacement.”

which transports food and equipment hardware. The fleet at an optimum pace. pharmaceutical products. operation cost of the equipment Customers also avoid the The existing fleet can adopt isn’t impacted, either. maintenance restrictions the replacement refrigerant applicable to high global easily, according to Ingersoll The shift is almost transparent warming impact refrigerant Rand. There is no need to from an operation and in Europe and pay less in modify the specifications of the maintenance point of view, countries where global refrigerated vehicles, change Ingersoll Rand says. Each warming impact-based taxes the operation instructions, customer can implement a apply. or modify the refrigeration conversion plan of its existing http://europe.thermoking.com/r-452a-refrigerant/

INGERSOLL RAND CENTRAVAC WATER CHILLER MODELS CVHH AND CDHH

The Trane CenTraVac The CVHH and CDHH The direct drive, multi-stage water chiller from the models uses a new low centrifugal compressor enables industrial company Ingersoll pressure, non-flammable a wide operating range so Rand are large capacity refrigerant called R-1233zd(E), the chiller can be utilized for units that produces chilled which has an ultra-low global comfort and industrial cooling water for commercial and warming potential of less than as well as system designs industrial applications 1 and enables best-in-class like thermal storage or heat worldwide. New legislation efficiency, according to Ingersoll recovery, further reducing in Europe, the Middle East, Rand. This reduces impacts to overall energy usage. In and Asia requires the use of the environment, resulting in addition, the design eliminates products with refrigerants that lower greenhouse gas emissions almost all risk of refrigerant dramatically reduce greenhouse compared to current chiller leakage because the chiller gas emissions. The CVHH and designs. The refrigerant also operates in a vacuum. CDHH chillers were designed enables the use of a direct A versatile design means the to help customers meet these drive centrifugal compressor chiller can meet the need for requirements for large chilled with refrigerant economizer to standard cooling as well as for water applications, while exceed other chiller offerings energy-saving system options delivering improved efficiency, at by over 10% in overall unit like thermal storage or heat both the unit and system level. efficiency. recovery, which are becoming more common[ cont’d with onpower next page> ]

An improvement on existing technology using varying attributes of other products and design. Has wider applicability for value across other industries. Such product development and design should be applauded.”

plant“ infrastructures that A life cycle assessment of compromising efficiency and leverage photovoltaics and wind the chillers considered all system requirements: Venice’s turbines. phases of an expected 25-year Marco Polo Airport Expansion service life from upstream and France’s Eurotunnel Chiller The CVHH and CDHH production of raw materials to Plant. In both cases, local models have earned product- the final recycling and disposal government agencies evaluated specific Type III Environmental of the unit at the end of its other chiller options with low- Product Declaration service life. GWP refrigerants, but none met registration, which provides the low life cycle costs needed third party verification of their Two high-profile government for the projects, Ingersoll Rand environmental impacts by projects have used the chiller says. Underwriters Laboratories in to meet their sustainability accordance with ISO 14025. objectives without

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LAKESHORE RECYCLING SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL

Lakeshore Recycling Systems is zero-waste state. The company to protect the environment a waste and recycling solutions streamlines routes, educates and adding 100 new jobs. company in the Chicago metro customers and K-12 students The company facilities are area that does not own nor on recycling, and utilizes structured to divert up to 90% operate a landfill. Instead, compressed natural gas trucks of construction and demolition Lakeshore Recycling Systems to collect recyclable material. recyclable material that would manually sorts every waste and They add environment-friendly have otherwise been sent to recycling load separately that emission vehicles to their landfills. enters their multiple transfer fleet each year. In addition, stations. The company siphons organic recycling is offered an The company invests and filters recyclable material option to residents interested aggressively in cutting- by passing it through a conveyor in combining their food scraps edge technologies. Tablets system that combines technology with yard waste that the were installed in each truck with skilled line workers. company reclaims as compost. to increase efficiency and resolution if a customer has a Lakeshore Recycling Systems They built a new innovative question regarding a container seeks to expand a positive single-stream facility in pick-up. The tech easily ecological footprint throughout Chicagoland, which the photographs containers and its community, and support company says directly impacts retains real-time route the goal of making Illinois a its community by helping [ cont’d on next page> ]

36 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The planet has no more room for landfills. We need to see more people “ repurposing waste like Lakeshore.” schedules set by dispatch customer’s traditional pickup conventional waste streams, leaders. Drivers are able to schedule. This helps pinpoint and process nearly 6,000 tons of disperse their route information any potential missed pickup solid waste material daily. The immediately, increasing the locations. It also allows the addition of their newest single- company’s transparency. company to track and bill stream facility is expected to residents based on use rather bring the company’s diversion Lakeshore Recycling Systems than a traditional sticker rates to over 2.2 million tons says they are the first hauler in system. per year for Chicago and the the Chicagoland marketplace immediate surrounding area. to implement RFID chips. With their waste-sorting RFID chips in containers approach, Lakeshore Recycling let the company know if a Systems says they pull nearly pickup is needed outside of a 60% recyclable material from www.lrsrecycles.com

LEIDOS AMPLIFY - APPLICATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS LINK

AMPLIFY is Leidos’ application capture and pipeline analysis. performed a technical evaluation management platform product. The software also screens on AMPLIFY that revealed The software is designed to equipment and project details near perfect realization rates, improve the participation to ensure compliance with according to Leidos. experience as well as the published program guidelines. accuracy of reporting in Leidos calls AMPLIFY “the commercial energy efficiency The online application allows Turbo Tax of the commercial programs. It reduces the participants to directly configure lighting industry” because the multi-hour task of completing their projects through a series software gives commercial an energy efficiency rebate of intuitive steps that utilize customers easier access to application and compiling all user-friendly features such their portion of approximately the necessary documentation to as drop-down menus and $2 billion in annual rebates. a few minutes. search functions. The AMPLIFY By enabling facility owners to software allows non-experts capture program rebates that The platform lets users select to configure a custom energy offset the often higher cost proposed equipment, determine efficiency project with precise of efficient technologies, the their program eligibility, and savings estimates, and then platform pushes the market submit a completed application. receive a near instant pre- toward greener technologies, It allows for near real-time approval. Independent program Leidos says. tracking of energy savings evaluators in multiple states [ cont’d on next page> ]

38 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The AMPLIFY platform is directly at the nexus of energy efficiency and customer service, which makes it an exceptionally valuable product. It solves a real-life challenge — the barriers perceived by consumers in filling out rebate paperwork — that prevents energy projects from getting done and prevents consumers in “ participating in energy efficiency.” The software’s five components database as well as a hours in annual energy savings, include a CRM/utility account component that automates the and approved $120 million to monitor potential energy process of applying for energy in incentives. In addition, efficiency projects and house efficiency rebates for non- Leidos conducted more than eligibility information, a residential lighting projects 300,000 lighting estimates with tracking and reporting system anywhere in the United States AMPLIFY and the underlying that documents the application and Canada. technology. More than 50 process, and an automated FORTUNE 500 companies are application submission To date, Leidos has validated using the software as part that facilitates instant pre- more than 12,000 commercial of their facility investment approvals. There is also an equipment applications, verified strategies. extensive manufacturers’ 750,000 megawatt equipment specifications www.leidos.com/infrastructure/energy-management-efficiency

PANASONIC INDUSTRIAL DEVICES SALES CO. OF AMERICA PANASONIC VACUUM INSULATION PANEL (VIP)

Panasonic Vacuum Insulation construction. A moisture allow refrigeration OEMs to use Panels are an insulating absorbent is positioned the panels to meet or exceed material for industrial between the fiber glass United States Department refrigerators and freezers that material to capture molecules. of Energy and Energy Star consist of aligned glass fibers The fiberglass is compressed standards as well as reduce encased in a foil-like cover and by heated pressure, put under end user’s energy consumption vacuum sealed. The panels a vacuum, and sealed by the and costs. The panels have are made from 75% recycled laminate film. been implemented in volume as material, do not off-gas, have insulation for refrigerators and a very low global warming Panasonic’ panels have a freezers. potential, are fire resistant and design that weighs less than entirely recyclable. competing products, and The panels provide help offers the lowest K-factor residential and commercial Each panel has a patented in the thinnest footprint refrigeration equipment fiberglass recyclable core while maintaining a targeted OEMs to increase interior encased in a laminate film reliability of 35 years, according capacity while reducing with several layers of nylon, to the company. Unlike foam energy consumption by up to aluminum, polyethylene cores, the fiberglass ones used 24% or more. For the same terephthalate, ethylene vinyl in these panels provide some thickness, the panels’ thermal alcohol copolymer, and linear flexibility. performance is 25 times that of low density polyethylene glass wool, and 12 times that or a similar laminate layer These panels’ characteristics [ cont’d on next page> ]

40 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... An interesting product with big implications for industrial refrigerators. The fact that it can save 24% over conventional insulation and is made from recycled materials, and is totally “ recyclable is a great benefit.” of urethane, the company says. space capacity for a household beyond refrigeration such as Panasonic Vacuum Insulation refrigerator can be increased by insulation for buildings. Panels have an R-Value of 60 about 4% to 5% with the panels. per inch. The panels recently started Panasonic estimates more being applied in thermally than 1 million refrigerators are Vacuum Insulation Panels can efficient refrigerators that don’t sold annually that use Vacuum be easily integrated into the require a traditional cooling Insulation Panels, about 12% of refrigeration equipment walls system, allowing for efficient refrigerator shipments with an along with spray foam for operation without a compressor. estimated energy consumption structural support. In addition Panasonic says the panels are savings of 20% per refrigerator. to energy savings, the internal being explored for applications

https://na.industrial.panasonic.com/products/hvacr-appliance-devices/vacuum-insulation

PETRO-CANADA LUBRICANTS INC. HYDREX XV

Made by Petro-Canada Hydrex XV’s long oil life also in extreme temperatures and Lubricants, Hydrex XV is a means operations can extend ranges beyond the abilities of semi-synthetic hydraulic fluid drain intervals, resulting in its competitors, the company designed for use in heavy-duty fewer complete change-outs says. Systems can start hydraulic systems. The newly and lower oil usage overall. at temperatures as low as reformulated product is used -34°C/-29°F and run as high in a number of industries, Most maintenance managers as 90°C/194°F. This allows including construction, mining, do not dedicate much time for product consolidation so forestry and mills, drilling, and to their hydraulic product operations invest in fewer waste management. It offers purchases, Petro-Canada fluids to keep them running, advanced wear protection, Lubricants says. However, and there is less idling in heavy extreme weather performance, hydraulic fluid can contribute equipment as operators start improved efficiencies, and directly to operational and stop throughout the day. extended oil life, according to productivity, efficiency, and the company. sustainability. Hydrex XV can Hydrex XV also contributes lower costs through increased to more uptime related to oil The wear protection of Hydrex fuel and energy efficiencies. change-outs. Its resistance to XV leads to operational The hydraulic fluid maintains oxidation minimizes sludge and advantages that include less optimal fluid viscosity across leads to significantly longer unplanned downtime due to wide temperature ranges. oil life than leading global maintenance and mechanical competitors. In competitive failure, reducing costs for With a high viscosity index and testing, Hydrex XV had the repairs and offline equipment. low pour point, Hydrex XV works [ cont’d on next page> ]

42 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... If diesel fuel usage is reduced by 5%, productivity increased by 6%, and fewer fluid changes required, this is a winner in the hydraulic fluid category. I would certainly pay a premium for these kinds of results.”

longest“ oil life of all fluids to-day activities, Petro-Canada evaluated, recording 10,000 Lubricants says. The company Cruickshank Construction hours before condemnation, works with leading academic tested machinery using Hydrex according to the company. researchers to test the fluid. XV while digging and loading In a study with the Fluid under varying temperatures, Hydrex is used by hundreds Power Institute at Milwaukee oil pressures, and fuel of businesses across North School of Engineering, pump consumption conditions. America. Operations that and motor tests supported Results showed an average of use Hydrex XV can expect to energy savings with HYDREX 5.5% in fuel savings, coupled see up to 7% improvement in XV. Hydraulic motor torque with average productivity gains overall pump efficiency and up losses were reduced by up to of 6.0%. to 5% fuel savings in mobile 10% and volumetric losses equipment, minimizing the were significantly lower than a environmental impact of day- conventional hydraulic fluid. www.tryhydrex.com

QUANTIS LIFE CYCLE PERCEPTIONS GAME

The Life Cycle Perception create a more effective learning scenarios to find solutions to the Game is a business game experience than a traditional product’s hotspots. designed by Quantis to educate lecture approach, Quantis says. through dynamic dialogue These key tools are interaction, The Life Cycle Perception Game and demonstration. It aims connection, and critical helps to make an entire firm to engage colleagues and thoughts. more aware of the intricacies consumers, to create common of life cycle assessments, the language for sustainability, and The game includes four stages relationships that a product’s to compare personal perceptions of play. Participants start by life cycle has with various of products’ environmental constructing the product life parts of business operations, performance to factual footprint cycle according to their own and life cycle thinking. The results. The game can be played perceptions by positioning a game engages all internal by a range of participants from collection of cards representing stakeholders involved in a neophyte to sustainability expert life cycle stage. Users then product’s life, not just the people or environmental footprint allocate different tokens to who design it. It can also be used practitioners. indicate the relative contribution to engage external stakeholders of each environmental impact like investors or consumers. Product environmental such as carbon, water, and footprinting is a complex biodiversity to each stage. The This tool can be applied both concept rarely understood by the solution disc is revealed with the to life cycle assessment or corporate functions it impacts. product’s true environmental communication workshops. The Life Cycle Perception assessment and highlights The game offers a way to host Game includes three teaching gaps in perception. An ideation consumer focus groups, tools that, when used together, stage provides brainstorming [ cont’d on next page> ]

44 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This product looks fun and engaging. The need for a common language up and down supply chains is critical and this gamification begins to create a common vernacular. I think it can definitely be a great tool in any learning environment, from schools to corporations.”

leading“ to better understanding In education, more than 1,000 organizations, from small their perception of products’ students have played the game enterprises to multi-nationals, environmental profiles. When during their training program. to raise product environmental it’s time to choose the most The game received the approval footprint awareness and sustainable innovations, of the United Nations Education engagement. Quantis says the comparing the environmental Program for Development. game has been played by more metrics to consumers’ Quantis plans to open this tool than 12,000 people and adopted perceptions and expectation more globally in European globally by more than 50 metrics helps maximize return universities. corporate firms such as Danone, on customer and environmental Nestlé, and Total. The game benefits, the company says. Currently the game is being also helped 15 teams to develop deployed by a variety of around 100 eco-design products.

http://www.quantis-intl.com/en/offer/training-and-education/

RAPPORT Rapport is sustainability software they put increasing pressure The software gives businesses designed and priced for small on their small and midsized a picture of their impact, offers and midsized businesses that suppliers to share their own tips on increasing efficiency and helps organizations measure environmental data. Rapport saving money, and provides an their environmental footprint, makes it simple for suppliers effective solution for compliance. engage employees and suppliers to track environmental metrics Large companies get the data in reducing impact, and share such as carbon emissions, they need in real time as well data with customers. The water, and solid waste as well as an accurate accounting of platform, which captures the as attribute the percentage of the collective impact of their extended footprint of a supply their footprint to each customer, operation and supply chain chain, has been called “the and accurately share data in real ecosystem. QuickBooks of sustainability.” time, the company says. Priced at $99 per site per Supply chain sustainability A Rapport customer can solicit a month, Rapport is affordable reporting presents two major supplier’s environmental metrics for small and midsized challenges, according to Rapport. directly from the platform. Once businesses that often lack One is noncompliance due to entered, the data is automatically the budget for enterprise onerous processes and supply allocated into the Rapport sustainability software as well chain survey fatigue. Another is customer’s footprint. Suppliers, as the technological resources suppliers over-reporting impact, who do not need to be Rapport required to deploy it. Rapport’s compelling customers to take on customers, see a basic analysis data management methodology their entire footprint instead of of their own footprints and also allows companies to identify only that’s associated with what receive a free 30-day trial offer. and allocate environmental was actually purchased. The software provides protection impact, and the intensity of for suppliers that want to share different corporate locations, When large companies like data and keep private the share organizational functions, Home Depot and Walmart of total business represented by employee groups, product lines, reach further into their own any one customer. and suppliers. Companies can ecosystems to measure impact, [ cont’d on next page> ]

46 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... What I like about this product is the target market — the small- to mid-sized business upstream in a large company’s supply chain. These companies play a huge role in supporting large enterprise supply chain sustainability initiatives. It’s a nimble tool that offers them a chance to collect, collate, and report sustainability data fills an important void.” see“ the environmental impact week to one per month. This is them to fill out three surveys on a per-unit basis for their helping the brewery progress annually, straining limited products. toward its goal of being a zero resources. Deploying Rapport waste brewery. mitigated the challenges of Maine-based Baxter Brewing data collection, analysis, and uses Rapport to identify WEX, a provider of payment reporting. The platform helped opportunities for reducing processing and information WEX increase its supply chain waste. Water is Baxter’s primary management services to the sustainability index score by product ingredient and since United States commercial 30%, enhancing its standing and deploying Rapport, Baxter and government vehicle giving it an improved position reduced water consumption fleet industry, had been for renegotiating its contract, from 4.3 to 3.5 gallons per gallon suffering from supply chain according to Rapport. of beer. They also reduced the sustainability survey fatigue, amount of solid waste produced according to Rapport. One of from one dumpster pick up per its biggest customers required www.rapport.io

SOURCE INTELLIGENCE SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLIANCE TOOL Source Intelligence developed from suppliers connected to anti-corruption. The software a software solution and human trafficking and human as a service platform enables service called the Supply rights violations, regions on customers and their suppliers Chain Compliance Tool government watch lists or posing to join the network, and for that helps companies meet environmental damage. suppliers to easily upload their their requirements to file compliance information for compliance reports, and further Tracking and validating hundreds verification and analysis. validate their claims that they of thousands of supply chains are ethically, socially, and are monumental tasks. Source The proprietary software can environmentally responsible. Intelligence has a cost-effective quickly flag products that may platform and an open network contain source materials or Product companies face that allows suppliers to post components from problem increasing pressure to their compliance information for locations. The platform also demonstrate improved Source Intelligence to validate, has demonstrated scalability. corporate social responsibility. and for end-users to create their It began as a solution for Governments are enacting own custom dashboards for conflict minerals reporting and new compliance regulations. analysis and report generation, now encompasses smelter Investors and stockholders according to the company. verification, anti-slavery demand that companies reduce and human rights tracking, their exposure to risk. NGOs Source Intelligence’s solution anti-corruption, restricted and consumers want companies tracks major compliance issues substances, and other corporate to be more responsible. A key for companies and can be social responsibility needs. issue for manufacturers and provided as separate products: retailers is determining whether conflict minerals, human rights The software provides real-time products contain raw materials issues, restricted substances that monitoring and tracking or are otherwise sourced are environmentally harmful, and [ cont’d on next page> ]

This is a universal solution for a challenging responsibility. It offers both platform and content for validation and reporting. Productivity gains, and the platform’s massive database helps quickly identify solutions and new ideas.”

of “hundreds of thousands of understand supply chain risks, must file annual reports under supply chains. It employs a and a customizable dashboard the Dodd-Frank Act to determine 24/7 multilingual supplier makes it possible to analyze to the best of their abilities engagement team that works the supplier data and generate whether their products contain directly with suppliers to comprehensive reports to meet conflict minerals. The majority validate reporting data. Source various regulatory requirements. of companies that filed the most Intelligence created the world’s The solution also reduces the complete and comprehensive largest database of suppliers, need to hire and train internal reports used Source Intelligence, the company says. staff for time-consuming the company says. The platform due diligence, validation, has been the most listed third- The solution provides customers assessment, and compliance party provider among filers a location for their suppliers reporting. under the Dodd-Frank rules. to file compliance information, resolve gaps in data to better Publicly traded U.S. companies www.sourceintelligence.com

SUNPOWER CORPORATION CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED SILVER SUNPOWER E-SERIES AND X-SERIES DIRECT CURRENT SOLAR PANELS

SunPower makes solar photovoltaic efforts to integrate sustainability environmental footprint in ground- systems. Their E-Series and into every aspect of its products and mounted installations and seeks X-Series Direct Current Solar operations, from non-hazardous to rehabilitate disturbed land. Panels received Cradle to Cradle materials to landfill-free factories Their PV panels have the lowest Certified™ Silver certification, one to supply chain sustainability. degradation rate, and their long- of the most rigorous product eco- lived products have an expected labels that make products eligible SunPower says its systems lifetime of 40 years. SunPower for additional points under the generate more power in the also says it offers a faster, more latest version of U.S. Green Building same space as conventional resource-efficient robotic cleaning Council’s Leadership in Energy solar technologies, reducing their solution that uses 75 percent less and Environmental Design (LEED) physical footprint. They need water compared to traditional certification standard. These are roughly 30 percent less land or cleaning methods. currently the only solar panels to roof space to generate the same earn this designation, the company amount of power as a conventional Their high-efficiency products reported. system. For the 250-megawatt generate more power for a given California Valley Solar Ranch area, SunPower says. Sustainable A team from SunPower and project, the solar arrays, substation manufacturing is a priority for the McDonough Braungart Design and facility buildings are confined company, which has the industry’s Chemistry assessed the panels’ to 1,500 acres. The remaining 3,200 first and only certified landfill- performance in five certification acres of the site is a permanent free factories, producing Cradle categories: material health, conservation easement for a range to Cradle Certified™ solar panels. material reutilization, renewable of protected species. Their design criteria takes into energy use, water stewardship, and account sustainable land use social fairness. The certification The company uses a “Light on practices, and the company’s goal was part of the company’s ongoing Land” approach that minimizes its [ cont’d on next page> ]

50 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... SunPower is an industry leader in the solar panel market. The SunPower E-Series and X-Series Direct Current Solar Panels are unique in achieving the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Silver designation. No other solar photovoltaic panels have achieved this certification. The production of these panels with less water continues to be important worldwide.” is “to have the first triple certified which do not contain lead of Certified™ Silver solar panels. For — LEED, Landfill-Free, Cradle to cadmium, are the only non- comparison, coal emits over 1,000 Cradle — factories of any industry. hazardous panels in the industry grams per kilowatt-hour. As of by the U.S. definition, the company 2015, SunPower estimated that 35 SunPower is also trying to says. Although their panels have terawatt-hours of clean, renewable reduce its environmental the lowest degradation rate and energy have been generated by footprint by ensuring their the longest warranty, the company SunPower photovoltaic systems. products are Restriction of has a system to take back, reuse, Based on the U.S. Environmental Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and responsibly recycle them. Protection Agency’s Greenhouse and Registration, Evaluation, Gas Equivalencies Calculator, this Authorization and Restriction of SunPower’s life cycle assessment is equivalent to avoiding more than Chemicals (REACH) compliant. estimates an average of 10 to 12 20 million tons of carbon dioxide, Their E-Series and X-Series grams of carbon dioxide equivalent or the combustion of more than 26 Direct Current Cradle to Cradle are emitted per kilowatt-hour billion pounds of coal. Certified™ Silver solar panels, generated by their Cradle to Cradle www.sunpower.com

THINKSTEP COMPLIANCE LIMITED BOMCHECK SUBSTANCES DECLARATIONS WEB DATABASE Thinkstep Compliance Limited’s manufacturers share one tool and reports or other documentation BOMcheck is a centralized one web database system. The to support their materials web database for substances tool provides access to regulatory declarations. declarations. In order to sell compliance declarations, full products globally, manufacturers materials declarations, and conflict The 2015 BOMcheck screening need to ensure their suppliers minerals declarations. The web explains why 95 of 168 understand, comply with, and database system allows suppliers Registration, Evaluation, stay up-to-date on an increasing to manage their data securely, Authorization and Restriction of number of substance regulations. and manufacturers can download Chemicals (REACH) regulated U.S.-listed companies also suppliers compliance declarations substances are not found in need to collect and analyze in standard formats. materials and articles in the conflict minerals data from their electrotechnical industry. The suppliers annually. The BOMcheck Substances in the Full Materials Regulatory Compliance Declaration Substances Declarations Web Declaration tool are color-coded tool provides concise chemicals Database is designed to save time to show substances that are guidance for suppliers to identify and costs. regulated around the world and materials and articles that are at substances that are at risk of risk of containing the remaining BOMcheck stays updated with becoming regulated in the next 73 regulated substances. If the the strictest regulation for each few years. The confidentiality tools guidance indicates the supplier relevant substance, Thinkstep enable suppliers to restrict access parts are not at risk, then suppliers Compliance Limited says. It to their Regulatory Compliance can claim compliance without provides tools, training, and Declarations and Full Materials additional efforts. chemicals guidance to help Declarations to certain customers, suppliers create and share and to add new customers to There are several other web-based standardized, high quality confidentiality settings at any time. systems, but none of them allow declarations. Suppliers and Suppliers can also attach test [ cont’d on next page> ]

52 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Managing chemical inventory information with respect to compliance is a major activity in companies. BOMcheck solves the problem of submitting supplier data one time and sharing it with many different customers. It can be part a larger “ corporate and supply chain initiative to reduce the use of hazardous substances.” suppliers and manufacturers to are not. by ECHA in December 2015, the share a centralized database, The BOMcheck Substance List company says. In February 2016, according to Thinkstep Working Group implements the BOMcheck began including a Compliance Limited. Instead, each European Chemicals Agency materials risk database that helps manufacturer purchases its own (ECHA) 2015 REACH Regulation suppliers investigate compliance system to gather data separately recommendations for the risks. from its own suppliers. The other electrotechnical industry, and systems are also expensive in reduces supplier time and effort Currently more than 750 comparison to BOMcheck’s pricing for REACH compliance by 66%, manufacturers use BOMcheck to structure, the company says. In according to the company. In gather materials declarations from addition, BOMcheck is verified January 2016, BOMcheck became over 5,500 suppliers worldwide for as compliant to the IPC 1752A the first system to achieve several million parts. industry standard for materials compliance with the new REACH declarations while other systems compliance obligations published www.BOMcheck.net

THINKSTEP COMPLIANCE LIMITED EC4P

Thinkstep Compliance’s EC4P product reporting, and pay the arrangements made in each system is a confidential web correct fees on time for each country, paying the appropriate application that guarantees country can be expensive and registration and recycling fees manufacturer compliance time consuming. The EC4P on the companies’ behalf. A with the Waste Electrical system manages compliance certificate is issued to the and Electronic Equipment through one central repository, company to confirm compliance Directive (WEEE), batteries joining and maintaining with the regulations in the and packaging regulations in WEEE, batteries and relevant European countries. all 28 EU Member States as packaging compliance scheme well as European Free Trade memberships where required. The application reduces Association countries. operational costs by removing EC4P’s centralized approach the need to employ compliance Understanding and managing helps manufacturers take officers in each country across WEEE, batteries and packaging control of WEEE compliance Europe, reducing the resources legal exposure across Europe is by arranging authorized needed to understand WEEE, challenging for manufacturers. representatives in each batteries and packaging Training staff to understand member state as required. regulations in each country, the requirements, stay updated The system gathers company and allowing companies to pass on changing regulations, sales data and reports it in WEEE collection costs onto carry out registration and accordance with the compliance [ cont’d on next page> ]

54 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The solution simplifies the regulatory complexity. Excellent design, proof beyond concept, and client testimonials. Any product that can demonstrably prove that time can be saved and efficiencies gained for data collation and reporting — especially across multiple sectors and geographies — has my vote.”

business“ end users. EC4P also into EU Countries, the company They include the American offers a web-based alternative says. Manufacturers are no enterprise virtualization and for B2B manufacturers so they longer limited to partnering storage company Nutanix, can avoid joining expensive with distributors who agree to which has been a Thinkstep WEEE compliance schemes in manage WEEE compliance for Compliance customer for eight each country. products they import and sell. A years. Nutanix reported that manufacturer can partner with Thinkstep’s well-established, Thinkstep Compliance’s any distributor in a particular auditable, and programmatic ability to arrange authorized country. path to compliance allowed the representatives in each member company to quickly start selling state has helped solve “stop More than 150 manufacturers into EU member states in a sell” situations for companies rely on EC4P to manage WEEE, matter of a few weeks. struggling with distributor WEEE batteries and packaging compliance issues when selling obligations across Europe. www.EC4P.com

TRANE SINTESIS

Trane’s Sintesis air-cooled Sintesis chillers are designed refrigerant charge evaporator, chillers are designed to lower to operate with either R-134a and micro-channel coil environmental impact with or Opteon XP10 (R-513A), a design. This makes it easier next-generation, low global non-flammable, low global to earn a point under the warming potential refrigerants warming potential refrigerant LEED Energy and Atmosphere and high-efficiency operation. with a 50% reduction in global credit for enhanced refrigerant The chillers operate on either warming potential. The chiller management. R-134a refrigerant or Opteon is also designed to minimize XP10 (R-513A) to lower their refrigerant use and leakage. Trane ice-enhanced cooling environmental impact. They The evaporator and condenser systems use less expensive offer building owners and coil design require up to 40% electricity and require less of it. businesses choices for reducing less refrigerant charge than Cooling costs for ice-enhanced greenhouse gas emissions and earlier chiller designs due to chiller plants can be reduced reaching their sustainability innovations including compact, substantially by making and goals, the company says. high-efficiency, integrated, low storing ice during nighttime

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56 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Solid product with tangible environmental and cost benefits. This chiller provides greater energy efficiency and greater reliability than any other chiller “ currently on the commercial market.”

hours when utility rates are natural gas-powered electrical performance, with efficiencies usually at their lowest. The ice plants. up to 25% better than required is used to help cool buildings by the ASHRAE 90.1-2013 during peak-rate daytime The micro-channel design used standard for integrated part hours. The Sintesis chillers in Sintesis chillers eliminates load value. also reduce the environmental brazed copper U-bend impact since nighttime connections and their potential electricity consumed often for refrigerant leaks, helping comes from a greater mix of maintain peak chiller efficiency. renewable and cleaner sources The chillers are optimized including wind energy and for both full- and part-load www.trane.com/sintesis

UL EHS SUSTAINABILITY CR360 cr360 is software from UL EHS ability to engage internal and manage their performance Sustainability, a division of external stakeholders with across EHS and sustainability. the global independent safety performance dashboards and In addition, the software offers science company Underwriters analysis helps companies make clients additional UL products Laboratories, that helps major quantifiable improvements in and services such as safety companies from multiple how sustainability information training and occupational health sectors deliver on their EHS is used for performance product lines. and sustainability goals. The management, reporting, and software is used to manage communications. cr360 provides mobile sustainability, supply chain, and capabilities for on-site auditing environmental health and safety The cr360 platform allows and self-assessments. Using (EHS) information. It allows companies to collect, manage, the company’s native iOS apps, clients to gather information and communicate their EHS, users can upload information easily across global operations, sustainability and supply and images in the field, which reducing costs by removing the chain information. It has then syncs automatically need for manual data collection. live interactive maps and with their cr360 system when publicly available performance the device reconnects to the Using UL EHS Sustainability’s dashboards so clients can Internet. The platform lets tools, sustainability and EHS give stakeholders intuitive companies track a single meter managers can track and share online access to sustainability reading in 15-minute intervals progress against targets. information. This integrated, from across the world and Access to accurate data on streamlined approach lets record near misses. energy consumption enables leading multinationals ensure efficiency improvements. The regulatory compliance and [ cont’d on next page> ]

58 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The cr360 system is clearly a step above others in the scope and scale of the system. With over 1 million users across more than 200 companies, it has proven to be a true global system that meets the EHS and sustainability system needs of “ corporations.”

The cr360 system is CDP- companies use cr360 to ISO14064 accreditation of GHG accredited,GRI-certified and is obtain industry rankings and reporting. CBRE, the world’s a SASB ERP Partner. It is also accreditations, with millions largest real estate investment one of the two initial software of professionals working with manager, uses cr360 as a providers that integrated the system on a daily basis. centralized system for its EPC RobecoSAM’s DJSI XBRL Mexican banking and financial risk mitigation project as well framework used by companies services holding company as for auto-generating reports such as Sprint, Crédit Agricole, Banorte, was the first Latin and data exports, UL EHS and The Linde Group. American company to enter Sustainability says. the CDP A list in 2015. Another, More than 200 global Deutsche Bank, achieved http://www.ulehssustainability.com/

URJANET URJANET UTILITY DATA SERVICE

Urjanet’s Utility Data Service Energy management and reduces an organization’s is a platform that provides sustainability teams struggle to overhead while improving companies and energy solutions collect and manage utility data efficiency. Organizations can providers with automated utility from thousands of invoices. easily start working with utility data for energy management. data to uncover numerous The platform helps end-users Urjanet’s fully-automated opportunities for energy reach their sustainability goals utility data platform simplifies reduction and cost savings. by providing crucial data that the collection, normalization, organizations need to report on and delivery of utility data. The platform was engineered key sustainability metrics and The platform has connectors to overcome the massive reduce energy costs. into the most popular energy challenges inherent in the management, sustainability complexity of utility data. An With 4.5 billion meters, and business applications, the advanced semantic database hundreds of thousands of tariffs, company says. Its global utility and processing architecture and more than 27,000 utilities — data network is comprised of intelligently collect and each with unique data formats, connections to thousands of aggregate terabytes of data from data structures, content and utilities around the world. thousands of utilities across semantics — organizations the world so the data becomes struggle to get the energy data Urjanet’s Utility Data Service useful for end-users as well they need. Slow, poor quality platform reduces operational as energy and sustainability data also makes it difficult for expenses by leveraging cloud- solutions providers. organizations to proactively and based technologies that efficiently manage their utilities automatically collect, normalize, Leading energy and consumption and spending. and deliver utility data. It also [ cont’d on next page> ]

60 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Urjanet has been successful with its Utility Data Service because it focuses on solving the specific, difficult problem of collecting and managing utility consumption and cost data with a unique solution that works well. This is a practical solution that has “ delivered real value to customers and the environment.” sustainability solutions With Urjanet, Cox Enterprises management company Ecova providers use Urjanet to improve has saved millions on its $100 expanded its global reach and operational efficiency, profits million annual electricity and increased operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Half natural gas spend. A senior by integrating Urjanet into of all energy and sustainability director there estimated that, its C&I solutions portfolio, solutions providers rely on depending on the market, the including facility optimization, Urjanet for utility data, according company could see anywhere sustainability reporting, and to the company. Some of the from 10% to 30% in savings. The energy supply management. world’s biggest brands use the automotive products company platform to gain insights into Mubea reduced water usage their energy consumption and by 3 million gallons annually spending. with Urjanet. Utility and energy www.urjanet.com

WASTE TO ENERGY PARTNERS BOLDER BLACK Bolder Black, made by Waste to Companies using Boulder Black Black produces valuable syngas Energy Partners, is a recycled quickly and efficiently achieve and liquid fuel byproducts, the alternative to carbon black measurable supply chain company says. Syngas production manufactured in the United sustainability improvements, and at their Missouri facility powers States, which is an essential they can also market the recycled the entire process and generates component in most rubbers and content and lower lifecycle impacts approximately 5 mega-watts of black plastics. Carbon black of their products, according to the excess electricity, sufficient to comes from the incomplete company. power an emerging high tech combustion of petroleum, creating corridor as well as meet the a large environmental footprint. Bolder Black addresses two municipal power demand. The Bolder Black is produced from environmental problems. production of Bolder Black is also waste tires using a proprietary Traditional production of virgin highly scalable and the company process, reducing greenhouse gas carbon black is extremely plans to co-locate production at emissions and diverting tires from resource-intensive and results in customer sites so they benefit from landfills or incinerators. high greenhouse gas emissions. both the product and the on-site At the same time, Americans waste-derived energy. Waste to Energy Partners produce more than 300 million transforms waste tires into a waste tires annually. When tires Bolder Black is the only recycled 100% post-consumer recycled go to landfills or get incinerated colorant that can enable a black direct substitute for virgin carbon it creates environmental and plastic product to be 100% post- black with a process that is 90% health problems. Waste to Energy consumer recycled product, more efficient in terms of water Partners’ product diverts tires from according to the company. Rubber and electricity consumption, the waste stream, improving a dirty manufactures have no alternative and generates significantly yet necessary industry. to virgin carbon black for structural less greenhouse gas emissions fillers for their products without than commercial alternatives. The manufacture of Bolder [ cont’d on next page> ]

62 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... A highly innovative product with potential for positive impact across many industries. It kills two big birds with one product: waste reuse and product substitution. This is a great concept to initiate movement towards a circular economy.”

Bolder“ Black, which can replace into offsets equivalent to over electricity, and greenhouse gas up to 35% of the material used. 150 million gallons of water, 70 emissions savings in their supply While the product is currently gigawatt-hours of electricity and chains, which can be mapped cost-competitive with virgin carbon 450,000 tons of carbon dioxide directly to metrics in frameworks black, the growing supply of equivalent. Product substitution like CDP, GRI and DJSI. Some waste tires ensures its long-term is quick, seamless, and involves customers have increased their operational cost stability compared only one change in the production market share by starting to to fluctuating fossil fuels. recipe. offer products such as tires and electronics featuring recycled Over one million tires destined for In addition to Bolder Black materials that would have been environmentally harmful disposal production, more than 2 million impossible before Bolder Black, have been converted by Waste to gallons of oil byproduct have the company says. Energy Partners into 3,500 tons of been produced and sold from the Bolder Black for the rubber and company’s Missouri facility. Bolder plastics industries. This translates Black customers receive water, www.wastetoenergypartners.com

WENOW WENOWBOX

The WeNowBox is a small plug- Awareness of the importance of in adapter for cars that Coaching services improve corporate social responsibility works with a dedicated app to climate awareness and help has been growing over the change driving habits and solve drivers reduce their fuel last 10 years and a number the climate impact of vehicles. consumption up to 15% to earn of companies have become The patent-pending system money. The device and app role models. However, many accurately measures energy make it possible to monitor companies need to move from consumption, provides coaching fuel efficiency and motivate traditional corporate social for drivers to help them reduce a community of drivers with responsibility programs to their fuel consumption, taking gaming initiatives safely (to more strategic ones, and to into account behavior earn more) and with choice of quantify and design metrics and mobility contexts, and compliant projects (VCS, Gold, for measuring their impacts, neutralizes carbon dioxide as it CCBA) such as Rimba Raya in WeNow says. Their system is emitted through offsetting. Indonesia. helps measure, reduce, and neutralize carbon dioxide WeNow features a real-time The automotive market is emissions in a certifiable certification system for Zero net struggling to address emissions manner for individual cars, CO2 emission cars. and aggregate pollution levels. [ cont’d on next page> ]

64 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... A good product for helping companies reduce miles traveled as well as offsetting emissions from employee travel. The real-time system monitors “ three concepts: measure, reduce, and neutralize. It has great possibility.”

company cars, and fleets. The company’s app is available agreements in France and other on iTunes and Google store European countries. WeNow is Beta testing in 2015 and WeNowBox are developed also developing strategies with demonstrated the accuracy of both in Bluetooth and 3G best global companies in the the system’s technologies. A version of the carbon credits fuel consumption app requested by Microsoft voluntary market and with measurement, efficiently Group is also in development insurers, involving new monitoring each trip. In 2016, for Windows phones. disruptive business models. a thousand WeNowBox devices were produced with ambitious The company says it is in the other orders in discussion. process of signing partnership www.wenow.com

ALDI INC. ALDI ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: SIEMENS ROLLOUT ALDI is a global discount months. ALDI will also install the monitoring and controlling key supermarket chain that deployed system in new stores as it continues energy-consuming devices the Siemens Site Controls Energy to expand across the U.S. such as heating, ventilation and Management System (EMS) at air conditioning units, indoor nearly 1,500 of its retail locations. Features of the Site Controls EMS lighting, store signage, indoor and This energy management program include continuous KPI reporting, outdoor temperature sensors, reduces energy usage at the client services for continuing and refrigeration units. The stores. Most of the installations training and coaching on best system also monitors energy were retrofits at existing stores practices, daily re-prioritization output and performance of on-site where thermostats or third-party of the most inefficient sites and solar panels. The Site Controls energy management systems assets so the most important Enterprise Portal, a cloud-based were replaced, but Siemens also tasks are worked first, and daily data analytics platform, provides installed its Site Controls EMS in analytics to detect failed or abused ALDI enterprise-level dashboards, newly constructed stores. assets for immediate corrective KPIs, and outlier reporting to action. The energy management quickly pinpoint and resolve ALDI selected Siemens after program also leverages advanced issues that would otherwise an initial 16-site pilot in 2012 cloud-based technology, building drive excessive consumption validated the system’s ability to on the grocer’s initiatives to reduce or negatively impact customer reduce consumption at its stores, carbon emissions — such as the comfort. The system can also and a 180-site rollout in 2013 installation of solar panels — at help lower maintenance costs by demonstrated that results could be dozens of retail stores and four streamlining the identification of replicated across an entire region. distribution centers. problems, intelligently dispatching Working closely together, ALDI and and remotely validating work Siemens successfully installed the The Site Controls EMS reduces performed by HVAC service remaining sites in fewer than 10 energy usage at stores by technicians. [ cont’d on next page> ]

67 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The system definitely provides substantial benefits to the customer and across a broad range of buildings. Coming from a facility side of the organization, this system reporting is excellent. They deserve credit and recognition for the sheer size of this project.”

The“ project has three phases. phase improves the reporting the Site Controls EMS now For the first, consistency and and proactive investigation of installed, ALDI anticipates control via temperature set underperformers. More accurate reducing carbon emissions by an points and lighting schedules and detailed energy reporting additional 29,000 metric tons per become consistent, and provide insight into trouble areas year — the annual equivalent of additional savings are gained for action to be taken. Additional removing 6,100 cars from the road through alarm integration and energy team members can also or of providing electricity for 4,000 occupancy sensors. Phase 2 proactively support investigation homes. The energy cost savings involves the reactive investigation of issues to further drive savings. associated with the project of underperformers. Outliers also exceeded ALDI’s capital and hot or cold concerns were ALDI estimates that its stores investment criteria, providing a investigated for prescriptive made up a significant portion of favorable return on investment. advice to place more informed its total carbon emissions. With dispatch calls. The third and final https://corporate.aldi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/environment/

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 25X20 ENERGY EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE

AMD develops microprocessors, commitment was initially obtained AMD designs. The final designs are the “brains” of computing devices, at the executive level including subjected to rigorous validation with a focus on designing ones approval from the CEO, who tests and additional design that offer more performance provided overall direction to the revisions before production. while minimizing energy use. different functions. Coordination Recognizing the pervasive energy is required on software, silicon In 2015, AMD introduced its 6th constraints of computing, the hardware design, architecture, and Generation A-Series APU, code- company announced an ambitious platform/silicon bringup activities. named “Carrizo,” which achieved target in 2014 to improve the energy a 2.4-fold improvement in energy efficiency of its advanced processing Having such an ambitious goal efficiency compared to the prior units (APUs) 25-fold by 2020. The rallied the AMD teams. While generation, and put the company initiative challenged AMD to develop microprocessor design is very ahead of pace for achieving the innovative technologies that could complex, AMD’s executives and 2020 goal. When the project goal dramatically boost energy efficiency. engineers drove a focused and is reached, PCs will be able to diligent effort to develop greater accomplish a task in one fifth The 25x20 Energy Efficiency energy efficiency into next of the time as today’s products Initiative focuses cross-functional generation products. The effort was while consuming on average engineering resources across coordinated with teams across AMD less than one fifth the power. multiple entities and levels of including R&D and major business Using an automotive analogy, AMD on the goal. It requires the units. Cross-functional project the 25x20 goal would be like development of new processor teams identified opportunities turning a 100-horsepower car that architectures, power efficient for improvement, analyzed their gets 30 miles per gallon into a technologies, and power feasibility, and integrated the most 500-horsepower car that gets 150 management techniques. The promising enhancements into miles [ cont’d on next page> ]

69 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This is an ambitious, cross-organizational approach to problem solving. The life cycle product footprint for carbon emissions reduction is demonstrable. AMD demonstrated real world advancements in this space.”

per“ gallon within six years. energy efficiency improvement Carrizo processor demonstrated trend from 2000 to 2014 by at that users upgrading from the With efficiency gains from least 70%. The project is kept on previous generation processor can manufacturing improvements track through regularly reporting expect a 50% decrease in carbon forecast by Moore’s law waning, on progress to the company’s emissions from computing. When AMD design teams need to executive team as well as scaled to an enterprise refresh of dramatically boost energy communicating progress publicly. 100,000 notebook computers, the efficiency through other methods company says the savings amount such as improved architecture Making microprocessor to 4.9 million kilowatt-hours and and power management. development more energy 3,350 metric tons of greenhouse The engineers succeeded in efficient reduces greenhouse gases equal to powering 461 U.S. outperforming the gains predicted gas emissions. AMD says its homes for a year. by Moore’s Law, and AMD’s 25x20 carbon footprint analysis of the goal will outpace the historical http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/25x20

AMERESCO MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Ameresco is an independent for quotation, approximately 30 car area, and top level lights. provider of comprehensive companies were shortlisted. Four electric vehicle charging services, energy efficiency, Ameresco won the competitive stations were installed at two infrastructure upgrades, request for proposals and was ramps, bringing the total number asset sustainability, and contracted to lead the airport of charging stations at the airport renewable energy solutions for solar project in partnership with to 12. Ameresco is providing a businesses and organizations a number of Minnesota-based 20-year guarantee as well as in North America and Europe. entities. operations and maintenance The company led an energy services. savings and sustainability Ameresco installed solar project at Minneapolis–St. Paul panels on two parking During the design phase, International Airport. ramps at Minneapolis–St. engineers had to consider Paul International Airport significant snowfall, frigid The Metropolitan Airports Terminal 1-Lindbergh. The temperatures, and Federal Commission hired Minneapolis- 3-megawatt solar, custom steel Aviation Administration based GreenMark in March superstructure supports more regulations on airport glint and 2012 to explore the possibility than 8,700 solar panels. Lights glare. The project was completed of developing a major solar were changed out. Among four on a 15-month construction energy generation facility Terminal 1 parking ramps, 7,743 schedule, and completed on at Minneapolis-St. Paul metal halide light fixtures were time despite harsh weather International Airport. GreenMark converted to energy-saving LED conditions. During construction helped identify potential solar technology. Ameresco replaced of the energy savings and solutions and developers. stairwell lighting, retrofitted light sustainability project, more than Through a competitive request fixtures, and installed new rental [ cont’d on next page> ]

71 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Great impact and results for very collaborative initiatives. An excellent project that had financials aligned with energy efficiency. The creative funding options were fully utilized, and adverse weather conditions did not prevent the project “ from being completed on time.” 253 jobs were created. Local reallocation of qualified energy union labor, local installation, conservation bonds. Through the Through Minneapolis–St. and local product companies bonds, grants, and partnerships, Paul International Airport’s were utilized. The project is the Ameresco assisted Minneapolis– partnership with Ameresco, largest integrated solar and St. Paul International Airport in the airport saves the equivalent lighting project at an airport identifying financing to offset of 6,813 metric tons of carbon in the world, according to costs of the project. The positive dioxide per year. The green Ameresco. annual cash flow to the airport is benefit from this carbon more than $170,000, and the 30- reduction is about equal to the Ameresco worked with nine year net present value is more emissions generated by 1,434 governmental entities to than $10 million. vehicles each year. coordinate project driven

72 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com ARBY’S, ECOVA, POWERHOUSE DYNAMICS AND WEATHERMATIC HOW ARBY’S LEVERAGED ECOVA AND A PARTNERED WATER METER SOLUTION TO SAVE OVER 7M GALLONS OF WATER

ARBY’S, ECOVA, POWERHOUSE DYNAMICS AND WEATHERMATIC HOW ARBY’S LEVERAGED ECOVA AND A PARTNERED WATER METER SOLUTION TO SAVE OVER 7M GALLONS OF WATER

Arby’s, the largest quick-service was challenged to manage monitor and manage their sites sandwich chain in the United consumption with minimal insight rather than multiple platforms. States, sought to implement into usage or control of irrigation Arby’s brought Weathermatic, a comprehensive, irrigation usage, typically managed by Powerhouse and Ecova together management program as part outside landscapers. to identify a solution to actively of its leadership efforts around manage irrigation usage in a energy and water efficiency. The Ecova audited five Arby’s sites to single user-friendly system. company chose Powerhouse identify opportunities for water Dynamics and Weathermatic, consumption and cost reduction, In 2015, Arby’s integrated the technology providers in energy and discovered opportunities for Weathermatic irrigation control management and smart low-cost efficiencies. Increased system into its existing energy irrigation, along with the energy expenses and concerns around management system called and sustainability management water also expanded the focus to SiteSage. Weathermatic is a services provider Ecova to irrigation controls since irrigation connected system that offers an implement an integrated solution. generates 40% of Arby’s total online platform to monitor and water consumption on average. manage the irrigation system. With water prices across the SiteSage is an asset and energy portfolio increasing at 8% In addition, through discussions management platform developed annually, Arby’s identified a with restaurant management, by Powerhouse Dynamics that need to actively manage water Arby’s recognized the need to Arby’s had already implemented consumption. However, Arby’s offer a single online platform to across [ cont’d on next page> ]

73 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... A good example of using data to recognize a potential vulnerability, working with partners to identify an appropriate technical solution, and implementing the solution at scale to drive significant environmental and economic savings. It should set an example for others to follow.”

its“ more than 1,000 company- SiteSage from the Weathermatic Weathermatic and Powerhouse owned sites. The ultimate system. Then Weathermatic Dynamics saved 7.4 million goal was to integrate the and Powerhouse coordinated to gallons of water through the Weathermatic system into the make it happen. The resulting course of one year — enough SiteSage platform for one view solution combined energy, asset, water to fill more than 11 into energy and water data for and water management that had Olympic-sized pools. Pilot sites the benefit of all companies. not been available prior to this saw a 40 to 70% reduction in project. The combined offering irrigation, which equates to a Arby’s strategic energy improves operating efficiencies, total water reduction of 25% per management advisor Ecova and controls water and energy site on average. This savings worked together with consumption. equaled an average of $1,150 per Weathermatic and Powerhouse site annually in sewer and water to identify key data to bring into The initial 85-site pilot with charges.

CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISE WASTE DIVERSION PROJECT

Caesars Entertainment Corporation on pace to achieve its goal, the hotel room soaps. They also formed is the world’s most diversified company realized there was still an partnerships with companies such casino-entertainment provider and opportunity to better manage waste. as BluMarble, which uses glass the most geographically diverse U.S. During the following two years, bottles from Caesars’ waste streams casino-entertainment company. In Caesars placed a renewed emphasis to create products sold in Caesars’ 2008, the company established a on educating employees and guests, retail stores. goal of diverting 25% of all waste standardizing best practices, rolling from landfills by 2014. The project out unique recycling and cradle- The project took a tremendous started with data collection and to-cradle strategies, and collecting commitment to collecting accurate on-site waste sorting to recover data for anything diverted, donated data at over 40 properties by recyclables and assets, but the or reused on its property. working with property staff and Caesars team understood early multiple vendors to ensure weights on that creative solutions would Working with waste vendors, for everything leaving the properties be needed to achieve diversion Caesars collected weights and was captured. Entire compactors goals. Having good data was the required that invoices must include were emptied, sorted, and weighed cornerstone of the project. tonnage data. The company to characterize waste streams and identified property leads who were better address diversion. At the time, it wasn’t clear how responsible for collecting weights easily the company could achieve for anything being diverted, and The company trialed innovative the goal given the complexity shifted the focus to increasing technologies such as macerating of integrated resort operations. diversion. Caesars shared best water-filled organic waste to Caesars began data collection and practices, completed dumpster create a liquid slush that could be initiated new programs. In 2013, dives to characterize waste streams, sent down sewer lines. Through Caesars conducted an analysis of all started diverting high volume partnerships with nonprofits, 2012 data, calculating an enterprise wastes such as organics, and the company recycled more than diversion rate of 23.6%. Although initiated programs like recycling [ cont’d on next page> ]

75 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... The Caesars Waste Diversion Project was an example of impacting ‘what gets measured gets done,’ and the importance of goal setting. I particularly like the cradle-to-cradle recycling effort. This model should be implemented by more companies.”

100,000“ pounds of toiletries per the company achieved a record provides a platform for the reuse year. Caesars also educated 44.3% diversion rate. Cradle-to- of waste otherwise delivered to kitchen staffs on the importance of cradle opportunities to take waste landfills, helps reduce Scope 3 food diversion to improve upstream from their compactors to their emissions, and lowers operating sorting, and initiated asset recovery retail shops resulted in this higher costs. It also inspires workforce to regain reusable assets such as diversion rate, and delivered over pride through partnerships with silverware from waste streams. $4 million of bottom-line value. organizations such as Clean the Caesars’ new diversion targets are World, which has recycled and The project established a to achieve 50% waste diversion by delivered more than 1,685,900 bars framework for data collection that 2020 and 60% by 2025. of soap collected from Caesars allows the company to calculate properties to developing countries accurate diversion rates. In 2013, Caesars is now looking at upstream to fight diarrheal disease since Caesars’ waste diversion rate strategies to minimize waste 2010. surpassed 35%, exceeding its creation while continuing to evolve goal a year early. Then, in 2014, its diversion program. The project http://caesarscorporate.com/

76 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT FOR ONGOING IMPROVEMENT TO THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SET-TOP BOXES

CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT FOR ONGOING IMPROVEMENT TO THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SET-TOP BOXES

In 2012, the pay-TV industry Agreement set rigorous At least once a year the initiated the Set-Top Box standards such as requiring committee meets to evaluate Voluntary Agreement to that at least 90% of all new the agreement’s effectiveness, increase the energy efficiency boxes purchased and deployed create an annual report, and of set-top boxes by up to 45%. after 2013 meet EPA Energy evaluate current and future The Consumer Technology Star 3.0 efficiency levels, and developments that may affect Association worked in concert for “light sleep” functionality energy efficiency. An expanded with the National Cable and to be downloaded to more than voluntary agreement was Telecommunications Association 10 million devices already in adopted in 2013, adding NGO and other partners to establish use. In addition, independent efficiency advocates including ambitious commitments. The audits and field verification the Natural Resources Defense agreement’s 15 signatories tests are performed annually Council. It encompassed included all of America’s major to provide transparency, public additional energy efficiency service providers, industry accountability, and objective commitments and expanded organizations, and STB updates on the agreement’s provisions for transparency and manufacturers, including Cisco, progress. accountability. EchoStar Technologies and ARRIS. A steering committee was Through its first two years, established to coordinate and the voluntary agreement The Set-Top Box Voluntary govern the voluntary agreement. [ cont’d on next page> ]

77 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... What appears to be a common household device that touches homes everywhere can, if managed properly, yield amazing results. Excellent example of collaborative agreement among a variety of manufacturers, service providers, government, and consumer stakeholders resulting in substantial reductions in environmental and energy footprints.”

reduced“ national annual set- Overall, 95% of service that, compared to national top box energy consumption providers’ set-top box energy-use projections without by 1.4 terawatt-hours (4.4%), purchases in 2014 met Energy the agreement, American saved consumers more Star Version 3.0 standards, consumers saved more than than $500 million in energy and 62% already met the even $1 billion in energy bills and bills, and avoided nearly more stringent set of Tier avoided six million metric tons three million metric tons of 2 energy efficiency levels, of carbon dioxide over two carbon dioxide, according to which will be the new baseline years. the Consumer Technology for the 90% procurement Association and the National commitment in 2017. The Cable & Telecommunications associations that established Association. the voluntary agreement say

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DOMTAR PLYMOUTH K-LIME

Domtar designs, manufactures, handle and reuse, Domtar says. always been seen as wastes markets and distributes pulp, until they discovered the optimal paper, and personal care Domtar has a goal to reduce quantities to balance out the products. The company’s mill total waste to landfill from its extreme properties of each in Plymouth, North Carolina, pulp and paper mills 40% by byproduct. They developed implemented a project to reduce 2020 from 2013 levels. The Plymouth K-Lime, an effective, waste to landfill by more than company’s Plymouth mill lower-cost alternative to 90% and create a new product recognized the potential value conventional fertilizer, according for the local agricultural of several of their individual to Domtar. Plymouth K-Lime, community. manufacturing byproducts. which is now registered with the In partnership with North North Carolina Department of The pulp and paper making Carolina State University’s local Agriculture, was named after process generates significant agricultural research station and two nutrients needed for crop amounts of manufacturing affiliated consultants, the mill growth: potassium, which has waste, including boiler ash, conducted extensive laboratory the chemical symbol K, and causticizing residuals, and and field studies to find the lime. Domtar sells K-Lime to wastewater treatment residuals. optimal blend of residual local farmers, and the company These waste streams are byproducts for improving local says that the product saves them typically managed separately, agricultural soils and crops. approximately $35 per acre and can have individual over conventional fertilizers. characteristics such as high The mill experimented with pH that make them difficult to different blends of what have [ cont’d on next page> ]

BLENDING AND SCREENING BYPRODUCTS TO MAKE KLIME

KLIME SPREADER

 FIELD WITHOUT KLIME  FIELD WITH KLIME

What the Judges Said... The Domtar K-Lime project epitomizes the practical application of technology to improve sustainability across environmental, economic, and social dimensions. Taking materials that were being sent to the landfill and finding some sort of “ beneficial use for them is such a great example of sustainable innovation.”

Demand is so great that the expenses to construct new a week to one and the project product is sold out for the next landfill cells of about $3 million eliminates nearly 190 tons of 6 to 9 months. every five years, Domtar waste to landfill per day. In says. It also contributes to addition, K-Lime strengthens The project helped the environmental improvements Plymouth’s rural community by Plymouth mill reduce landfill by nearly eliminating helping local farmers reduce operating expenses by manufacturing waste sent to their operating costs. approximately $150,000 per landfill from the mill. Landfill year and avoid future capital operations went from five days

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DOW WATER & PROCESS SOLUTIONS CAMP DE TARRAGONA DEMOWARE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER REUSE PROJECT The Dow Chemical Company’s wastewater from the Spanish has the required quality, the Dow Water & Process Solutions is cities of Salou, Tarragona, wastewater is fed through a participating in one of 10 European and Vilaseca for reuse in the pipeline to various plants within Union-funded projects that aims to complex’s industrial operations, the complex for alternative stimulate innovation and improve which ultimately reduces strain industrial use. cohesion in Europe’s water reuse on limited, local freshwater sector. Situated in a water-stressed resources. The reclamation plant uses Veolia’s region of Spain, the Camp de technology as a pre-treatment. Tarragona petrochemical complex The Camp de Tarragona Dow Filmtec BW30XFR-400/34i and surrounding municipalities petrochemical complex handles extra fouling resistant membranes face competing water demands 19,000 cubic meters per hour, and are used in the system’s first across the agricultural, industrial, previously used freshwater from pass, and Dow Filmtec LE-440i and residential markets. The the Ebro River Basin to power its low-energy membranes are used DEMOWARE project seeks to industrial processes. The water in the second pass. The extra demonstrate how water stress in a reclamation plant, operated fouling resistance membranes European region can be mitigated by Veolia and the government- increase equipment lifetime and by fostering industrial water reuse. owned water supplier AITASA, reduce operational expenses. The now makes it possible to reclaim low-energy membranes produce With the help of advanced water and reuse municipal wastewater a high-quality final product water treatment technologies, the Camp in operations. DOW FILMTEC™ at 33% lower pressure, which de Tarragona Advanced Water reverse osmosis elements help reduces energy demand, according Reclamation Plant onsite treats treat the wastewater. Once it to Dow. [ cont’d on next page> ]

81 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... An effective solution identified by using multiple industries that complement each other. This was a good project that eliminated the need for pretreating water for industrial use. It also enabled the reuse of water in a carbon cracker operation in “ a water-stressed area of Spain.” Dow Water & Process Solutions’ for the municipality. Wastewater municipal wastewater for goal was to develop a system generated by the cooling towers industrial purposes, the complex to treat wastewater with high- has been reduced up to 49%. The is able to minimize water stress enough quality to be used in final target is to serve 90% of the and preserve freshwater to cooling tower operations. Thanks complex’s water demand with meet municipal, tourism, and to the project, the ethylene reclaimed water. agricultural demands. This project cracker cooling tower uses up is a milestone in the improvement to 40% reclaimed water and has Growth in Tarragona has resulted of European industrial sector reduced chemical usage by 23%. in competition for freshwater efficiency and municipal Depending on the season, this resources from the Ebro River processes, Dow Water & Process frees up more than 200 cubic Basin, an area protected by Solutions says. meters per hour of water rights the UNESCO. By reclaiming

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GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET VOLT BATTERY SECONDARY REUSE PROJECT

General Motors, which makes capacity. Having a secondary type of secondary use battery the Chevy Volt extended range use extends the battery’s life system, the automaker says. electric car, is piloting a project while delivering energy, waste GM worked with Empower to reuse the car’s batteries at reduction, and economic Energies, a renewable energy the end of their useful lives. benefits. services platform focused Five of them are helping keep on the commercial-scale the lights on at General Motors’ GM first displayed this segment, to install the solar LEED-Gold Enterprise Data uninterruptable power supply and wind turbines into the Center in Milford, Michigan. and grid power balancing system project portfolio. The batteries Coupled with a 74-kilowatt solar during GM’s Electrification also provide back-up power to array and two wind turbines, Experience in 2012. The ABB the building in the event of an these batteries now supply research center in Raleigh, outage and store energy when power to the data center office North Carolina, conducted the it’s unneeded. Excess energy and power the lights in the research and development of is sent back to the grid that adjacent parking lot, delivering the project and ABB’s Medium supplies the Milford campus. net-zero energy on an annual Voltage business unit in Lake basis. Mary, Florida, was used as GM has committed to use proof-of-concept testing, 125 megawatts of renewable After a battery has reached market research and product energy by 2020. Renewable the end of its useful life in a development. energy sources mean the vehicle, it still has up to 80% of new Enterprise Data Center its storage capacity remaining so This is the first real-world building has net-zero energy use GM is leveraging that remaining business application for this [ cont’d on next page> ]

83 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Creative solution identified and implemented. This is a great secondary use for spent batteries. Nice integration of reuse of batteries with solar and wind power to “ supply emergency backup power.”

annually, reducing the facility’s commitment of 40% by 2020. primarily used to analyze the power loss to 17%. The solar storage of renewable energy array and wind turbines that The automaker intends to use and redistribution of that are part of this project generate the project as a living lab to energy throughout the day. GM approximately 100 megawatt understand how the battery is also working with partners hours of energy annually, and redistributes energy at this to validate and test systems for move GM toward the company’s scale. While the batteries can other commercial and non- goal. This project also is an be used to provide back-up commercial uses. example of reuse, supporting power for four hours in the GM’s total waste reduction event of an outage, it will be

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HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta a 90% reduction in waste completed other energy and International Airport is the by 2020 by building the a water efficiency projects. The most-traveled airport in the waste management facility. facilities are designed to silver, world with more than 100 Senior management, along gold, and platinum LEED million passengers annually. with internal and external standards. In 2011, the airport established stakeholders, supported the a Sustainable Management establishment of management To incorporate energy and Plan that laid the groundwork protocols, operational controls, environmental improvements for its first-of-a-kind Energy and accountability. This outside the control of the Management System. Using led to the airport’s Energy airport, the Hartsfield-Jackson specialized software, the airport Management System getting Atlanta International Airport is began tracking and managing accredited to the ISO 50001 also leading the development utility performance for all of its standard. This certification of an airport eco-district, assets. created a mechanism for where waste, climate action, continuous improvement. transportation, and utilities The Sustainability Management stakeholders work together Plan calls for a 20% reduction Through the efforts of planning, to solve sustainability and in Emissions by 2020, a design, and construction, the environmental issues. The eco- 20% reduction in water and airport completely changed district has already helped to energy intensity by 2020, and airfield lights to LED, and [ cont’d on next page> ]

85 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Airports consume large amounts of energy. This is a great example of how an airport can use data to manage both consumption and cost of energy as well as “ setting goals that move the airport industry forward. This initiative is impressive.”

reduce stakeholders’ individual to ISO 50001, being the first in energy efficiency projects, energy footprints and reduce the world to create an airport engaging stakeholders, and emissions for the community, eco-district, and being the first managing utility use improves the airport says. airport to completely retrofit utility performance and the an airfield to LED lighting. environment around the airport, Many of these efforts are The Hartsfield-Jackson and sets a precedent for other firsts for airports in the United Atlanta International Airport airports. States and the world. Some of is also a pioneer in waste them include being the first management with a facility U.S. airport to have its energy that repurposes 90% of waste management system certified from airport. Implementing http://www.atlanta-airport.com/

IHS REPSOL EMISPHERE

Repsol, an integrated global across the company. produced in three weeks instead energy company based in Madrid, of three months through data Spain, had legacy processes for Repsol had many systems in automation. The company calculating air emissions that refineries, but needed to have now has 99% automation for were disparate, labor intensive, that information centralized compliance-related tasks. Complex and time consuming. To address for a corporate-wide view of business rules for each facility’s these issues, Repsol launched compliance. The company chose regulatory requirements have a project called EMISphere with to work with IHS and implemented been incorporated into the system, IHS, a company that provides an enterprise-level solution eliminating most manual tasks and information and analysis to support called Environmental Information resulting in improved data integrity, the decision-making process of Management System or EMIS quality, and accuracy. businesses and governments in for short. For the EMISphere numerous industries. project, Repsol used the IHS The system performs more than 1 Sphera Essential Process Data million calculations daily, integrated Before the project, each Repsol Manager to move data from its over 4,000 signals integrated, facility had its own process to process information, laboratory and stores 5 million emissions create the required regulatory information management systems, calculations annually. More than reports and documentation. Many and production systems directly 100 customized business rules have consisted of a series of steps to into EMIS. The system enabled been implemented. This means the copy information from source automation for scheduling, staff can focus on quality assurance systems, then create and maintain validating, and applying rules and and quality control tasks, analysis, hundreds of spreadsheets. Each calculations to process data. or improvement initiatives rather process required a host of manual than data entry. tasks, leaving room for human error Annual air and water emission and providing only limited visibility reports at each facility were [ cont’d on next page> ]

87 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... This new environmental management system seems like it will be very beneficial for organizations in reporting emissions and environmental impacts. This is the type of product that delivers great value in advancing corporate sustainability “ programs.” In addition, the system reduced was expanded to five additional With the IHS waste modeling reliance on spreadsheets and locations. The second phase was capability, Repsol was able to manual processes, increasing an ambitious venture because establish a homogenous waste audit execution as well as the multiple project teams were management process, meet the traceability of environmental assuming parallel responsibilities demands of stringent European information. The enterprise-level with demanding deadlines. multimedia emissions regulations, system now delivers more than Yet that challenge became a and trace emissions to the 70 tailored reports. Repsol was benefit as non-health, safety asset level. The company now also able to mitigate compliance and environment staff across has reliable data and can gain risks due to staff changes because sites became involved in the additional insights from it. vital knowledge was retained, the environmental management company says. process, creating opportunities for improvement. The EMISphere implementation https://www.ihs.com/products/environmental-performance-solution.html

JACKSON FAMILY WINES TESLA STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

Jackson Family Wines is a required to produce a gallon installations. The batteries family-owned wine company of wine. Once these energy are installed at six wineries in Santa Rosa, California. In efficiency savings were realized throughout California, including 2015, JFW installed 21 Tesla and each winery was as efficient Kendall-Jackson in Sonoma Energy stationary energy as possible, JFW committed to and Napa, La Crema and storage systems for a total reinvesting the savings in onsite Stonestreet in Sonoma, and of 4.2 megawatts of storage renewable energy. Carmel Road in Monterey. The capacity. JFW was among the Tesla battery packs help offset first companies in the nation to After agreeing to commitments, some of the most costly — and collaborate with Tesla on this JFW and Tesla Energy began energy intensive — wine-making initiative designed to reshape systematically evaluating all practices such as refrigeration the way energy is managed for potential winery locations for and cooling, compressed air, more sustainable operations. peak electricity demand. They lighting, and process water also right sized the battery treatment. The Tesla battery JFW has had a strategy for systems to shave as much peak packs are expected to reduce energy efficiency since 2008, as possible, maximizing energy electricity costs across the pilot when the company began usage efficiency and helping to wineries by up to 10%. baselining energy usage. stabilize the local electric grid. Through energy efficiency The company’s sustainable initiatives alone, the company JFW was the first wine company energy management goal is to has documented savings greater to install Tesla’s stationary source 50% of annual winery than $15 million. They also energy storage systems, and is electricity usage from onsite reduced the energy and water currently one of Tesla’s largest [ cont’d on next page> ]

89 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Jackson Family Wines’ commitment to sustainability goes one step further by successfully piloting energy storage. They are on the forefront of the intelligent energy system revolution. This is a great pilot to be studied and replicated at more “ wineries in the future.” renewables by 2021. The Tesla electricity annually. JFW says data collection and analysis, solution contributes to JFW that the integration with the JFW will be able to explore the offsetting about 40% of annual Tesla battery systems will development of self-sustaining winery electricity usage from result in about $2 million in microgrids that use on-site onsite renewable generation savings each year. solar systems to generate and storage. The installations electricity during the day, and work in conjunction with the This partnership demonstrates run their wineries at night using 6.5 megawatts of onsite solar that energy storage is a viable excess solar electricity stored in generation installed last year option for wineries to provide the Tesla Energy batteries. across eight JFW wineries in significant cost savings. As a California that now generate result of the deployment, and 9 million kilowatt-hours of the subsequent performance

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LEIDOS HAWAII ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY

Since 2009, Leidos has serve as the first-ever third-party administered the Hawaii Energy administrator of its Public Benefits Through a portfolio of financial program, an electric ratepayer- Fee, the collection of electric incentives, education and training funded energy conservation and utility customer payments used to opportunities, and collaboration efficiency program serving Hawaii, facilitate energy efficiency programs with key community organizations Honolulu, and Maui counties in Hawaii. The company oversees and leaders, Hawaii Energy in the state under the direction design and implementation of a wide reduced energy usage by 855,000 of the Hawaii Public Utilities range of commercial and residential megawatt-hours and is projected Commission. Energy efficiency rebate offers as well as training and to save customers in excess of $1.2 plays a key part in achieving educational clean energy initiatives. billion. the state’s goal of achieving a 100% renewable energy portfolio Leidos regularly collaborates with Every year, the Hawaii Energy standard by 2045. trade, government and non-profit Conservation and Efficiency allies and clean-energy policy Program achieves new clean Hawaii has the highest energy prices working groups to understand energy goals. This past program in the country so this program is the local market, collect feedback year marked the introduction of designed to empower residents and improve program design. the Clean Energy Ally program to use less energy and lower their Due to the program’s continued for industry professionals, which electric bills, ultimately reducing success, the Hawaii Public Utilities recruited and trained more the state’s dependence on imported Commission awarded Leidos than 220 individuals from 140 oil. Leidos, a defense company that additional funding in 2014 to companies. In addition, Hawaii provides scientific, engineering, expand market transformation Energy increased the Peer systems integration, and technical efforts, including research on Group Comparison program to services, was selected by the Hawaii demand response, smart grids and reach 240,000 households while Public Utilities Commission to electric vehicle charging. [ cont’d on next page> ]

91 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... I am very familiar with Hawaii Energy and the great work they are doing for the state. There is much to appreciate with this project, especially the way that existing conditions and economic realities are driving innovation. The amount of “ energy they have saved for the state is very impressive.” improving customer experience dollars spent for the best return In the last program year, tens through the use of web-based of ratepayer funds of any previous of thousands of residents and services and enhanced tools. efficiency program in the state. businesses helped to achieve Hawaii Energy also established In the last six years, the energy- an estimated $443 million in a Strategic Energy Management saving efforts of participants lifetime electric bill savings process to assist large resulted in an estimated $965 or 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours, institutional energy users in million in electric bill savings. equal to eliminating 2.2 million planning and executing effective This is nearly 3 billion kilowatt- barrels of oil or 1.3 million tons of energy management as a critical hours in energy savings, which is greenhouse gas emissions — at a part of business operations. equivalent to five years of current total program cost of 2.4 cents per photovoltaic generation or 90,000 kilowatt-hour. Hawaii Energy aims to achieve electric vehicles driven for a year. the most energy savings per https://www.leidos.com/infrastructure/energy-management-efficiency

MILLERCOORS MILLERCOORS IRWINDALE SOLAR ARRAY

MillerCoors, a joint venture years, and the panels produced transformers, four inverters, between SABMiller and Molson today are much more reliable 10,620 panels, and 3,500 feet of Coors Brewing Company, formed and efficient, producing more copper wiring to interconnect in 2008. Since then, the company energy per panel. The increased back to the brewery facility. has been committed to finding reliability and efficiency, reduced MillerCoors bored several new and innovative ways to cost of installation, and federal thousand holes to support the brew beer more sustainably. and state incentives justified this construction of the system. On March 12, 2015, MillerCoors project through improved savings They also modified their existing commissioned a photovoltaic and a higher internal return rate. medium voltage electrical system solar array with over 10,000 to accommodate the tie-in to the panels at their Irwindale brewery The PV solar array project solar array. in California, the largest of any came about as an opportunity brewery in the country, according to reduce the company’s carbon The solar panels have the to the company. footprint as well as mitigate capacity to produce up to 3.2 increasing electrical costs. megawatts DC of energy each For nearly 10 years, MillerCoors The installation of the PV hour. This provides enough researched the benefits solar solar array also significantly energy to meet on average energy could have at their increased MillerCoors’ energy 8% percent of the Irwindale facility. The high initial cost of independence. Brewery’s electrical needs. The PV solar panels and reliability array also generates electricity of the panels proved an initial The company began by clearing without producing any carbon challenge. However, the solar 10 acres of land to accommodate emissions, and helps offset industry’s technology has the installation of the entire continually improved over the system including three large [ cont’d on next page> ]

93 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... MillerCoors secured and implemented the installation of a very large PV system with demonstrable cost savings and environmental benefits. This is an excellent example of thinking lean and green, especially in California, which is facing “ unprecedented water shortages and rising energy costs.” electricity use on the local utility reduction in emissions is due to In addition to helping provide grid. reduced usage of other pollutant cleaner air, MillerCoors has sources to generate energy. been able to reduce water The system provides Over the course of 20 years, usage. The solar array replaced approximately 5.5 million MillerCoors anticipates seeing irrigated landscape and reduces kilowatt-hours of renewable and emissions offsets of 132,400,000 the water impacts of local power sustainable energy each year. By pounds of carbon dioxide, plant cooling, with the goal installing photovoltaic panels, 91,000 pounds of nitrogen of reducing consumption by MillerCoors has seen immediate oxides, 23,000 pounds of sulfur 695,100,000 gallons over a 30- benefits, including reducing dioxide, and 26,000 pounds of year period. the company’s emissions of particulates. greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. The https://www.leidos.com/infrastructure/energy-management-efficiency

TIMBERLAND EMPOWERING HAITIAN FARMERS THROUGH TREE PLANTING

Once known as the richest project in Haiti is one of several population. Timberland and the agricultural country in the around the globe that supports Smallholder Farmers Alliance Caribbean, Haiti has been this commitment. To date, created an agroforestry model wracked by instability and Timberland has planted more where farmers tend to a network natural disasters, and is now than 8.5 million trees. In Haiti, of nurseries that produce one one of the most severely Timberland sought to create million trees annually, totaling deforested countries in the lasting value beyond the trees five million trees in five years. world. In 2010, the outdoor themselves. The company In return, the farmers receive lifestyle brand Timberland worked with local partners to much-needed training, crop made a Clinton Global Initiative form the non-profit Smallholder seeds, seedlings, and tools commitment to plant 5 million Farmers Alliance. Timberland that help restore tree cover trees in five years in Haiti. That collaborated with the alliance to and increase the farmers’ crop tree planting commitment create a sustainable, long-term yields. evolved into a sustainable solution that would empower business and agroforestry model Haitians to play an active role in In addition to planting 5.2 million that changed farmers’ lives driving economic development, trees, the project increased and is helping create a greener even after Timberland’s five- productivity and incomes for the future for Haiti. year commitment ended. farmers. The business model helped 3,200 farmers increase A key focus for Timberland over Small-scale farming is the productivity on their farmlands the past 10-plus years has been main source of income for an average of 40%, resulting tree planting. Timberland’s two-thirds of Haiti’s working in an [ cont’d on next page> ]

95 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Excellent collaborative social entrepreneurial project in Haiti. Positive social, economic, and environmental benefits for a country that desperately needs them. The project addresses deforestation by engaging with farmers in a win-win “ approach.” increased household income compromised agriculture. The and sourcing, proving that of 50% on average. It also project is creating new markets collaboration, creativity, and increased access to education for food. Most recently, the long-term thinking can help to and healthcare, including an development of an export model rebuild a country, Timberland estimated 3,400 additional for the “superfood” moringa is says. The company is currently Smallholder Farmers Alliance underway with the U.S. brand investigating opportunities to member children placed in Kuli Kuli, which started being replicate the model and scale school. sold at Whole Foods markets it to cotton and rubber so the in February 2016. This model brand can use these materials Timberland’s sustainable has the potential to completely in its own supply chain. business model tackles two change the dynamics of issues: deforestation and international development

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UNITED STATES BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNITED STATES MATERIALS MARKETPLACE

The United States Materials approaches would be instrumental in share materials data, are guided Marketplace is a project from the helping companies identify hot spots to potential connection by the US Business Council for Sustainable in their material flows where reuse project team, can negotiate trades, Development, World Business Council is impossible and redesign may be and be made aware of obstacles. for Sustainable Development, and necessary to achieve true circularity. The platform allows companies Corporate Eco Forum to scale up to brainstorm new supply chain business-to-business materials The idea for a pilot project originated pathways for reusing ubiquitous reuse across the United States, at a Corporate Eco Forum event in materials such as plastics, chemicals, supporting the shift to a circular, June 2014 that brought together and wasted transportation and closed-loop economy. Using a cloud- leading thinkers and actors who were logistics space. The Corporate Eco based software platform, Materials focused on making circular business Forum and the World BCSD’s Global Marketplace participants work processes a reality. The project Network of 65 national business with resource experts to reuse or received early and enthusiastic councils offers a path to scale the exchange unwanted materials, from support from General Motors and marketplace system. It could also be textile scraps to hydrochloric acid to Nike. After several months of linked globally through a cooperative offspec wood flooring. recruitment, 23 of the corporate structure that would allow for members joined the pilot. These national ownership and responsibility The three business organizations companies come from a diverse for each marketplace as well as the were seeking ways to help their mix of sectors that include cement, ability to share results and outcomes member companies’ shift from primary metal, chemicals, and with all other co-op countries. traditional linear waste flow systems consumer products. to approaches that identify new Initial results from the pilot, which circular uses for the broad range of The key to the Materials Marketplace ran from June to August 2015, include materials flowing through businesses is a secure cloud-based software 23 and cities worldwide. Such platform where project members [ cont’d on next page> ]

97 | © 2016 Environmental Leader LLC | www.environmentalleader.com What the Judges Said... Backing from large organizations with additional resources gets this reusable scrap materials marketplace rolling and finds alternative uses that may not have been considered or thought feasible in the past. This is a very innovative program “ that has great collaboration with partner companies.” participating companies, 78 facilities materials. Of this total, members other project participants. engaged, 150 materials — 2.4 were pursuing transactions involving million tons total — uploaded to the more than 2 million tons. This Results from the pilot lay the marketplace, 59 materials being figure demonstrates a tremendous groundwork for significant sought, 68 recommended matches opportunity for environmental, expansion, according to the council. and 19 transactions in development, social, and economic improvement, The project has been formally with another 49 possibilities that the US Business Council for launched as an ongoing initiative were still pending action at the close Sustainable Development says. by the US BCSD, WBCSD and CEF, of the pilot. The project is now an Chemicals, packaging, and metals which will be inviting external ongoing initiative. are the top three material categories companies to join the effort going identified by the 23 participants in forward. The project team’s goal is As of October 31, 2015, a total of the project to date. The marketplace to have more than 100 companies 150 materials were available in the also includes more than 50 wish list participating by the end of 2016. Marketplace pilot project, totaling 2.4 entries, which are materials that million tons per year of underutilized project participants are seeking from http://materialsmarketplace.org/#about.

Peter Bussey Research Analyst for Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and sustainability management at LNS Research

2016 JUDGING COORDINATOR

Peter Bussey is lead Research Analyst for Environment, Before LNS, he headed EHS and sustainability go-to- Health and Safety (EHS) and sustainability management market initiatives at SAP, the global enterprise software at LNS Research. He analyzes industry trends and company. Pete’s prior industry experience includes best practices, and advises EHS business leaders and corporate and facility EHS practitioner positions at technology providers in applying those insights in their Alcoa, and EHS management consulting to Fortune 500 organizations. Pete brings over 30 years of experience industrial clients while at Michael Baker Corporation focused on EHS management in manufacturing, and Arthur D. Little. consulting and information technology organizations.

with being the first laundry to achieve BlueSign certification. Adam Brennan At C&A, Adam is responsible for the Sustainable Chemical Management team whom works to Unit Leader Sustainable eliminate hazardous chemicals from the global supply Chemical chain. He represents C&A at the Zero Discharge of Management at Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Brand Council and is an C&A active member of both the Wastewater and Auditing focus areas along with Asian stakeholder activities.

Mark Buckley Vice President of Environmental Affairs, Adam Brennan Staples, Inc.

Adam is the Unit Leader – Sustainable Chemical Management at C&A, based in Hong Kong, he specialises in environmental protection, chemical management and resource efficiency. He graduated out of Reading University in the UK with an MSc in Renewable Energy and Sustainability. Adam has worked in a consultancy, a brand and a manufacturer giving him a holistic understanding of environmental Mark Buckley issues in the Asian supply chain. Mark Buckley directs Staples’ global environmental Adam spent 5 years at sporting goods brand PUMA and sustainable business practices. He is responsible based in Vietnam, where he was a key part of the for driving the company’s sustainability efforts in PUMA.Safe Environmental Affairs team. He was these areas: the development of more sustainable primarily responsible for project managing PUMA’s products, packaging and services; customer recycling unique and world’s first Environmental Profit & Loss solutions; internal waste reduction; the development (E P&L) account. He also managed a number of of global carbon reduction and renewable energy capacity building and technical assistance programs strategies; as well as environmental education for across the Asian supply chain, notably – SAVE – a customers and associates focused on sustainable cleaner production and resource efficiency program. business solutions. A 26-year Staples veteran, Following this Adam joined Saitex as Sustainability Buckley has been in this role for 14 years and was Director of their Vietnam denim operations previously vice president of facilities management and which included a cut and sew facility and laundry. purchasing at Staples where he directed company- Traditionally polluting activities became a pastime wide recycling and energy conservation programs. as new technology was introduced to create one of He holds a Bachelor’s degree in biology from St. the world’s first closed loop laundry systems, along Anselm’s College. He is an active member of several

environmental and non-profit organizations. These funding for resources that promote energy efficiency include; the Boreal Business Forum, the Forest and renewable energy technologies. Legality Alliance, the Carbon Canopy, Advisory Council for the Product Stewardship Institute, Advisory Board In 2009, during the American Recovery and Belantara Foundation, Board of Earth Force a US Reinvestment Act, Drew served as a member of based environmental education organization and the Department’s Recovery Act team that provided Board member of the John Andrew Mazie Foundation. approximately $3.2 billion in block grants to cities, communities, states, U.S territories, and Indian tribes to develop, promote, implement, and manage energy efficiency and conservation projects. Drew Campbell Deputy Director of Prior to joining EERE, Drew was a policy adviser the Sustainability for the Chief Information Officer on Cyber Security Performance Office at the United States legislation issues. He has been with the Department Department of Energy since 2005. (DOE) Drew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Public Relations from George Mason University.

Drew Campbell Paul Campbell Director Sustainability/Green Drew Campbell is the Deputy Director of the Leadership Sustainability Performance Office at the United Sears Holdings States Department of Energy (DOE). His work Corporation focuses on coordinating, reporting and analyzing DOE’s sustainability efforts to reduce energy use, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy use, recycling and sustainable buildings across the DOE complex. His work has helped DOE become a top 5 sustainable federal agency and has secured DOE’s spot as a leader in the federal sustainability arena. Paul Campbell

Prior to his time with the Sustainability Performance Paul Campbell is currently Director, Sustainability and Office, Drew worked in the Office of Energy Efficiency Green Leadership, for Sears Holdings Corporation. and Renewable Energy (EERE) as a senior policy adviser and oversaw a budget of over $100 million in Paul began his career with SHC in 2004 as a Senior

Manager, Home Services Business Development. accepted a mechanical engineering position after In 2007 he was named Director, Home Appliances graduation. During her time as a consulting engineer, Operations, and led the team responsible for she performed plug load studies for a local real estate executing the federal appliance stimulus programs. management firm which provided her first exposure to He transitioned to overseeing strategic relationships Energy Management. After starting a family, she took with energy industry partners including the EPA a position within Facilities Management at a local KC in 2011, and assumed ownership of corporate University as a Utilities Analyst. After the addition of sustainability in 2012. her second child, she accepted a position with Trane as a sales engineer where she was exposed to energy Prior to joining Sears Holdings, Paul worked for GE modelling and construction contracting. During Plastics where he held roles in operations management her time with Trane, she was offered a partnership and Six Sigma quality. He began his career in project in a mechanical contracting company which she management and maintenance reliability as part of accepted. Projects included major office renovations Amoco Oil Company’s Refining Division. and partnerships with General Contractors on new construction. Feeling a need to get back into Paul has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the engineering and energy, she accepted a position as University of Illinois where he remains an active an Energy Engineer with a national energy services member of its Alumni Association. company. Ellen developed energy conservation projects for clients such as K-12 school districts, city and county governments, and higher education that led to a position with Sprint Real Estate as Energy Program Manager. Desiring a move to Colorado, she accepted her current position at CU Boulder. Ellen’s Ellen Edwards personal time is spent with her two sons and the Energy Manager, family pets, enjoying the Colorado outdoors. University of Colorado

Josh Prigge Associate Director of Regenerative Development , Fetzer Vineyards Ellen Edwards

Ellen Edwards is Energy Manager in Facilities Management at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. After growing up in the Kansas City area, she attended the University of Kansas receiving a degree in Architectural Engineering. During college she interned for a consulting engineering firm where she Josh Prigge

At Fetzer Vineyards, Josh Prigge guides the vision multi-functional teams to success. and execution of game-changing regenerative measures at the world’s first Zero Waste-certified With over 23 years of experience, he has worked wine company. Prior to joining Fetzer Vineyards, in both industry and consulting helping companies Prigge was the Sustainability Coordinator at Hawai’i solve complex EHS and regulatory problems. Prior Pacific University, and also served as President of the to joining Ball Aerospace, Dennis served as Director Sustainability Association of Hawai’i. of EHS for Newalta Corporation responsible for all U.S. oil and gas operations. Prior to Newalta, he served as the Northeast Regional EHS Team Leader for BASF Corporation, supporting multiple chemical manufacturing and research and development Dennis J. Hu facilities. In addition, Dennis has extensive consulting Director experience working for Environmental Resources Environmental Health Management (ERM) serving varied industry clients as and Safety (EHS) a project manager and consultant. and Systems Safety Engineering (SSE), Ball Aerospace & Technology Dennis has an MBA, with distinction, from New York University’s Stern School of Business with specializations in Finance, Change Management and Social Impact and Innovation and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and Public Policy from Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in St. Louis, Missouri. Dennis J. Hu Dennis has been active in numerous EHS professional As Director of EHS and SSE, Dennis is responsible organizations including the Aerospace Industries for all environmental, health, safety matters Association, Air & Waste Management Association, for Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. This National Association of Environmental Professionals, includes regulatory compliance, occupational National Association for Environmental Management, safety, permitting, emergency response, systems Colorado Environmental Management Society and safety engineering, EHS management systems and the Rocky Mountain EHS Peer Group. Additionally, program development, sustainability, and external Dennis has been involved in community organizations relationships. and charities such as Big Brothers and Sisters, Junior Achievement, St. Louis Science Center and is Since joining Ball Aerospace in 2015, Dennis has currently serves as a Board Member of the Denver used his previous experiences to help continue to Ronald McDonald House Charities and sits on the drive program and process efficiency improvements Executive External Advisory Panel of the Mountain in the aerospace industry. This includes an approach and Plains Education and Research Center for Health, to risk-based management of issues with a focus Work and Environment with the Colorado School on increasing EHS compliance and improving EHS of Publich Health. He has been a guest speaker culture while reducing operational costs. He has a at numerous professional and charitable events proven track record of building and leading diverse,

speaking on topics including technical EHS issues, network solutions. Prior to SAP Stephen was the managing organizational change, EHS culture, CEO of TechniData America, an SAP EHS service and strategic planning and charitable giving. development partner, with specific responsibility for strategic business development and client relations in North America. Prior to joining TechniData America, Stephen was SAP’s first EH&S solution manager in North America responsible for launching the initial SAP EHS release and developing the solution Stephen Illes strategy with customers and the development team. Partner, ERM Stephen’s over 30 years of EH&S experience includes EHS positions at a major chemical company and he ran EHS consulting practices with Shaw and Michael Baker.

Dave Meyer Senior Consultant Stephen Illes BSI EHS Services and Solutions Stephen Illes is a Partner at ERM, the world’s leading EHS and Sustainability consultancy with 5000 employees in over 140 offices in 40 countries. Mr. Illes leads the SAP Information Solutions practice in North America that is focused on helping clients achieve EHS&S excellence with the power of SAP solutions. ERM’s client engagements bring expertise in technology, EHS&S expertise, and business best practices to deliver a holistic solution for our clients. Dave Meyer Prior to joining ERM, Mr. Illes had a 19 year career with SAP and SAP partner, TechniData in leadership Dave Meyer is a Senior Consultant with BSI EHS roles in the area of EHS and Sustainability. His most Services and Solutions, a full service environmental, recent role as Vice President in the SAP Extended health, safety (EHS) and sustainability consulting Supply Chain Line of Business solution management firm. Dave’s principal focus is to help organizations team globally responsible for business development achieve environmental sustainability program in the areas of Product Safety and Stewardship; excellence, leverage regulatory compliance risks, and Environment, Health and Safety; and Sustainability optimize organizational effectiveness. Dave has over solutions. A specific focus over the past 4 years was 35 years of progressive experience in environmental to grow the Product Safety and Stewardship software sustainability, environmental performance and and subscription business and bring to market metrics, responsible sourcing and green supply content, managed service, and cloud supply chain chain management, corporate responsibility EHS

management systems planning and implementation (ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001), permitting and multimedia compliance and environmental liability auditing. Rob Threlkeld Dave’s expertise extends across many industry sectors: renewable energy, clean tech, food & Global Manager of Renewable Energy, beverage, semiconductor, consumer electronics, General Motors chemicals/plastics, pharma/biotech, mining, oil/ gas, aerospace, forest products, transportation, public works, transportation, financial, legal and government. Dave is presently an advisory board member for the Sustainable Business Forum and 2Degrees Network Sustainable Supply Chain Working Group and is a co-editor for Sustainable Brands Supply Chain Issues Focus Series. Rob Threlkeld BSI EHS Services and Solutions provides a comprehensive range of strategic, management Rob Threlkeld is Global Manager, Renewable Energy and technical consulting solutions – assessment, for General Motors. In this role he manages the compliance, risk management, reporting, training, more than 100 megawatts of renewable energy that communication and more – partnering with clients make up GM’s global renewable energy portfolio to achieve their environmental, health, safety and and assesses the feasibility of future projects as sustainability short-term needs and long-term goals. they pertain to GM’s overall sustainability strategy. Threlkeld is responsible for negotiating long-term power purchase agreements with projects underway at various facilities across the globe, including opportunities associated with battery storage, behind- the-meter applications and EV integration. Threlkeld is actively involved in the Solar Energy Industries Association and the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance. His certifications include Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM), Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Business Energy Professional (BEP). Threlkeld began his career at General Motors in 2000 as manager of the powerhouse and wastewater treatment plant operations at GM’s Lordstown (Ohio) Assembly Complex. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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