EDF Climate Corps Blog: Corporate Sustainability Strategy and Leadership
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Business is Ready for “Reforming the Energy Vision” in New York
Jacob Robinson | October 5, 2015
During the last year, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has continued to observe and nourish the growing appetite among America’s business community to move together on carbon reduction. This movement should not be understated, especially as New York regulators continue to move forward with the “Reforming the Energy Vision” (REV) proceeding.
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EDF Climate Corps Proves its ROI for Private Equity Firms
Scott Wood | July 9, 2015
As summer officially gets underway, the 2015 EDF Climate Corps fellows are already off to the races seeking out energy and cost-saving opportunities for some of the world’s largest companies and organizations. Among those participating, we are pleased to place 13 fellows with private equity firms and their portfolio companies...
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Award-Winning Companies Find Value in EDF Climate Corps
Victoria Mills | April 16, 2015
EDF congratulates the winners of the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year awards, recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency.
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Are Energy Managers Making Progress? Introducing a Tool to Help!
Liz Delaney | February 11, 2015
Energy management can be complicated, and the projects that organizations must tackle run the gamut: from small-scale lighting and HVAC upgrades to whole building retrofits, from baselining energy consumption to data analysis of enterprise-wide energy management systems...
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EDF Climate Corps Continues to Drive Results for Private Equity firms
EDF Staff | December 11, 2014
The results are in. As my colleague Victoria Mills wrote recently, this year’s cohort of EDF Climate Corps fellows found $130 million in potential energy savings across 102 organizations. Among the engagements, 12 fellows worked with private equity firms and portfolio companies on a diversity of projects.
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What Choices Can Help Cut Carbon in a Car-Loving Country?
EDF Climate Corps fellow | November 3, 2014
I learned this summer that the choices provided by employers directly influence the behavior and habits employees maintain. By just offering greener transit options, employers have an opportunity to influence the carbon footprint of their workforce both on and off the clock.
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Finding Gold in the Value Chain
Victoria Mills | October 9, 2014
Energy efficiency is a goldmine, but not everyone has the time or resources to dig. That’s why for the past seven years, over three hundred organizations have turned to EDF Climate Corps for hands-on help to cut costs and carbon pollution through better energy management. And every year, the program delivers results: this year’s class of fellows found $130 million in potential energy savings across 102 organizations.
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Making the World a Better Place: One Megawatt at a Time
EDF Climate Corps fellow | October 2, 2014
What does it take for a manufacturing firm with 24/7 operations to incorporate sustainability goals into its daily activities? I learned the answer to the question this summer at Owens Corning.
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Three Ways to Boost Energy Efficiency after the “Low-Hanging Fruit” has been Picked
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 24, 2014
Companies today are increasingly investing in energy efficiency upgrades, both to conserve energy and to reduce operating costs. By lowering greenhouse gas emissions and fuel expenses, energy efficiency benefits the economy as well as the environment in the face of climate change. Being from Bangladesh, a country that is on a trajectory to become completely submerged as sea levels rise, climate change is an important issue to me and is largely the reason why I joined EDF Climate Corps.
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Corporate Buyers Demonstrate Demand for Renewables. Now it’s Time for the Market to Catch Up.
Victoria Mills | August 14, 2014
Last month, twelve major corporations announced a combined goal of buying 8.4 million megawatt hours of renewable energy each year and called for market changes to make these large-scale purchases possible. Their commitment shows that demand for renewables has reached the big time.