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Eco-Action Tip #8
Routine activities, like refueling your car or mowing your lawn, generate gasoline fumes. The amount of these fumes can be reduced simply by moving these activities earlier or later in the day, avoiding the hottest hours of 10am to 6pm. At cooler times of day, gasoline evaporates less easily, leaving more in your tank to use.
Method Takes Aim at Global Warming by Offsetting Corporate Carbon Footprint
Method is taking a comprehensive approach to addressing its carbon footprint. In addition to offsetting electricity and natural gas usage for its offices, Method is offsetting all of the electricity used to manufacture products at its 13 facilities around the country. The company is also offsetting all of its employee commuting and travel.
"Offsetting Method's carbon footprint is a core strategy in our commitment to sustainability as a business. Green Mountain Energy Company helped make offsetting possible," said Adam Lowry, Method co-founder. "It is a milestone to have nailed this and we look forward to building on the program."
"Method has taken carbon management to a new level by focusing on all aspects of its business-business operations, product manufacture and employee commuting and travel," said Gillan Taddune, chief environmental officer for Green Mountain Energy Company. "They have raised the bar compared to other companies who are offsetting their carbon footprint."
Using Wind Energy to Offset Emissions Associated with Electricity Usage
By purchasing wind energy credits Method is helping to avoid over 950,000 pounds of CO2 emissions in just one year- as much as a car would produce in over 1 million miles of driving. This has the equivalent environmental benefit of recycling over 2.2 million aluminum cans or recycling over 380,000 pounds of newspaper. The wind energy credits purchased by Method were sourced from projects located in the Northwestern region of the U.S.
Taking Advantage of Forest Sequestration
By supporting the planting of 1,000 trees, Method is offsetting the estimated 100 metric tons of CO2 emissions associated with their employee commuting and air travel footprint. That is like not driving over 245,000 miles. By supporting tree planting projects, Method contributes to the development of carbon "sinks", which facilitate the long term storage of carbon.
The trees will be planted in Chicago, IL along the O'Hare Expressway and Stevenson Expressway. The planted forest will also benefit communities adjacent to the urban traffic along the expressway year round. These trees will help absorb noise and air pollution as well as provide the residents of these communities with a more attractive atmosphere in which to live.
About Green Mountain Energy Company
Green Mountain, the nations leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions, began in 1997 with a simple idea: "to change the way power is made." The company offers consumers the choice of cleaner electricity products using renewable sources such as wind, solar, water, geothermal, and biomass, over electricity made from polluting fossil fuels. These cleaner energy sources help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the air. Since 1999, Green Mountain customers have collectively helped avoid over 2.5 million tons of CO2 emissions and have been responsible for helping to deliver more than six billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy into the market. Additionally, Green Mountains customers have helped spur the development of 14 new wind and solar facilities across the nation, which are producing pollution-free power. For more information, visit www.greenmountain.com.
About Method
Founded in 2000, Method Products, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Today, Method is the leading innovator of premium home products. Method can be found in over 10,000 retail locations throughout the US, Canada, and the U.K. Major retailers include Target, Wegman's, Costco, Duane Reade, Gristedes, John Lewis, Waitrose, and Shoppers Drug Mart. Method is a privately held company backed by high net worth individuals and a private equity firm. For more information visit: www.methodhome.com.
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