In this series of blog posts, we will help you navigate the ways through which your company can bring new renewable energy online. We will explore how you can use your unique positioning to support new projects. At the end of the series, you will have a good understanding of RECs, PPAs, virtual PPAs, on-site […]
Enabling Entrepreneurs through our Shared Value Project Investments
NativeEnergy has a long and successful track record of creating shared value projects for corporate sustainability value. Since 2000, we’ve worked with corporate clients to invest in making an impact that produces authentic solutions to their sustainability challenges and implements community-scale projects of interest to all stakeholders. It is important for us to track and […]
Big Changes Start with Small Acts, VT Digger Article
Recently, NativeEnergy was mentioned in an article posted on VT Digger, a statewide news outlet. Discussing the large impact that small changes in carbon use can make, we are cited as a resource to help offset fossil fuel use. Below is the article written by John Freitag on August 28th, 2018: “Climate change is the […]
Bodhi Surf + Yoga Success Story
Based on the Costa Rica coastline, in an area that remains relatively untouched by large-scale development, Bodhi Surf + Yoga promotes responsible tourism. Building on its strong track record of corporate responsibility as a Certified B Corporation, Bodhi recently chose NativeEnergy to offset its guests’ travel carbon footprint. How does offsetting help them to meet […]
Financial Incentives for Carbon Mitigation
Sustainable Food Lab published this summary of its 2018 Summit session on Financing Incentives for Mitigation in Mexico City, March 2018. “The conditions are ripe to accelerate soil carbon projects: soil science has come a long way, companies’ targets include Scope 3 emissions, producers know how to implement management practices that result in improved carbon […]
Making Change Happen: How Carbon funding is improving access to clean water
The data are in. Clif Bar, DHL, along with several other companies and many individuals, have helped bring more than 390 million liters of clean water to more than 48,000 people on three continents since 2012. The initial supporters helped to build a water filtration project in Kenya 6 years ago and their ongoing support […]
Eileen Fisher’s Corporate Social Responsibility Success Story
For Eileen Fisher, an ethical clothing manufacturer, corporate social responsibility has always been an important part of doing business. As a part of their Social Consciousness approach to corporate social responsibility, Eileen Fisher has partnered with NativeEnergy to reduce their carbon footprint and bring renewable energy to communities across the country. Eileen Fisher’s Corporate Social Responsibility […]
Aveda’s Inspiring Social Responsibility Success Story
Aveda, one of the world’s leading cosmetics companies, has taken on ambitious social responsibility goals. They aim to promote environmental leadership and responsibility by focusing on renewable energy and environmental safety. With the help of carbon offset initiatives like the Greensburg Wind Farms project, they have taken major steps towards achieving their corporate social responsibility goals and […]
The Social Impact Assessment & Planning Process: 4 Goal Setting Tips
Has your company mastered the social impact assessment process? If not, you should consider making it a top priority. The term “social impact assessment process” refers to a way of identifying, predicting, and assessing the type and scale of potential social impacts caused by or associated with any business activities your company undertakes. In this […]
Measuring Your Corporate Carbon Emissions
The threat of global climate change brings significant risks to businesses everywhere. The best way to tackle climate change, and protect your organization from the potential impacts, is to minimize your own carbon emissions. First, you need to know how much greenhouse gas your business creates – so how should you measure your corporate emissions? […]