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5.10.2005 ET
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U.N. Headquarters Hosts Its First ''Climate Neutral'' Event thanks to NativeEnergy & Ceres
Innovative renewable energy leader NativeEnergy neutralizes CO2 pollution from Institutional Investors Summit on Climate Change, essentially powers event with Native American wind.
(CSRwire) CHARLOTTE, VT - NativeEnergy, a leading national renewable energy
company, is supplying Renewable Energy Credits or "Green Tags" to
neutralize all carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution generated by travel and
venue energy use for the 2005 Institutional Investors Summit on Climate
Risk, the first "climate neutral" event ever held at U.N. Headquarters.
Throughout the day today top institutional investors representing more
than $5 Trillion in assets will discuss the financial risks and the
investment opportunities posed by global climate change during an
invitation-only summit at U.N. Headquarters in New York City. The Summit
was organized by Ceres, the coalition of investor and public interest
groups, who is co-hosting the event with the United Nations Fund for
International Partnerships.
With leading brands Clif Bar, Ben & Jerry's, Stonyfield Farm, and MTV -
whose new eco-reality show "Trippin'" recently became television's first
"climate neutral" series - already on its client list, NativeEnergy is
excited about its role in another historical first that will help build
awareness about global warming. "We're very proud to have the opportunity
to help Ceres green-up the energy for this extraordinary event at United
Nations Headquarters, and we hope this summit fuels greater interest in
the potential of new renewable energy projects," says NativeEnergy
President and CEO Tom Boucher.
Ceres purchased the equivalent of 180 tons of Green Tags, the Summit's
estimated total carbon footprint, from NativeEnergy to help demonstrate
how renewable energy, an area of great opportunity, is already being
employed by environmentally and socially responsible organizations around
the world to meet the growing demand for energy without contributing to
global climate change. In April, Ceres neutralized all CO2 from its
annual conference with NativeEnergy's Green Tags.
Ceres' Green Tags purchases will help build new renewable energy projects,
like the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Wind Farm in South Dakota. Once operational,
the nation's first and only Native American owned wind farm will generate
electricity that would otherwise have to come from a coal burning facility
on the regional grid. When polluting energy generators run less, they emit
less CO2. By helping build new renewable energy projects, Ceres and the
U.N. Fund for International Partnerships have the same global warming
impact as powering the Summit and their travel with wind energy.
About NativeEnergy www.nativeenergy.com
NativeEnergy is a national marketer of renewable energy credits or "green
tags," offering individuals and organizations a means to compensate for
their global warming pollution, or to effectively power their homes and
businesses with renewable energy. NativeEnergy's patent-pending business
process provides the highest level of "additionality" - bringing upfront
payment to renewable projects for their future green tag output, enabling
its customers to help directly to finance the construction of new wind
farms and other renewable energy projects, such as tribal wind projects
and methane digesters on Pennsylvania family dairy farms, which directly
reduce our reliance on fossil fuels to meet the nation's electricity
needs.
About Ceres www.ceres.org
Ceres is a coalition of 85 environmental, investor, labor and advocacy
groups working together to increase corporate responsibility worldwide.
Investor members represent more than $300 billion in assets. Since its
founding in 1989, Ceres has persuaded dozens of companies to endorse the
CERES Principles, a ten-point code of environmental conduct and publicly
report on their performance. More recently, Ceres convened and led the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) with the United Nations Environment
Program, until it became an independent, international organization in
June 2002.
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