Category Archives: Energy Efficiency

Join EDF, adidas Group, Ingersoll Rand January 22 for a GreenBiz Webinar

By | Published: January 3, 2013

The EDF Climate Corps Team invites you to join us in ringing in this new year efficiently on our GreenBiz Webinar “Dismantling the Barriers to Energy Efficiency.” Dial in at 1pm ET on January 22 to learn how EDF Climate Corps can take your company’s energy management system to the next level, no matter where [...]

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Join us for our EDF Climate Corps Webinar "Harnessing People Power to Save Energy"

By | Published: December 6, 2012

Each year, EDF Climate Corps fellows work deep within hundreds of leading organizations to bolster smart energy management. Not only has the program identified an average of $1 million in energy savings for each organization involved, but it has learned a lot along the way. Join us for a Webinar on Thursday, December 13 at [...]

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Data-Driven Water Savings

By | Bio | Published: November 14, 2012

Affecting more than half the country, this summer’s drought has put water issues front of mind.  As the risk to supply chains and communities where they operate increase, not surprisingly, companies are paying more attention to their water impact. Notably, this summer Facebook was the first company to ever release water usage effectiveness (WUE) data. [...]

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EDF heads to VERGE SF

By | Published: November 5, 2012

EDF is heading to VERGE SF @ Greenbuild (November 12-13), a two-day conference which explores new opportunities created by the convergence of technologies for energy, information, buildings and transportation. These key topic areas are mirrored in many of our EDF Business projects. From our EDF Climate Corps focus on building and energy management, as well as [...]

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EDF Climate Corps Heads to Baltimore: Come see us at Net Impact

By | Published: October 25, 2012

The EDF Climate Corps team is heading to Baltimore this week for the annual Net Impact Conference to begin fellow recruitment efforts for the 2013 summer fellowship. EDF Staff Elena Kocherovsky, David Fox, Jocelyn Climent and Liz Delaney are looking forward to connecting with prospective students and hosts, reconnecting with alumni fellows and attending the [...]

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Pfizer Cuts GHGs 20%, Employees Follow Suit

By | Bio | Published: October 23, 2012

Fellow: Jason Sekhon, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Pfizer Inc., MBA/MS candidate at University of Michigan Erb Institute Organization: Pfizer Inc. Opportunity: Over 100,000 employees at the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company Summary: Pfizer is already well on its way to company-wide sustainability, and I'm glad to be contributing by writing employee engagement plan [...]

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Standing Or Elbow Room In The Energy Sector?

By | Published: October 18, 2012

By Jamie Fine | Bio GridWeek 2012 convened earlier this month in Washington D.C., and as a first time attendee, I left breathless and hopeful – yet confused – by inexplicable lingering complacency. Unbeknownst to me, by agreeing to be a panelist in two sessions, I was setting up a comparative experiment. For the first [...]

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TPG's New Sustainability Website Highlights Increased Transparency in Private Equity

By | Bio | Published: October 17, 2012

Four years ago, as EDF was building up our Green Returns project, I landed a meeting with a leading private equity firm to discuss sustainability and possibly participating in our new initiatives. On the train into Manhattan, I looked up the firm's website on my smart phone to find the exact address for our meeting. [...]

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Unveiling the Secret Sauce for EDF Climate Corps

By | Bio | Published: October 16, 2012

EDF founded Climate Corps in 2008 armed with a hunch and seven smart, young people. Five years later, we have placed nearly 300 elite graduate students in about 200 leading companies, cities and universities to uncover valuable energy savings. Today, EDF announces Climate Corps' latest results. In the course of each engagement, EDF Climate Corps [...]

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Embedding sustainability and making it stick

By | Published: October 10, 2012

By Jos Hill, Sustainability Consultant, EDF There’s nothing like an inspired workforce to boost a company’s productivity and returns. While many factors can affect job satisfaction, employees increasingly want to help the environment while on the job. This summer, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) gathered together sustainability leaders from 23 companies to discuss ways to embed [...]

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