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Contact: Bill Burtis, bburtis@cleanair-coolplanet.org; 603-502-8164 NEW YORK, NY— The Timberland Company was named the 2005 Climate Champion for Advancing Corporate Solutions to Global Warming today by Clean Air - Cool Planet at the group’s Global Warming Solutions 2005 conference here. The award was presented to Timberland President and CEO Jeffrey Swartz. CA-CP Executive Director Adam Markham praised the company’s “leadership by example.” CA-CP is the Northeast’s leading nonprofit dedicated to finding and implementing solution to global warming. CA-CP works with businesses, communities, and colleges in New England, New York, and New Jersey to help develop cost-effective solutions to fight climate change and promote environmental protection. “Timberland was selected from among many private sector companies to receive our award because of its unmistakable commitment to preserving the Earth's climate. In a short amount of time, their climate change practices have evolved from the straightforward and laudable to the comprehensive and visionary” said Mr. Markham. In the past two years Timberland has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent - completing energy-efficiency retrofits at facilities worldwide, making substantial purchases of “green” energy, and inventorying their corporate greenhouse gas footprint. A major step was the 2002 purchase of “carbon offsets” (also called “green tags”) for Timberland’s retail operations; this purchase allowed further development of wind power on a Native American reservation, offsetting more than 2,400 tons of CO2. Another important step forward was a program recently adopted providing financial incentives to employees for purchase of fuel-efficient hybrid cars. “Timberland’s leadership is evident in their willingness to look beyond simple efficiency – to “win-win” green tag purchases, to product supply chains, to management decisions – for opportunities to move their commitment forward,” said Markham. “Timberland exemplifies a high – and profitable – standard in corporate climate leadership,” Markham concluded. Clean Air - Cool Planet presented five other awards at its Global Warming Solutions 2005 conference. Other awardees include Governors John Baldacci of Maine and George Pataki of New York; Bank of America; Middlebury College; and the City of Stamford, Connecticut. The last Climate Champion Awards were presented, at CA-CP’s 2003 conference, to Shaw’s Supermarkets, the University of New Hampshire and Tufts University, and the City of Hull, Massachusetts.
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Timberland Receives 2005 Climate Champion Award for Leadership