New Paths to Corporate Success
WWF Climate Savers are cutting- edge partnerships between WWF and businesses, aimed at delivering ambitious reductions in CO2 emissions by member companies and in their supply chains.
Sony chair and CEO Sir Howard Stringer and WWF International Director-General James Leape.
"Collaboration and innovation are two concepts Sony has championed throughout its history. Those same concepts are at the heart of the Climate Savers program"
Sir Howard Stringer
Chairman and CEO of the Sony Corporation
A Climate Savers agreement places the company as a leader in terms of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. The agreement involves negotiations between WWF, the company and independent technical experts, and is tailored to the circumstances and operating sector of the company. The target is demonstrably more ambitious than any previously planned or communicated by the company. Climate Savers agreements provide attractive solutions to climate change. Attractive because they save money, drive profitability, enhance reputation and demonstrate corporate social responsibility to communities and staff. The company benefits and the planet benefits.
Climate legislation is getting ever tougher. Shareholders, customers and the media want to know whether companies are facing up to the realities of climate change risk. WWF's Climate Savers program positions enterprises strongly and securely to work proactively and constructively with these serious challenges. The solutions that companies have developed as part of their Climate Savers engagement include:
- Energy efficiency of products
- Energy efficiency in processes or facilities
- Energy-saving products
- Transport efficiency
- Fuel switching
- Conversion to renewable energy
- Developing and implementing carbon risk analysis tools.
These are strong foundations for reducing emissions. The Climate Savers companies build on them in ways that are also innovative and dynamic.
The corporations whose commitments, creativity and achievements are highlighted by WWF's Climate Savers program have found that their efforts to reduce their climate impact have had positive impacts on their efficiencies, their reputations and their overall business environment.
"Through its partnership with WWF, Lafarge was able to deliver significant reductions of CO2 emissions while improving its competitive position"
Bruno Lafont CEO, Lafarge
"We've shown over the last 10 years that we can reduce emissions and do it profitably"
Dennis Canavan, Johnson & Johnson
- Between 1990 and 2007, IBM avoided nearly 3.1 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions- equivalent to 45% of the company’s 1990 global CO2 emissions- and saved over US$310 million through its annual energy conservation actions.
- In 2007 alone, the Coca-Cola Company estimates that energy efficiency improvements accounted for approximately US$38 million in avoided costs.
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