Partners

The Climate Southeast partnership includes companies from various economic sectors, providing diversity of experience and perspective. Current partners are:

Acuity Brands is among the world's leading providers of lighting products and services, including well known brands such as Lithonia Lighting® and Holophane®. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs 7,000 associates and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. The company is a Department of Energy Star Partner of the Year, and a member of the Clinton Climate Initiative. Annual sales are approximately $2 billion.

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 450 sparkling and still brands. Along with Coca-Cola®, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company's portfolio includes 12 other billion dollar brands, including Diet Coke®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Coca-Cola Zero®, vitaminwater, Powerade®, Minute Maid® and Georgia Coffee®. Globally, we are the No.1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate of 1.5 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.

Delta Air Lines, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an air carrier in the United States and internationally. It provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo. As of December 31, 2007, the company together with its subsidiaries, alliances, and partners offered flights to 485 worldwide destinations in 106 countries. It owned and leased a total fleet of 578 flights. The company was founded in 1924 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. More at Delta.com.

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Interface is a leading global manufacturer of modular carpet. With sales in more than 100 countries and manufacturing facilities on four continents, Interface recognizes the impacts of global commerce and ecology. The company has committed itself to Mission Zero™, its promise to eliminate any negative impact it may have on the environment by 2020. Interface's systems approach to sustainability began in 1994 and includes the elimination of waste and harmful emissions, the use of renewable energy sources, and the implementation of new technologies and process improvements to maximize efficiency.

Kimberly-Clark is a global health and hygiene company. The company's brands are sold in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with operations in Neenah, Wisconsin, Kimberly-Clark has set internal Environmental Vision Standards, including energy efficiency improvements, since 1995. Kimberly-Clark is a member of the EPA Climate Leaders and SmartWay Transportation Partnerships, and most recently it has joined EPA's Energy Star Program. Climate Change information and progress are also publicly reported each year in the Company's Sustainability Report and in response to the annual Carbon Disclosure Project Questionnaire.

Lenovo is dedicated to building exceptionally engineered personal computers. Lenovo’s business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see www.lenovo.com.

Neenah Paper is a leading global manufacturer of premium, performance- based papers and specialty products used in a variety of applications including filtration, printing and writing, and as backing and component materials for many specialized industrial and consumer applications. Products are marketed under well-known brands such as CLASSIC®, ENVIRONMENT®, STARWHITE®, Gessner®, JET-PRO® SofStretch™ and varitess®. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, the company has paper manufacturing operations in the United States and Germany and approximately 500,000 acres of timberlands in Nova Scotia, Canada. NP is recognized for its conservation initiatives and product lines that offer third party certified environmental paper products. Neenah Paper is a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange and has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas emissions through a combination of energy efficiency programs, is investing in Green-e Certified Renewable Energy through the Center for Resource solutions’ Green-e Marketplace Program, is utilizing efficiencies from combined heat and power processes, and replacing fossil fuels with waste derived carbon neutral biofuel. Additional information about Neenah Paper can be found at the company's web site, www.neenahpaper.com/neenahgreen.

Rayonier, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is a leading international forest products company with three core businesses: Timber, Real Estate and Performance Fibers. Rayonier owns, leases or manages 2,600,000 acres of timberland in the U.S. and New Zealand, and is one of the world’s leading producers of specialty cellulose fibers. Rayonier’s U.S. timberlands are certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. The company plants more than 50 million trees each year.

TOTO, the world's largest plumbing products manufacturer, has been providing innovative bath products to consumers for over 90 years. Headquartered in Morrow, Georgia, TOTO USA's collection of luxury, high-performance bath products includes high-efficiency toilets, fashion forward lavatories and faucets, and other high-design bath fixtures, fittings, and accessories. Long before government regulations, TOTO USA has been researching, testing, and implementing earth-friendly ideas to integrate in its products and is always looking for innovations to its luxury, high-performance bath products. For more information about TOTO USA Inc., visit www.totousa.com.

UPS is the world's largest package delivery company and a leader in supply chain and freight services. The company was the first in its industry to produce a sustainability report, and is a member of FTSE4GOOD, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and the EPA's SmartWay program. A leader in operating a green supply chain, UPS has the industry's largest private alternative fuel fleet.

Southface is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that promotes sustainable homes, workplaces and communities through education, research, advocacy and technical assistance. With a longstanding reputation for providing sound environmental education and outreach programs, Southface has been recognized for excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Institute of Architects, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Georgia Environmental Council, Earth Share of Georgia and numerous other industry and community organizations. Southface began as a grassroots organization, and memberships and sponsorships continue to support our efforts.

World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental research and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the planet and improve people's lives. The Institute participates in the Climate Southeast project through its Climate and Energy Program (CEP). CEP works to fulfill WRI's goal of protecting the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and to help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change. CEP includes the Green Power Market Development Group, the Climate Northeast project and the GHG Protocol Initiative.

WRI's role in the Climate Southeast project is:

• Provide guidance on how to develop a GHG emissions inventory that can be used as a tool to measure, manage and reduce GHG emissions
• Help to find opportunities for cost-effective clean energy projects
• Facilitate discussions on emerging climate change policies and their implications for business, as well the potential for emissions trading markets
• Work with the group to understand and articulate the business case for corporate GHG programs
• General stewardship and administration of the project

WRI has independent funding for its work. The Institute accepts small donations from corporate partners which are used for earmarked expenses under the project. Companies may be Corporate Sponsors to the Institute, providing general contributions.

Special thanks are extended to our funders: Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Energy Foundation, Robertson Foundation, and UK Global Opportunities Fund.