Mars, Inc., McLean, Va., partnered with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, New York, to build a new 200MW wind farm that will generate 100% of the electricity needs of Mars’ U.S. operations.
REC Solar, San Luis Obispo, Calif., completed a 1 MW solar energy system for Vignolo Farms, a grape and potato grower based in Shafter, Calif., which is expected to offset 75% of the farm’s energy use at its cold storage facility while reducing its carbon footprint.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., announced the winners of its internal 2014 Sustainable Development Awards, a company-wide program that drives and rewards imaginative approaches to sustainability and produces bottom line business results.
Fleet Advantage, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., delivered its proprietary data-driven lifecycle management initiative to Tony’s Fine Foods, helping the West Sacramento, Calif.-based company meet California Air Resources Board (CARB) laws, experience fuel average improvements and optimize approximately $1 million in savings over the projected lifecycle of the new equipment.
USPOULTRY, Tucker, Ga., updated its Carbon Footprint Estimation Toolkit to assist its members with adhering to EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting requirement and to reduce the burden of performing GHG emission calculations.
