Green Mountain Power Receives Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence
30 Janvier 2007 - 9:31PM
Business Wire
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas honored Green Mountain Power
(NYSE:GMP) with the state�s highest environmental award for its
work in environmental reporting and in treating petroleum
contaminated soil naturally at its land farm in Berlin. The award
was presented to Mary Powell, Senior Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer for Green Mountain Power, at a ceremony at the
Statehouse. �We were thrilled to be recognized for our innovative
work in using bio-remediation to treat soils and for our Corporate
Responsibility report, because publishing a corporate
responsibility report is an important way to communicate
transparently about where we have performed well and where we need
to improve,� said Ms. Powell. Green Mountain Power is one of only a
handful of Vermont businesses and the only utility in Vermont to
publish a corporate responsibility report. Green Mountain Power�s
Berlin Landfarm demonstrates an effective way to treat contaminated
soils with a natural, biological process. The Company diverts
approximately 7.5 tons of petroleum-contaminated soil and debris
each year from the conventional hazardous waste stream for
treatment at the Berlin Landfarm. Green Mountain Power workers
treat the petroleum-contaminated soils by adding organic material
(cow manure) to the soil, then tilling it to encourage natural
aeration. The soil is treated with the bio-remediation process
until it tests clean. Green Mountain Power has recently published
its second Corporate Responsibility Report, which uses the Global
Reporting Initiative guidelines to describe the environmental,
social and financial dimensions of its operations. As a result of
publishing its first report, Vermont Businesses for Social
Responsibility in 2006 named Green Mountain Power �Large Company
Leader of the Year.� Recent initiatives described in the Corporate
Responsibility report include the introduction of �Greener Mountain
Power,� where customers can choose 100 percent renewable power; the
augmentation of the Green Mountain Power fleet with seven
gas/electric hybrids, vehicles getting more than 15 miles per
gallon better than the vehicles they replaced; how Green Mountain
Power�s anti-idling guidelines help to minimize unnecessary diesel
emissions; and the results of its conversion to a 20% biodiesel mix
for its larger vehicles. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) uses
a multi-stakeholder process to develop and disseminate globally
applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The Guidelines were
created for voluntary use by organizations for reporting on the
economic, environmental and social dimensions of their activities,
products and services. GRI is a collaborator of the United Nations
Environment Program and works in cooperation with the UN Global
Compact. Green Mountain Power�s Corporate Responsibility Report is
available on line at
www.greenmountainpower.biz/whoweare/green.shtml, or to request a
hard copy, call 802-655-8410 or mailing a request to Green Mountain
Power, 163 Acorn Lane, Colchester, VT 05446, Attn: Penny Collins.
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