Ecova Earns 2013 Accreditation from Carbon Disclosure Project to Help Companies Calculate Carbon Data
Ecova—the
total energy and sustainability management company—today announced it
has, for the second year in a row, earned accreditation from the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP) as a Carbon Calculation partner. The
accreditation reflects Ecova’s success in helping its customers
accurately calculate and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the
use of Ecova’s carbon accounting solution, Carbon
Manager.
CDP’s Head of Corporate Partnerships, Paul Robins, commented, “Offering
an energy service package, Ecova can perform greenhouse gas emissions
calculations for clients using their utility billing data, thereby
avoiding a data‐entry hurdle for that client. This is one of a number of
benefits available through Ecova and we are delighted that they will
continue to be a CDP silver carbon calculation partner in 2013.”
CDP is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the only
global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and
share vital environmental information. Considered the de facto standard
for carbon disclosure methodology and processes, CDP last year motivated
over 4,100 organizations around the world to disclose their impacts on
the environment and natural resources in order to take action to reduce
them. Accredited partners of CDP work to encourage the highest quality
reporting and disclosure of data that is related to climate change, such
as carbon emissions.
“Carbon Manager is a good example of where our clients see the benefits
of our breadth of services in total energy and sustainability
management,” said Jeff Heggedahl, CEO of Ecova. “Our access to utility
data for nearly 25 percent of the Fortune 500 gives our clients a leg up
in tracking and managing GHG emissions–as we already have so much of the
data needed for calculating this important metric.”
Ecova’s Carbon Management Solutions include two integrated offerings:
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An online tool, Carbon Manager, which helps organizations easily and
cost-effectively develop and manage their carbon inventory. Carbon
Manager provides a suite of analytic tools including emissions
forecasting, scenario modeling, and mitigation project tracking
functionality to help managers make better informed decisions on how
to cost effectively reduce carbon emissions.
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Our Strategic Consultants who assist in development of right-sized
carbon management programs.
About Ecova
Ecova is the total energy and sustainability management company
whose sole purpose is to see more, save more, and sustain more for its
clients. Using insights based on consumption, cost and carbon footprint
data spanning thousands of utilities, hundreds of thousands of business
sites and millions of households, Ecova provides fully managed,
technology-optimized solutions for saving resources, which in turn
increase returns, lower risks, and enhance reputations. Ecova is the
largest non-regulated subsidiary of Avista Corp (NYSE: AVA) and (avistacorp.com).
For more information, visit the company’s website at ecova.com,
on LinkedIn at linkd.in/ecovainc,
or follow Ecova on Twitter at @ecovainc.
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