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Bergey Windpower Co. realized the potential of Wind Power as a source of energy; all the more relevant today with sky–rocketing gas prices. But they took this one step further by creating the wind energy system as a smaller unit apt for individual and business use. Though the small wind turbine has been around for over one hundred years, the unique value offered by the company is in packaging a small wind machine that an individual can understand, buy, and install to satisfy his or her need to have a reliable, economical, and ecologically neutral form of energy generation.

British Petroleum, like many other fuel and energy producting companies, is always on the hunt for fuel that is in abundant supply and is non-polluting. The company believes that such a fuel may be hydrogen, a chemical element that carries energy and can be stored in either liquid or gaseous form. With an increasing world consciousness toward the impact of human activities on the environment and, specifically, the impact of emissions from urban air pollution to global warming, BP is looking for a cleaner energy supply.

British Petroleum, (BP) is one of the world's largest energy companies, it's origins dating back to May 1901. Despite BP's reputation as an oil and gas giant, it has taken highly innovative steps to move away from fossil fuels and toward the development of alternative energy sources. BP states that, as a global energy business, its aim is clear: to reduce its environmental footprint by producing cleaner products and encouraging customers to use them safely and efficiently

Cummins is a global power leader and family of four inter-related, yet diversified businesses that create or enhance value as a result of doing business with each other or having those relationships. It averages more than $6 billion in annual sales and is a technology leader in the diesel engine market, providing cutting-edge solutions to the increasingly difficult challenge of producing cleaner-running engines. Currently, Cummins clean diesel engines are powering transit buses in Southern China.

E7 is an international environmental NPO comprised of the world's leading electric utilities. Major global environmental and social issues that affect the electric utility industry are considered to be the top priorities of the E7.Each E7 member considers the management of environmental issues among its highest corporate priorities, and all support the concept of Sustainable Development. The E7 electricity companies operate on the national territories of the G8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and United States). Membership in the E7 is by invitation. The E7 may also invite other organizations from around the world to become Partners and contribute to the implementation of the E7’s goals. The number of E7 members from any single country is limited to a maximum of two (2) and these. must be the largest, or among the two largest, electricity producing companies, in the country that is under consideration. The E7 has a unique operational knowledge of the electricity sector. In other words, the E7’s diversity of experience and expertise complement each other granting it an all-encompassing scope of the global electricity industry. Sharing this wealth of experience with countries facing new pressures on their electrical industry is the most valuable way the E7 can contribute to sustainable development throughout the world.

Offshore Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East - Exxon Mobil subsidiary Exxon Neftegas Liimited (ENL) - while developing the Chayvo, Odoptu and Arkutun-Dagi oil and gas fields for the Sakhalin-1 consortium, discovered a lack of skilled local labor. To help the local residents obtain employment with Exxon, extensive training programs were set up, including English-language training. Other aspects of the training and community development support the growth of local suppliers and contractors.

Freeplay Energy Group of London has found a way to address global needs while making a profit for itself. Combining collaborative research and development with the desire to bring good to those at the bottom of the pyramid, the company grows its revenues while bringing tangible results to people in most remote locations. Freeplay has helped pioneer the windup radio. In 1996, Freeplay designed its first radio charged by cranking a handle so that Africans could listen to public-service broadcasts of health and agriculture information and school lessons. Freeplay has sold 3 million radios. In the West, where they sell for up to $100, they are popular among campers. But they're sold at a discount to aid agencies and governments in poor nations.

When you marry a firm whose products are driven by the unwavering commitment to sustainability with the needs of an organization that is dedicated to reducing its carbon footprints, the outcome can be nothing short of a technological advancement that benefits the planet. This is what transpired when Helmet & Payne, Inc.’s (H & P) client Williams, a natural gas company, wanted a solution for its drilling dilemma - how to address increasing surface disruption and the inefficiencies caused by the nature of the sands in the Piceance Basin where Williams operated. H&P, performing contract drilling for Williams, came up with the answer in the form of a product they call the FlexRig that continues to deliver huge economic and environmental benefits.

The Beach Solar Laundromat uses eight solar thermal panels to heat water for the Laundromat, potable water for the second floor apartment and for space heating in radiators. The building was built in 1939, and the mechanical retrofit took place in 2002 and 2003. Natural Gas consumption has been reduced by approximately 30% as a result of the energy initiatives undertaken. Revenues have grown 160% over eighteen months as customers actively choose the Beach Solar Laundromat because of its environmentally friendly energy initiatives.

Carl Scianna, founder of PolyBrite International, has produced a breakthrough marriage of pre-existing Light-Emitting Diodes (LED) technology and PolyBrite's own clear, durable, biodegradable, and inexpensive polymer as a result of the inspiration he felt at the accidental death of his cousin, a state police officer. The technology has sparked a new industry and is having a transformational environmental impact.

The vision Professional Supply Inc. of the company is more than energy efficiency; they are determined to change the way businesses think about energy use. By its innovative patented technologies for air conditioning, heating and ventilation, the organization has helped companies weave in energy conservation into their business strategies proving that green does turn into gold.

In the times of rising fuel prices attributed to factors like plateaued refinery outputs, increasing demand from developing countries and a weakening US dollar, Biofuel manufacturing companies,like SeQuential provide a ray of hope toward resolution of the crisis and achieving sustainability. This is a company that is truly riding the wave of next generationefuels by choosing to manufacture and market Biodiesel as an alternative to the regular fuel. Biodiesel, a cleaner burning, renewable fuel is manufactured from vegetable oil or animal fats and lives up to all that SeQuential promises as its mission - local, cleaner, better.

The US Department of Energy’s goal of obtaining six percent of US electricity from wind by 2020 is not simply a necessary and relevant objective but a huge business opportunity for the organizations in the wind energy industry. Siemens recognized the gap between this aim and the capability available in the market and hence launched its first wind turbine manufacturing plant in Iowa in 2007.

SunEdison LLC has become North America’s largest provider of solar energy services through an innovative financing model, called a power purchase agreement (PPA) and backed by private equity financing totaling more than $250 million to date. SunEdison sets the industry standard for profitable distribution of solar energy.

An oil giant, Yukos, is one of the largest Russian-based multi-national corporations and one of the largest CSR actors from the former USSR. Yukos represents one of the most innovative companies in the region when it comes to questions of merging business interests with world benefit. Among the Yukos' particular innovative strategies is its approach to distributing funds for local community development. When most Russian companies provide financial assistance to various organizations in a sporadic, if at all, manner, Yukos organizes an open competition for projects directed towards sustainable community development.