United States: Chadbourne & Parke Green Program Wins Top Ranking for Resource and Energy Conservation, Recycling.Byline: manish03 A year after it began a comprehensive Green Initiative in its three U.S. offices, the international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke has been ranked at the top of the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Change Challenge in three additional categories that focus on resource and energy conservation and recycling. "We are thrilled to have attained this leading ranking in just a year," said partner Adam S. Umanoff, a member of the renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. practice who led the team that developed the Green Initiative. "The Chadbourne program gave everybody an opportunity to have an immediate impact -- and we did. Institutionally and individually, we are now walking the walk as well as talking the talk." The Firm was first certified See certification. in the Green Power category in April 2008 as a "Leader" in the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge, a project of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law and the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . Now, Chadbourne has also been given "Leader" status in the Best Paper Practices, Waste Wise and Energy Star categories. In the first two, the Firm documented a 50% reduction in paper usage; in the Energy Star category, Chadbournes New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office documented an 11.8% decrease in power usage. These reductions were achieved by, among other practices, using more energy-efficient light bulbs and encouraging employees to shut off lights, computers and all equipment when they are not in their offices. Additionally, copiers and printers have been programmed for two-sided usage and employees have been encouraged to do more work electronically without printing. The Climate Challenge Program encourages law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas . Chadbournes "Leader" status in Best Paper Practices, Waste Wise and Energy Star ranked it well ahead of most of the 168 law firms enrolled in the program to date. "This has been an exciting and extremely rewarding process at Chadbourne," said Managing Partner Charles K. ONeill. "We are well known as legal market leaders with our project finance, renewable energy and climate change practices, and we have now become leaders in the way we use and conserve resources in our own operations." The Green Initiatives roll-out in April 2008 included these key actions: On the recycling front, all personnel have separate containers at their desks for paper and trash. Bottles and cans are recycled in bins located in pantries. Chadbourne has purchased Renewable Energy Certificates Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), also known as Green tags, Renewable Energy Credits, or Tradable Renewable Certificates (TRCs), are the property rights to the environmental benefits from generating electricity from renewable energy sources. to offset 60% of its domestic energy use. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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