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New Webpage Helps Brand Managers Tackle Retailers’ Sustainability Requirements
PHILADELPHIA, March 8, 2010 – Five Winds International today announced the launch of a new webpage for consumer goods companies to help them respond to retailers’ sustainability requirements. Top retailers like Tesco, Walmart, Carrefour, and Marks & Spencer are asking their suppliers to report on sustainability programs and provide consumer products that are “greener” and more sustainably sourced. Five Winds’ research shows this is part of a growing global retail trend, and the result is a rapidly evolving set of product requirements and supply chain standards for consumer goods manufacturers and suppliers. A three-part white paper series, to be released on the webpage over the next two months, summarizes the research and provides strategic guidance and tactical steps for consumer goods suppliers.
“Ten years ago, we were working mostly with top consumer brands and niche “green” companies to understand sustainability issues, improve product performance, and help them grow their business and succeed in the marketplace,” says Five Winds’ Managing Director Dr. James Fava. “Now retailers are asking everyone to measure up to a much higher standard, and many companies are finding they need to catch up.”
To respond to this growing demand for more sustainably sourced consumer goods, Five Winds researched retailers’ programs and developed specific tools to help suppliers understand how to get ahead of retailers’ requirements. Designed for brand managers and sustainability managers at consumer goods manufacturers, the new website includes a free on-line calculator for suppliers who want to tally their score on Walmart’s Supplier Sustainability Assessment questionnaire, and regular blog updates on key issues. Retail Ready Insight™, a new tool for brand managers trying to understand how to get started with a sustainability program, provides a fast gap assessment and recommended action steps.
“Suppliers’ executive teams are coming to us asking for advice on how to develop business strategies to address sustainability. Retailer’s sustainability requirements for supply chain transparency, product life cycle assessment, and greenhouse gas emissions are just a few of the critical issues that brand managers need to consider, ” explains Kevin Brady, Five Winds director, co-founder, and lead author of the white paper explaining retailers’ pivotal role in sustainability management.
The new webpage and first white paper article can be found at http://www.fivewinds.com/english/retail/retail-stocking-the-shelves-with-green.html
About Five Winds International
Five Winds International, one of North America’s largest and most experienced consulting firms devoted to sustainability management, works with organizations to improve the financial, environmental and social performance—the sustainability—of their organizations, products and services. Founded in 1998, Five Winds has offices in Europe, Canada and the United States. For more information regarding Five Winds International, please visit http://www.fivewinds.com
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PE INTERNATIONAL named 2010 Emerging Enterprise Carbon Accounting Leader
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Jan 19, 2010 -- For the second consecutive year, PE INTERNATIONAL was identified as an ECA Emerging Leader in the Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) report by Groom Energy Solutions, a provider of renewable and energy efficiency solutions to organizations across the U.S..
Enterprise Carbon Accounting refers to calculating, managing, reporting, reducing and trading corporate carbon emissions. In May 2009, PE INTERNATIONAL was first named a 2009 ECA Emerging Leader in the market and has now confirmed its position based on the selection criteria: number of customer deployments, technology features, market vision and financial stability.
Groom Energy concludes in the new report that carbon emissions and sustainability reporting became mainstream in 2009 and is an essential part of a credible company sustainability program. The report titled 2010 Enterprise Carbon Accounting: An Analysis of Corporate-Level Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reporting and a Review of GHG Software Products evaluates vendors and software solutions for sustainability reporting. It aims to help corporate decision makers in IT, Finance, Environmental Management, CSR and Operations select an ECA offering that best fits their needs. Groom Energy’s report is based on 27 vendor briefings and demos, an online survey of fortune 500 companies and feedback from previous versions of the report.
“The ECA market is flooded with 60 vendors but we expect only a few leaders to emerge as the market matures,” says Paul Baier, vice president of consulting at Groom Energy and author of the report. “With its large ECA customer base and global organization, PE INTERNATIONAL is ideally positioned for success in the market.”
Michael Betz, Managing Director at PE INTERNATIONAL is pleased with the results of the report. “We have 20 years of experience in this market and offer our customers a unique value. It’s nice to see this confirmed by this specialized report on Enterprise Carbon Accounting solutions”.
Many global companies like Kraft, Munich RE and Deutsche Post DHL who are known for their best-in-class sustainability practices, are working with PE INTERNATIONAL’s sustainability management and reporting solution, SoFi. SoFi is an all-in-one solution for carbon management, environmental management and sustainability reporting in all leading standards e.g. Carbon Disclosure Project, ISO 14001, GRI, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, etc.
About PE INTERNATIONAL
PE INTERNATIONAL provides consulting services and software solutions to customers around the world who want to improve their sustainability performance. With 20 years of experience in product and corporate sustainability PE INTERNATIONAL serves over 500 companies including market leaders such as Alcan, Allianz, Bayer, Daimler, Deutsche Post/DHL, Rockwool, Siemens, Toyota, ThyssenKrupp and Volkswagen. For more information: www.pe-international.com.
For customers interested in PE INTERNATIONAL’s services and solutions:
Holger Sampel (Europe)
h.sampel(at)pe-international.com
Stan Perkins (United States)
s.perkins(at)pe-international.com
For press inquiries:
Celine Furnanz
c.furnanz(at)pe-international.com
PE INTERNATIONAL GmbH
Hauptstraße 111-113
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Germany
Phone +49 [0]711 341817-417
Fax +49 [0]711 341817-25
E-Mail c.furnanz@pe-international.com
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PE INTERNATIONAL - First "Accredited Partner for the Carbon Disclosure Project"
CDP software accreditation strengthens PE’s leadership position.
Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 28.10.2009. PE INTERNATIONAL recently became the first Accredited Partner for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). After undergoing a due diligence process PE´s SoFi Software was tested by the independent GHG Management Institute, resulting in the certification of PE INTERNATIONAL's SoFi software to conduct corporate carbon footprints and reports for the CDP reporting process.
CDP is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world. It acts on behalf of 475 institutional investors, handling $55 trillion in assets under management and some 60 purchasing organizations such as Walmart, PepsiCo and Cadbury.
A study by Groom Energy recently confirmed PE as a market leader in Enterprise Carbon Accounting. Paul Baier, VP of Consulting at Groom Energy, stated “Today PE INTERNATIONAL has the most solutions for Enterprise Carbon Accounting implemented globally. The CDP software accreditation strengthens their leadership position.”
“We are excited about this partnership. It expresses our confirmed commitment to assist corporations in analyzing, reporting and managing greenhouse gas emissions. We just see huge potential in this partnership to contribute even more to industries and economies shifting toward better practices in sustainability” so Michael Betz, Managing Director of PE INTERNATIONAL.
Further Information about our solutions related to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
SoFi Software for Corporate Carbon footprints
http://www.sofi-software.com/sofi/corporate-carbon-footprint/
Consulting Service Carbon Disclosure Project
http://www.pe-international.com/consulting/carbon-footprint/carbon-disclosure-projecr/
Carbon Disclosure Project
https://www.cdproject.net/en-US/WhatWeDo/Pages/Carbon-calculation-partners.aspx
Expertise
At our disposal, we will gladly provide you with expertise from our professionals in various branches and areas surrounding the theme of sustainability.
For further queries:
Daniel Maier
Marketing Manager
PE INTERNATIONAL GmbH
Phone +49 [0]711 341817-440
Fax +49 [0711 341817-25
Email d.maier(at)pe-international.com
http://www.pe-international.com
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Megatrend Sustainability
Symposium on Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Footprinting with leading representatives from the sciences, industry and politics.
Leinfeld-Echterdingen, 22.10.2009. Life Cycle Assesment (LCA) and Carbon Footprints are currently instrumental components of strategic business management and place emphasis on the enormous challenges of climate change that have now, stronger than ever before, come into the fore. In anticipation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC or Earth Summit) in Copenhagen in December, PE INTERNATIONAL, together with the Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics and the University of Stuttgart, is organizing a symposium on October 28th, 2009. The symposium, “Best Practice in Applied LCA and Carbon Footprinting,” brings together experts from the sciences, industry and politics and their professional experiences. Future developments and standards in the area of sustainability will also be detailed.
Sustainability has become a key factor in many areas: businesses increasingly demand sustainable practices from suppliers, more and more consumers continue to concern themselves with the ecological consequences of their consumption and a multitude of legislative initiatives will sharpen the legal conditions regarding environmental practices. “Accordingly, sustainability does advance today as a Megatrend. Against the background of increasing climate protection standards, it is considered one of the few huge challenges of the future,” announced Michael Betz, Managing Director of PE INTERNATIONAL.
At the 2009 Earth Summit in Copenhagen, the world community will adopt globally achievable reduction goals of greenhouse emissions. For their successful implementation, businesses and public institutions need the right instruments. “LCA and Carbon Footprinting are the integral building blocks for meeting these goals,” explains Betz. The Symposium provides a great opportunity to gain an extensive insight in current scientific research and their practical applications.
A whole host of top-notch speakers present how LCA and Carbon Footprinting can be successfully integrated into sustainable corporate performance. They will further share their many years of experience and detail future developments and standards to symposium participants.
Among the considerable speakers are Prof. Klaus Sedlbauer, Director of the Fraunhofer-Institute of Building Physics, Dr. Stephan Krinke, Head of Environemental Analysis Product at Volkswagen AG, Andy Baynes, Head of Environmental Technologies at Apple Inc. and Cem Özdemir, Head of the German Green Party (Die Grünen)
Further Information and Registration
http://www.gabi-software.com/gabi/events/gabi-lca-congress/
Members of the press can participate in the symposium free of charge.
The conference will be held in English.
Expertise
At our disposal, we will gladly provide you with expertise from our professionals in various branches and areas surrounding the theme of sustainability.
For further queries:
Daniel Maier
Marketing Manager
PE INTERNATIONAL GmbH
Phone +49 [0]711 341817-440
Fax +49 [0711 341817-25
Email d.maier(at)pe-international.com
http://www.pe-international.com
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Just How Green is That Product You’re Designing?
DS SolidWorks Unveils Software to Gauge
Any Design’s Environmental Impact
SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2009, ORLANDO, Fla., USA, Feb. 12, 2009 – Do you really know how the products you design will affect the environment?
To help provide the answer, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) today introduced software that details, in real time, the environmental impact of parts, assemblies, and the design decisions that go into them. DS SolidWorks demonstrated an early version of the software today at SolidWorks World 2009.
“Engineers live to solve problems, and they are in a uniquely powerful position to make a positive impact on the environment,” said Rick Chin, director of product and marketing innovation for DS SolidWorks. ”The impact of the decisions engineers make can be magnified thousands of times or more, given the number of people that use their products and how long those products are used. We’re providing designers and engineers with valuable information for making good decisions that significantly reduce the environmental impact of the products they create.”
The software, code-named “Sage,” will be available in two product forms with this fall’s release of SolidWorks 2010: an “Xpress” version included with every license of SolidWorks and a “Professional” version. Both the Xpress and Professional products will display a dashboard at the bottom of the SolidWorks user interface that illustrates a design’s prospective carbon footprint, air impact, water impact, and energy consumed in manufacturing. The Professional version will roll up the impact of an entire designed product across its environmental life cycle and also include information on energy consumption throughout a product’s usage phase.
SolidWorks Sage is the only CAD-integrated software to provide a comprehensive view of a design’s environmental impact. Its analysis, for example, accounts for where the product will be manufactured and used. This determines environmental factors such as: where and how raw material is mined; transportation impacts; energy production (e.g., coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, etc.); and power consumption. This comprehensive view allows engineers to be confident that their decisions don’t have hidden negative impacts and that they aren’t missing any positive impacts .
DS SolidWorks partners with PE International
SolidWorks Sage was developed in collaboration with Germany-based PE International, and its US division PE Americas. PE International is the largest and oldest network of sustainability experts in the world and has performed product life cycle assessments for two decades, gathering detailed data about materials and processes to perfect its impact models.
SolidWorks Sage is built on PE International’s GaBi software and database, the world’s most comprehensive tool for quantifying the environmental performance of materials, processes, products, and infrastructure. It gauges sustainability from a wide number of perspectives, including greenhouse gases, energy, most environmental impacts, life cycle cost, and social impacts.
“Our products and experience show up in SolidWorks Sage in two ways, its remarkable ease of use and the credibility of its calculations,” said Nuno da Silva, managing director, PE Americas. “It’s all about the data. If you don’t have great data, the results are meaningless. We’ve spent 20 years counseling companies all over the world, gathering data, and using it to refine our life cycle assessment models.”
Baselines, drill-downs, and reports
SolidWorks Sage will let designers and engineers create a “baseline” design from which to compare every new design with an eye on reducing environmental impact. As the designer selects a different material, process, or design approach, the impact reflected on the dashboard changes.
Designers and engineers will have the ability to drill into the dashboard data. If the carbon impact is 100 tons, for example, they may learn that 50 percent of that stems from material choice, 40 percent from the manufacturing process, and 10 percent from the end-of-life disposal. A lower-impact material could reduce the carbon footprint. The product will produce comprehensive reports useful throughout the enterprise with senior executives, sales, marketing, procurement, and others.
“We’ve made a good-faith effort to honestly represent the most significant factors in sustainability,” said Chin. “The goal is to give designers and engineers solid, actionable information with which they can confidently make sound design decisions. Although everybody has heard terms like carbon footprint, nobody really knows the magnitude of their own impact in terms of carbon and beyond. We’re giving designers and engineers a snapshot of this impact without requiring extra work.”
About PE INTERNATIONAL
Sustainability is the path towards corporate actions with a view to the future and a more livable environment. Since 1989, PE International has been supporting companies all over the world that want to go down this path consistently. Today, the company is a global leader in strategic consulting, software systems, and comprehensive services related to sustainability issues. PE International also offers two leading software solutions: GaBi for product sustainability and SoFi for corporate sustainability. More than 500 corporations and institutes worldwide trust the consulting services and software solutions of PE International. PE Americas is a joint venture between PE International and Five Winds International. For further information on PE INTERNATIONAL and Carbon Footprints, visit us on the Internet at www.pe-international.com or call PE Americas at +1-617-247-4477.
About Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., a Dassault Systèmes S.A. subsidiary, is a world leader in 3D solutions. It develops and markets software for design, analysis, product data management, and documentation. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or an online demonstration, visit the company’s Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).
About Dassault Systèmes
As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product – SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design – DELMIA for virtual production –SIMULIA for virtual testing – ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences. Dassault Systèmes’ shares are listed on Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) and Dassault Systèmes’ ADRs may be traded on the US Over-The-Counter (OTC) market (DASTY). For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com.
CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks, and 3D VIA are registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2009 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. Press Contacts:
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PE International supports "Bayer Climate Check"
Leverkusen/Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 26 November 2007. Bayer has launched a corporate-wide "Climate Program" to reduce its CO2 emissions in in-house production even further and develop new solutions for climate protection and preparations for climate change. One project is the "Bayer Climate Check" for production processes.
"One essential way of reaching the CO2 reduction targets we have set for ourselves is the 'Bayer Climate Check' developed by Bayer Technology Services", Werner Wenning, board chairman ... more about carbon footprint