Businesses, Government & Nonprofits

Across the nation and around the world, businesses, government agencies and nonprofits are working to mitigate the environmental impact of their operations.

One of the reasons for this trend is rising stakeholder pressure on the issue — whether it is customers demanding eco-friendly products, employees concerned about their organization’s carbon emissions, government officials requiring compliance with new energy or climate regulations, or investors making financing decisions based upon corporate sustainability or environmental regulatory risk.

But stakeholder concerns are not the only reason for this increased focus on sustainability. As business, government and nonprofit leaders increasingly consider the impact their organizations' operations have on the environment, many are deciding that they do not just have fiduciary responsibility to reduce their organization’s environmental impact, but a social and environmental one as well.

To specifically address the sustainability of their energy use, many organizations have adopted a Reduce, Renew, Balance approach to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations and encourage development of carbon reduction and renewable energy projects.

3Degrees helps businesses, government agencies and nonprofits fully implement this approach and comply with climate or renewable energy regulations relevant to their organization:

3Degrees' Green Power and Carbon Balancing Services allow organizations to make their energy usage more sustainable by greening their electricity with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and balancing out their carbon emissions using carbon offsets. In addition, 3Degrees helps these organizations communicate the impact of their voluntary green power and carbon balancing commitments to their stakeholders.

3Degrees also provides Environmental Market Services to organizations that have found themselves directly impacted by new government renewable energy and climate regulations. With 3Degrees' guidance, these organizations can develop environmental market strategies that support their regulatory compliance efforts, while still fulfilling their fiduciary and other stakeholder responsibilities.

Regardless of their motivation, 3Degrees can help organizations intelligently, efficiently and reliably use environmental markets to execute their sustainability strategies and build value for their stakeholders.