I n partnership with Rocky Mountain Energy, we’re proud to honor the Utah corporations and people who’re making strides towards our state’s environmental sustainability. Congratulations to the 2021 Inexperienced Enterprise honorees!
Rocky Mountain Energy Blue Sky Legacy Awards
Autoliv
Since 2007, Autoliv has been a Blue Sky Champion associate and renewable vitality advocate. The Blue Sky program was a good way to contribute and be certain that renewables expanded, know-how improved, and renewable installations may grow to be much less cost-prohibitive. They at the moment have a aim to grow to be carbon impartial of their operations by 2030 and net-zero emissions throughout the provision chain by 2040.
“Autoliv’s imaginative and prescient of ‘Saving Extra Lives’ drives all our work,” says Mikael Bratt, president and CEO at Autoliv. “Sustainability is firmly rooted in our enterprise technique and as a market chief in our area, our efforts are aligned with the broader society’s agenda. Main the best way and being an lively contributor to sustainable mobility and society is a enterprise precedence for us. It strengthens our market management and aggressive edge.”
Blue Sky wish to thank Autoliv for his or her continued assist of renewable vitality and fostering further renewable vitality growth above and past the corporate’s primary era combine.
Black Diamond Tools Ltd
Black Diamond Tools is dedicated to creating a distinction on behalf of its neighborhood of customers. Their ethos is rooted in the concept the type of carrying out objectives is as vital as attaining them in any respect, which applies to their enterprise and advocacy pursuits. “Dwelling in Utah, it’s simple to make a case of why investing in clear vitality is paramount,” says the sustainability workforce at Black Diamond Tools. “You don’t should be a rock climber, skier, or out of doors fanatic to be able to see {that a} paradigm shift should happen if we wish to dwell, breathe, recreate, and exist in a wholesome atmosphere. Redefining our relationship with vitality and committing to cleaner types of vitality is only one step—the primary of many that each one of us ought to undertake to protect, shield, and exist on this stunning place all of us name residence.”
On behalf of greater than 60,000 Blue Sky prospects in Utah, we’re proud to name Black Diamond Tools a Legacy Visionary Companion.
George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Heart
The George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Heart (VAMC) in Salt Lake Metropolis turned a Blue Sky Visionary Companion in 2006. VAMC has supported over 39 million kilo-watt hours of renewable vitality, which is the equal to eliminating the greenhouse fuel emissions from 6,047 vehicles pushed for one yr.
The Salt Lake Metropolis VAMC campus makes use of photo voltaic know-how to generate about one megawatt of unpolluted vitality in addition to a 2.2-megawatt mixed warmth and energy engine that gives energy, warmth, and chilled water. It additionally makes use of lively administration of management programs, together with night time and occupancy setbacks, upgraded chiller system cooling, and design requirements to attain 30 % higher than ASHRAE necessities. The outcomes of those programs, gear, and methods cut back their carbon footprint and water utilization, lower greenhouse fuel manufacturing, and promote good vitality beliefs to their staff and patrons.
“Doing our half to cut back wasted vitality consumption permits us to make use of the funds we have now to provide again extra to the very objective of our mission, the care of veterans,” says Richard Hayden, vitality engineer for the VA Salt Lake Metropolis Well being Care System.
Thanks, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Heart—for being an early adopter, on your loyal partnership, and for setting the instance in your trade.
Ogden Metropolis
The 2021 Group Blue Sky Legacy honor was awarded to Ogden Metropolis. As a Blue Sky Visionary Companion for 14 years, Ogden metropolis has lengthy acknowledged the significance of supporting renewable vitality growth. “There must be a stability between financial progress and air high quality,” says Ogden Metropolis Council Vice-Chair Marcia White. “As we’re rising alongside the Wasatch Entrance, we are able to’t proceed to assume in a silo if we wish to have the standard of life that we love in Ogden. Small adjustments result in greater outcomes and that is the essence of who Ogden Metropolis residents are…working collectively to resolve an issue.”
Since 2006, Blue Sky Grants have funded 10 photo voltaic array initiatives in Ogden, producing greater than 190,000 kilowatt-hours yearly. Along with Ogden’s Blue Sky participation, greater than 5,000 of its residents additionally take part in this system. Blue Sky extends our gratitude to Ogden Metropolis for pioneering the trail for others to comply with.
Inexperienced Enterprise Awards
Ace Recycling and Disposal
Ace Recycling and Disposal bought their first compressed pure fuel (CNG) rubbish truck in 2008, and now greater than half of their fleet consists of CNG rubbish vans. Ace has by no means shied away from investing in new know-how that may positively influence air high quality and has invested in CNG fueling infrastructure at 4 of their places alongside the Wasatch Entrance. As of early 2019, Ace started buying Renewable Pure Gasoline (RNG) from a landfill in Texas. The Ace workforce is eagerly ready for the arrival of their new electrical side-load rubbish truck that must be prepared for debut in October 2021. Ace’s headquarters is residence to 918 photo voltaic panels, is xeriscaped, and has a geothermal heating and cooling system.
Dell Applied sciences
Along with prospects, suppliers, and communities, Dell Applied sciences upholds the accountability to guard and enrich the planet. The workforce at Dell Applied sciences embeds sustainable and moral practices into all that they do, embracing accountability for his or her actions whereas driving enhancements wherever and each time doable. They work collaboratively to search out options to world environmental points and work throughout their provide chain to handle water stress, water high quality, and waste. Dell Expertise places of work give attention to effectivity applications like low-water landscaping, rainwater harvesting, and greywater use to cut back water waste. Their dedication to zero waste extends all the best way to their prospects.
ETC Group
ETC Group is acknowledged as one of many trade’s main vitality effectivity companies. For over 33 years, ETC has supplied engineering options and delivered vitality financial savings to 1000’s of latest and current amenities all around the world. Business organizations starting from hospitals to casinos, giant establishments like universities and Air Power bases, and industrial websites like asphalt vegetation and semiconductor producers have turned to ETC Group to cut back their vitality spend. As a member of Utah Clear Vitality (UCE) and the Southwest Vitality Effectivity Mission (SWEEP), ETC Group walks the walkthrough schooling and advocacy. This dedication extends all through the group, as demonstrated by volunteer involvement with regional chapters of the Affiliation of Vitality Engineers (AEE) and the Constructing Commissioning Affiliation (BCxA).
The Inexperienced City Lunch Field
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The Inexperienced City Lunch Field empowers individuals to hook up with their meals and neighborhood whereas concurrently revitalizing city areas and constructing a resilient meals tradition. They consider that contemporary, high quality meals is a human proper, and their purpose is to foster a community-centered strategy to bettering meals safety via their applications. One in all The Inexperienced City Lunch Field objectives is to make contemporary meals accessible to the individuals who want it most by using sources that exist already. In 2020, they grew 20,000 kilos of meals in uncared for city areas whereas educating aspiring gardeners and farmers sustainable rising practices via their Small Farm Initiative and Again-Farms applications. Moreover, they prevented 44,000 kilos of fruit from ending up within the landfill by harvesting the fruit from underutilized timber in neighborhoods via their FruitShare program. The Inexperienced City Lunch Field hosts free farm stands at Salt Lake County senior facilities, the place meals from the Again-Farms and FruitShare applications is distributed without cost. In 2020 alone, The Inexperienced City Lunch Field was chargeable for a complete of 64,000 kilos of contemporary produce that straight constructed and strengthened the Salt Lake County meals system via its distribution efforts.
Grōv Applied sciences
As CEO and president, Steve Lindsley oversees the long-term technique and day-to-day execution of Grōv Applied sciences’ core enterprise in deploying sustainable, controlled-environment agriculture know-how to develop contemporary animal feed for producers around the globe. Via Lindsley’s management, Grōv has constructed enterprise-scale programs to develop Excessive-Density Nutrient™ feed utilizing seed-to-harvest robotics, scientifically confirmed indoor rising protocols, and low-heat LED develop lighting know-how developed by Stellar Sensible Vitality Options, a division of Grōv. Since becoming a member of Grōv in 2018, Lindsley has constructed relationships with the world’s main dairy and beef producers and has created a robust strategic basis for progress.
Hanko Kiessner
Government Chairman & Founder | Packsize Worldwide
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Hanko Kiessner is the manager chairman of Packsize Worldwide LLC, the main world producer of superior On Demand Packaging® programs and automatic packaging machine know-how, workflow design options, and providers. Having based Packsize in 2002, Kiessner is the corporate’s aspirational chief, sustainability position mannequin, and visionary. A German citizen whose profession started with a number one corrugated provider within the DACH area, he developed the corporate’s enterprise mannequin and the Proper-sized Packaging on Demand® idea.
Ivory Properties
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In an ever-changing and drought-prone Utah, Ivory Properties acknowledges the significance of making sustainable water methods within the many communities they affect and construct. Ivory Properties is dedicated to water conservation via the implementation of the water-wise landscaping program Localscapes® of their properties all through the state. By creatively arranging gathering areas, exercise zones, paths, planting beds, and open areas, in addition to using drought-resistant timber vegetation, and timber, water-wise landscaping creates efficient house utilization and delightful yards that may save greater than 60 % of the water utilized in conventional Utah landscaping. By the tip of 2021, Ivory Properties may have applied Localscapes® in additional than 1,000 new properties, saving a important 59 million gallons of water yearly throughout a yr of historic drought. Utilizing Localscapes®, an Ivory home-owner will save a mean of 56,000 gallons of water per yr, a outstanding quantity that can tremendously profit Utah and our water provide repeatedly all through the years. Ivory Properties additional aids state efforts to preserve water by putting in WaterSense Licensed and water-wise home equipment corresponding to bogs, taps, and dishwashers in all their properties.
Krado Inc.
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Krado believes plant care must be simple. The extra vegetation a person provides to their Krado household, the extra clever the Krado platform turns into. When one plant thrives at Krado, each plant thrives. With sufficient vegetation within the Krado household, not solely will customers offset their carbon footprint, however Krado will know what is required for any plant to develop in any atmosphere. Ultimately, Krado can develop the following era of vegetation to outlive on this shortly altering local weather. Whereas plant care begins within the pot, it doesn’t finish there: Anytime a plant wants something, Krado will ship it in eco-friendly, easy-to-use fertilizer, pesticide, and soil packs. Their app is enjoyable and fascinating, so even youngsters can be taught plant science and work together with their plant. Krado’s mission is to construct a greener future collectively.
Liberty Heights Recent
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Steven Rosenberg is the founding father of Liberty Heights Recent in Salt Lake Metropolis and he has been embracing sustainable enterprise practices since Liberty Heights Recent was established in 1993. The lighting within the constructing had been repurposed from Meadowgold Dairy in Murray in addition to Derks Subject, the predecessor residence of the Salt Lake Bees. Lighting at Liberty Heights Recent was energy-efficient from the start, and a big funding in a computerized refrigeration system has saved an immense quantity of carbon emissions whereas decreasing electrical energy wants considerably since 1995. As a pioneering participant in North Salt Lake’s meals waste methane digester, Liberty Heights Recent continues to hunt out methods to cut back waste and assist organically-grown meals to minimize the influence on our planet. In 2021, Liberty Heights Recent began farming three natural gardens to produce greens and contemporary figs to their neighborhood prospects. Crops embody okra, heirloom eggplant, tomatoes, candy corn, melons, Chinese language lengthy beans, herbs, squash, and cucumbers.
Advantage Medical Techniques
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Since its founding in 1987, Advantage Medical Techniques, Inc. has been engaged within the growth, manufacturing, and distribution of proprietary disposable medical units utilized in interventional, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures—notably in cardiology, radiology, oncology, important care, and endoscopy. Advantage has made it a precedence to know prospects, innovate, and ship life-changing services and products. Advantage serves consumer hospitals across the globe with a home and worldwide gross sales drive and medical assist workforce totaling over 500 people and employs roughly 6,300 individuals worldwide. The corporate is devoted to bettering the lives of individuals, households, and communities all through the world.
Misfits Market
Misfit Produce is a grocery supply service that goals to interrupt the cycle of meals waste by working straight with farmers and makers to “rescue” natural produce and different grocery objects. When Misfit Produce was within the constructing levels of their new manufacturing and distribution middle within the Salt Lake Valley, they reached out to Wasatch Useful resource Restoration to discover choices for diverting their natural meals waste away from the landfill. Wasatch Useful resource Restoration has been in a position to make use of Misfit’s expired produce of their digesters to transform natural waste into vitality.
Nu Pores and skin Enterprises
From the start, Nu Pores and skin has dedicated to being a Power for Good on the planet and in enterprise. Nu Pores and skin’s sustainability commitments are targeted round three key areas: individuals, planet, and product. These commitments embody product evaluation for improved environmental influence, decreasing waste on a worldwide degree, and offering sources for the communities around the globe which can be offering important sources. In 2020, Nu Pores and skin saved 16.5 tons of paper and 20 tons of plastic with environmentally-conscious adjustments to its product packaging. In 2020, roughly 115 tons of fabric had been recycled at its world headquarters and 1.3 million {dollars} had been donated to individuals globally. By 2030, all Nu Pores and skin packaging can be recycled, recyclable, lowered, reusable, or renewable. On an area degree, Nu Pores and skin is working as a founding member of the Utah Sustainable Enterprise Coalition to share sources and alternatives for sustainable growth throughout all industries.
Oatly
Oatly is the world’s authentic and largest oat milk firm. For over 25 years, Oatly has completely targeted on growing experience round oats—a worldwide energy crop with inherent properties suited to sustainability and human well being. Oatly’s dedication to oats has resulted in core technical developments that enabled the corporate to unlock the breadth of the dairy portfolio, together with alternate options to milks, ice cream, yogurt, cooking lotions, spreads, and on-the-go drinks. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the Oatly model is out there in additional than 20 international locations globally. Oatly’s manufacturing facility in Ogden, Utah opened in spring 2021 and is the corporate’s second oat milk manufacturing facility in North America.
Overstock
Based mostly out of Midvale, Overstock is a 21-year-old on-line retailer and know-how firm targeted on sustainability and creating an environmentally pleasant enterprise. The corporate’s $100 million state-of-the-art LEED Gold licensed campus was constructed on a cleaned-up EPA superfund website, previously residence to a polluted smelting manufacturing facility, and has helped remodel the realm into one of many fastest-growing places in Utah. Peace Coliseum makes use of many distinctive options that contribute to Overstock’s sustainability efforts, together with utilizing Variable Refrigerant Stream know-how that transfers warmth vitality created from the onsite knowledge middle to warmth the constructing, internet hosting an on-site greenhouse that permits the corporate cafe to supply contemporary produce and wholesome choices, in addition to providing on-site daycare, a health middle, and a well being clinic to eradicate off-site driving journeys and promote wholesome habits.
Rob and Sara Sergent
Managing Director, Distiller | Alpine Distilling
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Rob and Sara Sergent personal and function Alpine Distilling, which is situated in Park Metropolis and started operations in 2017. Along with working their firm with the values of being adventurous, modern, and genuine, their strategic assertion of objective is, “To meet our accountability to the neighborhood impacted by our efforts.” This dedication permeates Alpine’s operations throughout the board, together with water utilization, vitality, waste, and turning spent grains into methane gas. Alpine Distilling understands that being a steward of our state’s sources comes with a excessive degree of accountability, and this recognition reinforces that their efforts matter to the neighborhood they serve.
Skullcandy
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Skullcandy is the unique life-style audio model, born in 2003 on a chairlift in Park Metropolis. The model helps vital points corresponding to local weather advocacy and psychological well being via its Music With A Mission program, the place devoted campaigns and a portion of proceeds from limited-edition product gross sales assist make an influence. In July 2019, Skullcandy launched a round commerce program that includes the method of upcycling and recycling all shopper and retail returns within the US and Canada. Shortly after, Skullcandy expanded this strategy within the UK and Europe. Upcycled product is labeled with a sticker letting the brand new proprietor know that the product has been “Upcycled for POW” and {that a} portion of proceeds from the sale will profit Shield Our Winters. For the reason that launch of Skullcandy’s round commerce program, 439,216 models of product have been upcycled or recycled. This equates to 458,450 lbs (or practically 10,000,000 AA batteries) of returned merchandise having been withheld from landfills around the globe.
Brent and Shauna Sloan Household
Franchise Founders | BaseCamp Franchising
Brent and Shauna Sloan based Child to Child in 1992, a youngsters’s resale franchise that has since developed into a global franchise firm. BaseCamp Franchising was based when the oldest Sloan youngsters created Uptown Cheapskate, a trend change for younger adults. Immediately, over 200 franchise shops in 4 international locations pay money to the general public and resell practically 20 million objects annually. An identical quantity of donated product is recycled via native charities, giving virtually the entire product a second life. Group members earn and save after they promote the great garments, toys, and child gear they’re not utilizing. It’s a win-win-win proposition for the franchisees, their customers, and the neighborhood, and it’s one of many few ways in which individuals can really receives a commission to recycle. As a result of the style trade is the second greatest polluter on the planet, every time Child to Child and Uptown customers select to purchase used as an alternative of latest, they cut back their carbon footprint 60–70 %.
Sensible Rain
Sensible Rain’s principal aim is to economize, save water, and add comfort. In solely 9 quick years of being in enterprise, Sensible Rain has already saved prospects greater than 2 billion gallons of freshwater. That’s sufficient to supply 80,000 Utahns with contemporary water for a whole yr! Prospects have seen a mean of 35 % discount in complete water utilization, and with all the purchasers getting on board with conservation, Sensible Rain is ready to present new jobs for aspiring managers and expert jobs in data know-how.
Spencer Loveless
CEO | Dustless Applied sciences, Merit3D
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Dustless Applied sciences has been an enormous proponent of elevating the bar for inexperienced initiatives in enterprise for years. The corporate strives to be extremely aggressive whereas additionally being extremely environment friendly in its vitality utilization, environmental footprint, and sustainable high quality of life for its staff and neighborhood. Dustless Applied sciences has included an extended listing of sustainable initiatives through the years, together with making a cardboard recycling hub in Carbon County and supporting telecommuting for key staff. The corporate’s newest initiative, Advantage 3D, makes use of 3D printing know-how to fabricate high-quality elements in rural Utah. By bringing manufacturing again to Utah and the US, Dustless Applied sciences and Advantage 3D are serving to to create jobs, cut back delivery, and keep away from so most of the points which have created our present environmental disaster.
Dr. Roslynn McCann and Edwin Stafford
Professors | Utah State College
Dr. Roslynn Mind McCann makes use of conservation principle, communication methods, and social advertising instruments to foster environmental behaviors within the areas of land, air, local weather change, meals, water, and vitality. Edwin R. Stafford is a advertising professor on the Jon M. Huntsman Faculty of Enterprise at Utah State College and earned his Ph.D. in advertising from Arizona State College. The 2 co-lead the Utah Excessive Faculty Clear Air Advertising Contest, which teaches a whole lot of teenagers about driving and transportation methods for preserving air high quality via a artistic public service announcement competitors.
Trip Races
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Trip Races hosts working occasions in and close to the nation’s prime nationwide parks. Since its inception, the corporate has labored to develop sustainable occasion programs to assist assist and promote the preservation of our public lands. Most of the firm’s efforts had been impressed by its late co-founder, Matthew Gunn who’s visionary work might be felt right now in any respect firm occasions. One of the vital notable of his contributions is the corporate’s compost bathroom system. After working in Haiti in 2011, Gunn noticed a have to develop a conveyable composting bathroom system within the US. His tireless efforts helped Trip Races grow to be the primary non-government entity within the state of Utah to achieve a DEQ allow to course of human waste, lovingly known as “humanure.” Trip Races composts half a ton of human waste annually, the place the ensuing compost is utilized in alfalfa farming in Iron County. Gunn additionally pioneered the corporate’s landfill diversion efforts, proving that even at an occasion with greater than 3,000 members, it’s doable to keep away from sending waste to the landfill.