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Mexican Industry Takes Voluntary Action against Climate Change

In a first for a developing country, fifteen major Mexican companies have voluntarily reported their greenhouse gas emissions publicly. Mexico has a public-private initiative known as the Mexico Voluntary Accounting and Reporting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program. The Mexico GHG Program is a voluntary program established in 2004 through an agreement between the Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Mexico-based CESPEDES is also involved as a program administrator. Mexico’s environment ministry (SEMARNAT) recognized the following companies: Altos Hornos de Mexico, Grupo Cementos Chihuahua, Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, CEMEX, Cementos Portland Moctezuma, Ford de Mxico, Grupo Modelo, Grupo Porccola Mexicano, Holcim Apasco, Mittal Steel Lzaro Crdenas, NHUMO, PEMEX, SICARTSA/Villacero, Siderrgica Tultitln, and Sumitomo Corporativo de Mxico. The Mexico GHG Program provides technical tools and training to develop inventories of corporate GHG emissions based on the accounting and reporting principles of the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Companies that participate in the program can identify opportunities to improve their energy efficiency and develop effective strategies to participate in carbon markets and reduce GHG emissions. Twenty-seven companies in Mexico are currently participating in the program, including those from the most-energy […]

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Evergreen Signs $100M Contract with Solarstrom AG

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (ESLR) has entered into a four-year supply contract with S.A.G. Solarstrom AG (S.A.G.), based in Freiburg, Germany. The agreement calls for Evergreen Solar to ship approximately $100 million of photovoltaic modules to S.A.G. over the next four years. S.A.G. (SAG) builds and operates solar power stations, and sells the generated energy to corporations and utility companies. S.A.G. plans to use Evergreen Solar’s products to help satisfy the growing demand from those organizations. These products will be manufactured at Evergreen Solar’s plant in Massachusetts and at EverQ’s new 30-megawatt facility in Thalheim, Germany. EverQ is a strategic partnership between Evergreen Solar, Q-Cells AG of Germany and Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) of Norway. Website: [sorry this link is no longer available]     

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