Our Values
Our Commitment
Green Mountain Energy Company shares our customers’ commitment to the environment. In addition to pursuing our mission to change the way power is made through the power of consumer choice, we believe in operating our company in a sustainable way.
We are also committed to product integrity. In order to reinforce our commitment, Green Mountain hired an independent third-party auditor to ensure our renewable energy and carbon offset purchases accurately matched our retail sales volumes. The audit included examination and testing of our records, including our customer sales records, renewable energy credit and carbon offset purchase contracts and attestations, and product content labels. We are committed to conducting this "green audit" on an annual basis going forward. To read the entire audit report, click here.
Here are a few examples of how we “walk the talk”:
We are also committed to product integrity. In order to reinforce our commitment, Green Mountain hired an independent third-party auditor to ensure our renewable energy and carbon offset purchases accurately matched our retail sales volumes. The audit included examination and testing of our records, including our customer sales records, renewable energy credit and carbon offset purchase contracts and attestations, and product content labels. We are committed to conducting this "green audit" on an annual basis going forward. To read the entire audit report, click here.
Here are a few examples of how we “walk the talk”:
- We estimate the CO2 emissions from all of our key business activities and act to reduce or offset them. We pledge to offset 100% of our corporate emissions with green power purchases for the EPA Climate Leaders program, a commitment we’ve made through 2010.
- Green Mountain Energy Company achieved the Silver certification level for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the interior space of its corporate headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas. Our office is only the 2nd LEED Silver — Commercial Interior rated space in Texas.
- We have an active employee commuting program and reward our top commuters every month.
- A group of Green Mountain employees, the "Green Ambassadors", promotes environmental stewardship, enforces the environmental policies throughout the company and sponsors sustainable events such as trail cleanups.
- Our main company holiday isn’t in December — it’s focused around Earth Day in April. We celebrate each Earth Day with workshops, speakers and environmentally-friendly gifts for all employees.
- We work with American Forests to preserve forest ecosystems by planting more than 100,000 trees.
- Our employees can participate in Earth Share's annual giving campaign. In addition, they can also purchase renewable energy credits to offset a portion of their household’s electricity use through our Employee Offset program.
- We use environmentally preferable printing methods, including using soy-based inks on paper made with at least 30% post-consumer fiber and benign whitening products. The durable goods purchased must be made free of child labor and with no old-growth forest content.
- Through our long time membership in the
Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies (Ceres) coalition, we publicly issue an annual sustainability report that discloses our corporate environmental policies and performance.
- To view our 2006/2007 CERES report, click here.
- To view our 2005 CERES report, click here.
- To view our 2004 CERES report, click here.
- To view our 2003 CERES report, click here.
- To view our 2002 CERES report, click here.
- To view our 2001 CERES report, click here.
- To view our 2000 CERES report, click here.
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