Balfour Beatty Construction

Balfour Beatty is the fifth largest contractor in the nation, a commercial construction business delivering more than $3.4 billion each year in complex, one–of–a–kind custom buildings. SWCA worked with Balfour Beatty Construction to develop the company’s baseline GHG emissions inventory under the EPA Climate Leaders protocol. This included data collection from the company’s 11 offices and 88 construction sites scattered across the Eastern United States. To facilitate reporting, SWCA developed a customized questionnaire and GHG calculation tool for instantaneous calculation of construction-site GHG emissions, landfill diversion rates, and water consumption.
SWCA also worked with three Balfour Beatty subsidiaries – Barhart Balfour Beatty, Charter Builders, and SpawMaxwell – to develop their baseline inventories, with hundreds of offices and projects throughout the U.S. Southwest, from Texas to California.

Schiff Nutrition, International

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. (NYSE: WNI) develops, manufactures, markets and distributes branded and private label vitamins, nutritional supplements and nutrition bars in the United States and throughout the world. When Schiff needed help meeting Walmart's new sustainability reporting requirements, they turned to SWCA. SWCA helped Schiff complete its baseline greenhouse gas inventory and carbon management reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). We also helped Schiff understand its water consumption and waste and recycling profile. This project adds to SWCA's track record of helping Walmart suppliers stay ahead of the curve - meeting and even exceeding Walmart's sustainability standards.

City of Boulder, Colorado

SWCA was selected to provide the City of Boulder’s fire department with a third-party review and evaluation of its greenhouse gas mitigation and sustainability program. The City of Boulder has long been a leader in climate mitigation and sustainability programs. The City has set a GHG emissions reduction goal of 7%. SWCA’s services included interviewing numerous City management and sustainability staff, and a detailed review of the Boulder Climate Action Plan (CAP) and the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. SWCA provided an assessment of the department’s current sustainability actions and provided recommendations for future program improvement, including specific recommendations for climate mitigation actions and program development so the department could help the municipality and the community meet their GHG emissions reduction goals.

Sweet Candy Company

SWCA Environmental Performance Group contracted with Sweet Candy Company, a 100-year old producer of quality candies with sales across America, to develop a comprehensive sustainability program. Program development included the following:

• A detailed Baseline Environmental Opportunities Analysis of Sweet's carbon footprint, Ecological Footprint, water consumption, and solid waste generation; the baseline analysis also included a review and quantitative analysis of Sweet’'s current green practices and eco-efficiencies
• Close work with Sweet's management and Green Team to develop a Sustainability Plan including goals, strategies, reduction targets, timelines, and metrics for communicating progress
• Assistance with Sweet's employee education and engagement program, including group educational sessions with Sweet's employee teams and information to help develop educational reference materials for ongoing employee engagement

Deer Valley Ski Resort

Deer Valley Ski Resort has been rated the #1 ski resort in North America three times in the past 5 years, including their most recent #1 rating in 2007.

SWCA Environmental Performance Group worked with Deer Valley to:

• Develop a baseline Environmental Footprint Baseline Analysis of the resort's operations; this assessment included a detailed carbon footprint, Ecological Footprint, water consumption analysis, and solid waste generation assessment
• Review and quantify Deer Valley's current green practices and eco-efficiencies
• Develop recommendations around tracking and reporting progress, potential eco-efficiency opportunities, and employee and customer engagement
• Align and educate Deer Valley's Green Team about the resort's impacts and provide direction for future action

Park City Municipality

Founded in 1869 as a silver mining town, Park City has since left its silver mining roots and is now known as one of America's premier skiing and all-season resort destinations. In 2002, Park City was chosen as a venue site for the Winter Olympics, and is home to three of North America's leading ski resorts: The Canyons Resort, Deer Valley Resort, and Park City Mountain Resort.

As part of its responsibilities under the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, Park City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) contracted with SWCA Environmental Performance Group to baseline its government operations greenhouse gas emissions, and also to estimate its 1990 greenhouse gas emissions.

SWCA Environmental Performance Group worked with Park City to complete the baseline carbon inventory on a very aggressive schedule. SWCA Environmental Performance Group generated a publicly available report documenting and explaining the results, with PCMC's greenhouse gas emissions broken out by both department and facility. This reporting structure gave PCMC maximum flexibility with data organized for both planning and reporting purposes.

The Riverside Company

The Riverside Company is a private equity firm based in New York City, with offices around the world. Riverside partnered with SWCA Environmental Performance Group to develop a triple bottom line baseline assessment tool that can be used for all of its portfolio companies.

The tool creates a streamlined process for Riverside's individual portfolio companies to baseline and manage their Social, Environmental, and Financial performance. The tool also provides a common set of metrics that Riverside can use to track performance across its entire portfolio.

Zermatt Resort and Spa/Dolce International

SWCA Environmental Performance Group helped Zermatt Resort and Spa with:

• Green Team alignment
• An Environmental Footprint Baseline Analysis of Zermatt's carbon footprint, Ecological Footprint, water consumption, and solid waste generation; the baseline analysis also included a review and quantitative analysis of Zermatt current green practices and eco-efficiencies
• Recommendations around tracking and reporting progress, potential eco-efficiency opportunities, and employee and customer engagement

Park City Mountain Resort

Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) was ranked the third most environmentally friendly ski resort in North America by the Ski Area Citizens' Coalition. PCMR contacted SWCA Environmental Performance Group for help determining the resort's current environmental impacts, and SWCA Environmental Performance Group provided PCMR with:

• Environmental Footprint Baseline Analysis of the resort's operations. This assessment included a detailed carbon footprint, Ecological Footprint, water consumption analysis, and solid waste generation assessment. The baseline analysis also included a review and quantitative analysis of PCMR's current green practices and eco-efficiencies.
• A detailed review of the current state of biodiesel carbon impacts, including a brief on the various viewpoints in this evolving field.
• Recommendations around tracking and reporting progress, potential eco-efficiency opportunities, and employee and customer engagement.

This is believed to be the first Ecological Footprint completed for a ski area in North America.

Connor Sport Court

Connor Sport Court (CSC) is the #1 manufacturer of wood flooring for athletic courts in the USA. CSC partnered with SWCA Environmental Performance Group to conduct a triple-bottom-line baseline assessment of company operations. The triple bottom line assessment focused on CSC's social, environmental, and financial performance. Work performed included:

• Management consultation and alignment
• A triple bottom line Baseline Analysis of CSC's operations including an analysis of profitability and annual growth, employee and community relations, Carbon and Ecological Footprint, water consumption, and solid waste generation
• A review and quantitative analysis of CSC's current green practices and eco-efficiencies
• Recommendations for strategic plan development, sustainability tracking and reporting, and employee and customer engagement