NativeEnergy creates innovative partnership with Method

NativeEnergy, an international marketer of high quality carbon offsets, announced today an innovative partnership with Method Products, Inc., a manufacturer of non-toxic, biodegradable cleaning and personal care products. Sharing the idea that business has the greatest opportunity to create solutions to the climate crisis, Method’s partnership enables the company to mitigate its carbon footprint by directly supporting new renewable energy projects on American family farms.  Method is pioneering a carbon offset model with NativeEnergy by giving priority to projects that reduce carbon emissions in the company’s supply chain. Together, NativeEnergy and Method are offering financial incentives for Method’s third-party manufacturing partners to reduce their carbon intensity. “NativeEnergy helps Method to build upon our sustainability portfolio, and we want to encourage our partners to do the same,” said Adam Lowry, Method’s chief greenskeeper and co-founder. “This allows us to catalyze positive environmental change outside our own operations.” NativeEnergy calculates and offsets the carbon emissions from Method’s energy use activities, including domestic and international manufacturing facilities, staff commuting, and corporate travel for both 2008 and 2009. Method’s offsets purchase will directly help build and support three of NativeEnergy’s new family dairy farm methane energy projects. These truly additional anaerobic digester projects are: Brubaker Family Farm, Penn England Family Farm, and Hillcrest-Saylor Family Farm, all located in Pennsylvania. “All of us at NativeEnergy are thrilled to partner with Method,” says Tom Boucher, NativeEnergy president & CEO.  “By purchasing high quality carbon offsets, Method is demonstrating its commitment to sustainability by contributing directly to projects that are dependent on the additional revenue from the carbon offsets. Method’s leadership and progressive achievements will motivate others to take action for a cleaner energy future.”