Company Exceeds Initial Goal;
Pledges 20 Percent Reduction Between Now and 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored Pfizer Inc today
in recognition of the company’s award-winning
Energy and Climate Change Program, which reduced total greenhouse gas
emissions by 43 percent per million dollars of revenue from 2000 to 2007.
These reductions, which exceeded Pfizer’s
original goal of 35 percent, were achieved in partnership with the EPA’s
Climate Leaders Program. Climate Leaders is a public-private initiative
in which the EPA works with companies to develop comprehensive climate
change strategies. Today’s announcement was
made during a meeting of energy and climate change leaders in Chicago.
“Climate change is the world’s
greatest global environmental challenge and has the potential to
adversely impact the health of millions of people,”
said Natale S. Ricciardi, president of Pfizer Global Manufacturing. “As
the largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company, we
have a responsibility to act proactively on environmental health issues.
By voluntarily reducing our GHG emissions and promoting energy
conservation, we hope to increase awareness and encourage others to do
the same.”
Due to the leadership of its Global Energy and Climate Change Team and
the efforts of colleagues worldwide, Pfizer exceeded its GHG reduction
goals by implementing more than 1,000 projects during the duration of
the goal. The projects included installing a combined heating and power
system at its Singapore facility; a geothermal system at its Freiburg,
Germany, site; a photovoltaic (solar panel) system at its LaJolla,
Calif., facility; and boiler efficiency upgrades at its Kalamazoo,
Mich., site, as well as many smaller projects.
Pfizer has also taken steps to improve the fuel efficiency in its sales
fleet through several approaches including raising driver awareness of
efficient driving methods and increased use of fuel cards, dual-fuel,
and hybrid vehicles in certain markets.
In his remarks at today’s conference, Mr.
Ricciardi said Pfizer pledges to reduce total global GHG emissions by an
additional 20 percent from 2008 to 2012. He noted that Climate Leaders
recently endorsed the goal.
“We look forward to continuing our
partnership with the EPA in this effort,” Mr.
Ricciardi said.
