Business 100 Green Initiatives

FICO has also released a “white paper” called Insights that highlights the success of their green initiatives and outlines the strategy behind them so that others can apply them to their businesses as well. FICO has reduced IT energy consumption by 33%, eliminating 29 cubic tons of carbon emissions. They’ve also reduced paper consumption by 50%, equaling 8 million sheets of paper. Both of those figures are expected to increase to hit 2010 goals. Impressively, they have also greatly consolidated their “technology footprint”—they were actually able to shrink floor space by investing in new technologies cutting back on energy consumption. In the case of retiring old hardware, they set up a global contract that ensures all hardware is recycled according to country-specific regulations and participate in Dell’s Plant a Tree program to offset the carbon emitted from powering new PCs.

 Ford Motor Company

William Clay Ford Jr, Executive Chairman

With a “lifelong environmentalist” at its helm, Ford Motor Company is re-branding itself as an environmentally responsible company. According to William Clay Ford Jr.’s website bio, as general manager he established the company’s first wildlife habitat at a plant location and made Ford the first company in the world to use 25% post-consumer materials in all of its plastic parts. In 2000, Ford published its first corporate citizenship report to promote transparency of its environmental impact.

 Now Ford is focused on developing its hybrid fleet—in 2004 it introduced the Ford Escape Hybrid, which can achieve up to 75% better fuel economy than the standard model in city driving and is the first hybrid-electric SUV.

General Electric

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