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BetterWorld Telecom and Green Mountain Energy's eMission Solutions Division Partner to Bring Sustainable Options to Businesses
A new voice in the $300 billion per year world of communications, BetterWorld Telecom is the only nationwide voice and data provider in the U.S. that focuses on serving small businesses, enterprises, and organizations that have social and sustainable missions. Green Mountain Energy's eMission Solutions division offers a portfolio of carbon reduction services for commercial and institutional sector clients looking to improve their environmental position. BetterWorld and Green Mountain Energy will work together on a variety of marketing initiatives to help promote their respective services.
"Partnering with BetterWorld is a natural fit because our businesses share many of the same objectives," said Gillan Taddune, chief environmental officer for Green Mountain Energy Company and head of the eMission Solutions division. "Whether its through carbon reduction solutions or telecom services, were both dedicated to helping companies improve their operations by embracing sustainability."
"All businesses need power and communications in some form, we feel this partnership will have a great impact in the sustainable marketplace, making it easier for businesses across the country to do well and do good", said Jim Kenefick, CEO and chairman of BetterWorld Telecom. "Green Mountain and BetterWorld have created a timely and unique partnership that will advance our respective missions and advance change in the marketplace. We will provide a one-stop-shop for telecom and electricity related services for companies that are interested in environmental responsibility in addition to high quality and exceptional service and value."
About eMission Solutions
eMission Solutions offers a wide range of carbon reduction products and services including Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), forest sequestration projects, LEED consulting and other carbon reduction strategies. These products and services allow companies to reduce their carbon footprint and offset the carbon emissions associated with business activities like transportation, production, electricity usage, and employee commuting and air travel.
About Green Mountain Energy Company
Green Mountain, the nations leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions, began in 1997 with a simple idea: "to change the way power is made." The company offers consumers the choice of cleaner electricity products using renewable sources such as wind, solar, water, geothermal, and biomass, over electricity made from polluting fossil fuels. These cleaner energy sources help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the air. Since 1999, Green Mountain customers have collectively helped avoid over 2.5 million tons of CO2 emissions and have been responsible for helping to deliver more than six billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy into the market. Additionally, Green Mountains customers have helped spur the development of 14 new wind and solar facilities across the nation, which are producing pollution-free power. For more information, visit www.greenmountain.com.
About BetterWorld Telecom
Founded in 2003, BetterWorld is a new voice in the $300 billion per year world of communications, and is the only nationwide voice and data provider in the U.S. that focuses on serving small businesses, enterprises, and organizations that have social and sustainable missions. The company has taken a different road from the rest of the industry it grows through referrals and meaningful partnerships with organizations focused on doing good things in the world. The result of our quality and savings is the ability to divert 3% of telecom revenues of businesses and organizations across the U.S., creating a new and substantive fund of ongoing revenues for organizations whose missions are social justice and sustainability.
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