Alkemists Pharmaceuticals

About Alkemists Pharmaceuticals

For the past decade, Alkemists Pharmaceuticals, an independent quality control laboratory, has focused on the Dietary Supplement Industry's self regulation and has emerged as a leader in the identification & characterization of Natural Products & is the natural choice for independent, third-party analysis, as well as a reliable technical and quality control partner for companies producing high quality dietary supplements. With over 800 species of botanicals analyzed and an in-house herbarium containing 6,000 botanical specimens, enabling multiple species cross-referencing for a more accurate botanical identification, Alkemists has become the 'go to' lab for independent, third-party natural product analysis and random finished product testing/analysis and certification of all your products.

Alkemist Pharmaceuticals is committed to taking a stand against global warming and is comprehensively addressing its carbon footprint by calculating and offsetting 100% of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with the annual electricity, refrigerant, and natural gas use, employee commuting and corporate air travel

Carbon offsets are sourced from high quality Renewable Energy Credits and Forest Sequestration Offsets from Green Mountain Energy.

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Elan Sudberg, Lab Manager of Alkemist Pharmaceuticals, has always been a naturalist and is intrigued by the way biological systems succeed with so many opposing variables. As a child he kept small ponds in fish tanks and allowed them to take their own course; sometimes experimenting with intentional imbalances. Today he says it is difficult not to be aware of the imbalances we have inadvertently created for our own "fish tank." As a contributing factor in the various environmental issues, he feels that it is his responsibility to be accountable in some way. For him, going carbon neutral is a great way moving forward to attempt to undo the harmful byproducts of running a business.

Offset 100% of the carbon footprint associated with the electricity, refrigerant, and natural gas use,employee commuting and corporate air travel associated with business operations.

Green Mountain Energy's BeGreen Business division helped Alkemist Pharmaceuticals calculate emissions associated with their carbon footprint. The initial achievements include:

Alkemist Pharmaceuticals has significantly reduced its impact on the environment by offsetting 100% of its electricity and refrigerant usage for half of 2007and half of 2008 by purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs) made from wind sources. This commitment has the equivalent environmental benefit of not driving a car almost 30,000 miles.

Alkemist Pharmaceuticals is also committed to neutralizing 100% of the emissions created in 2007 from the natural gas usage, employee commuting and corporate air travel. It has offset 21 metric tons of CO2 through the purchase of Forest Sequestration Offsets, which will be used to plant trees in the Mendocino National Forest Hunter Fire Restoration Project through Green Mountain's forest sequestration partner, American Forests.

"Working with the team at Green Mountain Energy to take my company carbon neutral has been a surprisingly simple process. A straight forward questionnaire was provided and completed within days.

They returned to me a clear and cost effective plan of action to accomplish our environmental goals. I am still baffled about how easy the entire process was and don't know why more companies don't take the same action. Looking back, I should have done this years ago."

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