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Top Green Businesses

These businesses have been honored for their green initiatives by city, state or national environmental agencies.

CalPortland

CalPortland is receiving Energy Star Award for Sustained Excellence recognition for continuing to surpass its own high standards of corporate energy management. This is the third time CalPortland has received Energy Star recognition for actions such as reducing energy use intensity by 6.5%.

Southern California Edison

Southern California Edison has been honored for sustained excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy for the company's outstanding support for building Energy-Star qualified new homes across California and for increasing builder participation in its new homes program.

Lundberg Family Farm

The EPA has given the Lundberg Family Farms its Green Power Leadership Award for its voluntary efforts to address climate change by purchasing green power and helping advance the development of the nation’s green power market. Lundberg Family Farms has purchased or generates more than 4.8 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually.