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EPA WasteWise Program Partner Neal Gerber Eisenberg Receives Climate Profile Detailing Annual Waste Reduction Efforts May 26, 2010 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, recognized in 2009 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) as a Partner in its widely respected WasteWise Program, received an individualized Climate Profile from WasteWise representatives in May 2010 that details the firm’s annual waste reduction efforts. WasteWise Partners, comprised of organizations that voluntarily set goals to reduce municipal solid waste, include businesses, institutions and other organizations representing numerous industrial sectors committed to cutting costs and conserving natural resources. EPA provides WasteWise Partners with technical assistance and helps promote the achievement of its Partners. In early 2010, EPA WasteWise representatives reviewed Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s 2009 annual assessment data and prepared an individualized Climate Profile of the firm’s data. Such a profile is developed for every organization selected as a Partner in EPA WasteWise Program. The profile translates the annual waste prevention and recycling data into greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and equivalency statements to help a profiled organization quantify the impact of its waste reduction program on its respective climate footprint. According to EPA WasteWise, based on its recycling efforts in 2009, the firm saved the equivalent of:
“We are delighted in being recognized as a Partner in the EPA WasteWise Program and we are proud of our efforts as highlighted in our Climate Profile from WasteWise,” said Neal Gerber Eisenberg managing partner Jerry H. Biederman. “We are firmly committed to promoting environmentally sustainable business operations and embrace a variety of policies and initiatives aimed at reducing our overall environmental footprint in a meaningful and measurable manner,” said Lisa S. Zebovitz, co-chair of the Neal Gerber Eisenberg Environmental Practice Group and chair of the firm’s Green Committee. About WasteWise WasteWise is a free, voluntary EPA program through which organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes, benefiting their bottom line and the environment. WasteWise members can join as partners, endorsers, or both. Partners join to change their own behavior and track their own internal waste reduction efforts, while endorsers are state and local government agencies, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and businesses that help their members, clients and constituents realize that reducing solid waste makes good business sense. WasteWise, launched in 1994, has more than 2000 partners. Businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations of all sizes and from all industry sectors can join. Website: www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/wastewise/. About Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Neal Gerber Eisenberg is a Chicago-based law firm providing legal services to a diverse group of clients in a wide array of domestic and global business transactions and litigation matters. The firm’s clients include privately and publicly held companies, financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations and high net worth individuals. The firm’s client base reflects virtually every business industry, including a number of Fortune 100 companies. The firm has grown to nearly 175 attorneys who share common values of integrity, a dedication to high quality legal services and a commitment to diversity. The firm’s 22 practice areas range from Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Associations & Not-for-Profit Organizations, Corporate & Securities, Directors’ & Officers’ Insurance, Securities & Commodities Litigation, Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy, White Collar Criminal, Real Estate, Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Private Wealth Services to Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Environmental, Finance, Health Law, Tax, Litigation and Labor & Employment. Website: www.ngelaw.com.
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