Environmental Responsibility Flourishes at Abbott
At an environmental summit in Chicago this week, Abbott announced it is the first FORTUNE 500 company to go “carbon neutral” with its U.S. fleet of company sales vehicles. At the same summit, Abbott also unveiled its new Global Energy Policy and announced the installation of a large, 500-kilowatt hour solar power system to produce electricity for parts of the Abbott Vascular manufacturing plant in Temecula, California.
A typical fleet of 500 vehicles can put more than 6,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions into the air annually. At Abbott, our fleet represents close to 11 percent of the company’s total emissions. Abbott will reduce the carbon emissions from its 6,000-vehicle fleet in the United States by offering a hybrid vehicle option starting immediately. The company will then purchase carbon offsets in early 2008 to neutralize the balance of the fleet’s impact on the environment – to become “carbon neutral.”
- Click here to read the press release, including commitments the company is making to further improve its impact on the environment.
Mee Hea Harmon from Abbott's environmental team stands with a new hybrid vehicle.
