CARBON NEUTRAL OFFSET PROJECTS

Shaklee is 100% carbon neutral. Being carbon neutral, or having a zero carbon footprint, refers to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by balancing a measured amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) released from fossil-fuel consumption with an equivalent amount of CO₂ sequestered or offset.

SOLAR-POWERED LIGHTING INSTALLATION

Sri Lanka and India
Less than 25% of the populations in Sri Lanka and India have access to electricity. Solar photovoltaics offer a healthy alternative to extending the power grid or constructing fossil-fueled power plants. Shaklee supported a project to replace kerosene lamps, diesel generators and batteries with solar photovoltaics in Sri Lanka and India. Over the 20-year lifetime, one household 35 watt solar photovoltaic system will prevent more than six tons of CO₂ from entering the atmosphere.

Malawi, Africa

Shakleepartnered with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and The Earth Institute at Columbia University to install solar-powered lighting in African villages. This project provides a sustainable energy resource to remote areas and also supports the 2015 United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. The installation of solar-powered LED lanterns in 2007 replaces inefficient and unhealthy kerosene wick lamps and encourages renewable energy sources as a sustainable model. For the villagers, this will have a tremendous impact and provide the means for increased productivity, higher earnings potential, and expanded hours for education.

WIND ENERGY
Shaklee supported construction of The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Wind Turbine Project--the first large-scale Native American owned and operated wind turbine. The 750 kilowatt turbine was installed by Native Energy on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

Klondike Wind Farm in Oregon
Shaklee also funded wind turbine projects in Oregon and Texas to fulfill its commitment with the US EPA Climate Leaders Program to offset all of its greenhouse gas emissions from US operations and use Green-e certified renewable energy.
In 2007, Shaklee became the first consumer products company to offset 100% of its greenhouse gas emissions through the EPA Climate Leader's program and use 100% Green Power.
Gray County Wind Farm in Texas

FUEL CONVERSION

Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools had about 200 steam generating boilers which were not cost effective. Shaklee helped fund a project to switch boilers in the Portland schools from oil burners to standard gas burners, which increases efficiency. The retrofit lowered carbon emissions and also reduced energy costs for the school district.

San Bernardino County School Buses
The majority of school children in the United States travel to school each day riding in school buses run on traditional petroleum-based diesel fuel. These buses expose children and others in the community to dangerous pollutants that are harmful to their health. Shaklee supported a project to convert school buses in San Bernardino County, California from petroleum-based diesel fuel to biodiesel fuel made from vegetable oil, a renewal source. The retrofit not only decreased greenhouse gas emissions, but it also reduced tailpipe emissions of pollutants that can aggravate asthma in children.

SHAKLEE'S 2008 CARBON NEUTRAL PROTOCOL
The greenhouse gas emissions inventories for 2008 covering all Shaklee operations worldwide (US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, Malaysia and Taiwan) were reviewed by a third party, Econergy International, in accordance with the World Resources Institute protocol for all six Kyoto-defined greenhouse gases. Shaklee set operational boundaries for the inventory of its worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and worked with Econergy International (now WSP Environment & Energy) to calculate the carbon footprint from Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. The total amount of Shaklee's greenhouse gas emissions from worldwide operations in 2008 was measured and converted to metric tons of CO₂ equivalent. Shaklee has partnered with Green Mountain Energy Company to offset its small carbon footprint in North America and Asia with funding for alternative energy and carbon sequestration projects. The projects include Green-e certified renewable energy credits (wind projects and methane capture) for the U.S., Canada and Mexico carbon footprints, plus a China wind project for the China, Taiwan, Japan and Malaysia carbon footprints. Shaklee's combined carbon footprints from operations in China, Taiwan, Japan and Malaysia were offset with the purchase of 1,298 metric tons of wind power in China validated to follow the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change criteria for the Clean Development Mechanism protocol. Located in the Heilongjiang Province of northeast China, the wind project will diversify power mix in China's northeast power grid and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution by taking the place of coal-fired power plants.