Aug. 6, 2008 - Method is getting more bang for its carbon-offset buck, giving priority to renewable energy projects that reduce carbon emissions within the company's own supply chain.

Method is partnering with offset firm NativeEnergy on the project, which offers financial incentives for the company's third-party manufacturing partners to reduce their carbon intensity.

NativeEnergy will calculate and offset the carbon emissions for 2008 and 2009 from Method's domestic and international manufacturing facilities, staff commuting, and corporate travel. Method's offsets purchase will directly help build and support three of NativeEnergy's methane energy projects on family dairy farms in Pennsylvania.

"NativeEnergy helps Method to build upon our sustainability portfolio, and we want to encourage our partners to do the same," says Adam Lowry, Method's chief greenskeeper and co-founder. "This allows us to catalyze positive environmental change outside our own operations."

The partnership supports Method’s overall carbon reduction strategy, which also includes financial incentives for facilities that implement their own initiatives that yield quantifiable emissions reductions.