Source 44 Selected by Bloomberg Businessweek as One of America’s Top Social Entrepreneurs

San Diego-based firm ascends to Top 25 of leading market publication; honored for helping clients navigate the complexities of Sustainability

(SAN DIEGO, CA) June 22, 2010 – Source 44 LLC, the nation’s first and only provider of supply chain sustainability Footprint Data Sheet (FDS)TM subscription services, has been selected by Bloomberg Businessweek as one of America’s Top 25 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs for 2010.

“Source 44 has reached yet another inspiring and monumental summit in the business world,” said Jess Kraus, Source 44 President and CEO. ”It’s a great honor to be considered as one of America’s premier and driving companies that promote the triple bottom line (people, planet, and profits).”

Source 44 was selected based upon the criteria of being a “social enterprise – a sustainable business that creates social or environmental value alongside profit.”

“This honor is even more meaningful coming from an organization like Bloomberg Businessweek,” Kraus said. “The magazine has more than 4.7 million readers in 140 countries, and the recognition and exposure provided by this platform is outstanding.

“We started a little over a year ago with the concept that companies can benefit by knowing what’s in the products they sell and manufacture, and have now progressed to the point that we’re helping implement Sustainability programs for some of the best and brightest companies in America,” Kraus said. “ Companies who want to position their brand as Sustainable are finding Source 44 to be an affordable solution – a solution augmented by the veracity of our Sustainability data.”

Source 44 is prominently featured in the article, and is visually represented in the Top 25 by the photo of Ed Viesturs’, the company’s head spokesperson and co-founder, holding the Source 44 flag during his most recent ascent of Mount Everest. Businessweek.com readers are currently America’s Top 25 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs are to be voted upon by the Businessweek.com readers from which the Top 5 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs will be selected. The complete article is featured here (http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/06/0608_socialentrepreneurs/24.htm). You can cast your vote by navigating to the 27th slide to select the Most Promising Social Entrepreneur of 2010.

About Source 44 LLC

Source 44 discovers the origins of their clients’ products – their Sustainability DNA (sDNA) TM – and helps them transform these findings into innovative Supply Chain Savings. The company compiles these sDNA TM findings and stores them in their proprietary database of Material, Product and Facility Footprint Data Sheets TM. This carbon footprint database is accessible by all Source 44 subscribers, providing their clients with an affordable and simplified solution to a complex and challenging Sustainability problem. Source 44 also partners with its subscribers to help prioritize their carbon, water and waste reduction initiatives. This prioritization process helps ensure their clients obtain high-impact Sustainability results while also eliminating unnecessary costs and identifying new revenue-generating opportunities. Unlike large consulting and engineering companies, Source 44 provides practical, scalable and affordable Sustainability data and solutions. This is because Source 44 owns the world’s largest proprietary database of Footprint Data Sheets™ and leverages this extensive database for each of its customers.

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Lauren Gambaccini, Marketing Communications Director
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Source 44 LLC
7163 Construction Ct, Ste A
San Diego, CA 92121

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