SGS and Cameron-Cole, LLC Announce Strategic Partnership

Cameron-Cole, a nationwide leader in sustainability and environmental consulting, and SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership agreement. The partnership enables the offering of comprehensive environmental services that allow clients to know the environmental impact of their operations, product or service through the entire life cycle – from the extraction of the raw material to the manufacturing, transportation, and distribution to the end-of-life disposal by the consumer.

"The global expertise offered by SGS and Cameron-Cole enhances SGS's existing network of qualified experts located in the US, Asia and Europe to provide a global service for Strategic Consulting, Social Responsibility, Corporate Carbon Footprinting (link to: www.sgs.com/en/Sustainability/Environment/Carbon-Services/Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-and-Lifecycle-Assessment/Carbon-Footprint.aspx), Sustainable Structures, Ecodesign of Products and Packaging, Life Cycle Analysis and Traceability in the supply chains,” said Brian Whitters, Deputy Vice President of SGS sustainability services. “The partnership strengthens both companies’ presence and expertise in the United States to offer customers a unique expertise center combined with a global network, enabling collection and verification of environmental data worldwide.”

Cameron-Cole has provided strategic sustainability consulting to a variety of organizations for the last decade. "By teaming with SGS, Cameron-Cole can immediately provide its unique capabilities in greenhouse gas inventories, reporting and verification, environmental audits, and sustainability strategies to SGS’ global list of clientele,” explained Jerome Edwards, President, Cameron-Cole, LLC. “Additionally, Cameron-Cole’s innovative Sustainable Structures program is a great foundation for a company that wants to assess the environmental impact of its own building as an important component of its overall sustainability program. Our Sustainable Structures program features a customized evaluation of the environmental performance of the building and also prioritizes potential building improvements to address any areas of poor performance.”

Commenting on the Sustainable Structures program, Xavier Vital, Manager of the Ecodesign department of SGS North America, added, “The services provided by Cameron-Cole through the Sustainable Structures program are perfectly adapted to the needs of retailers and manufacturers to improve their energy efficiency and significantly reduce the costs of their operations. The Sustainable Structures program is complementary to the environmental audits (energy, water, wastes and GHG) provided by our team in Asia to improve the efficiency of the supply chain.”

SGS (link to http://www.sgs.com/en/Sustainability/) is a leader in providing specialized business solutions that include a comprehensive range of world-leading inspection services, a global network of testing facilities, and certification and verification processes to ensure products, processes, systems or services are compliant with either national or international safety, and environmental standards and regulations. With more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates a network of more than 1,350 offices and laboratories around the world.

Cameron-Cole, LLC (link to: http://www.cameron-cole.com/) has provided environmental management consulting to a variety of organizations with the goal to help clients build a sustainable organization and manage their social and environmental issues associated with their activities and value chain. Its clients include Fortune 100 companies, medium and small business concerns, nongovernmental organizations and public sector agencies in North America and overseas. Cameron-Cole has offices in Massachusetts, New York, California, Colorado, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee.

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, and a major actor for sustainability. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,350 offices and laboratories around the world.

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