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CalPortland, Georgia-Pacific, and Graniterock Awarded Environmental Team of the Year at Mapistry Annual Summit
CalPortland, Georgia-Pacific, and Graniterock Awarded Environmental Team of the Year at Mapistry Annual Summit

CalPortland, Georgia-Pacific, and Graniterock Awarded Environmental Team of the Year at Mapistry Annual Summit

2023-09-28T09:16:50-07:00September 28th, 2023|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

News Release from Mapistry September 25, 2023 The outstanding and inspiring environmental teams from CalPortland Cement, Graniterock, and Georgia-Pacific Wood & Fiber Supply were honored with Environmental Team of the Year awards at the 7th annual Mapistry Environmental Summit. This award represents the team's ability to overcome tough environmental challenges around changing processes, getting multiple stakeholders' buy-in [...]

DESIREA HAGGARD APPOINTED TO BLM CALIFORNIA DESERT DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL
DESIREA HAGGARD APPOINTED TO BLM CALIFORNIA DESERT DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL

DESIREA HAGGARD APPOINTED TO BLM CALIFORNIA DESERT DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL

2023-09-11T10:10:43-07:00September 11th, 2023|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland is pleased to announce Desirea Haggard, Senior Director of Environmental Affairs, has been appointed to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) California Desert District Advisory Council for a 3-year term. Ms. Haggard will represent the energy and mineral development interests. The California Desert District Advisory Council provides advice to the BLM’s California Desert District [...]

CALPORTLAND® EARNS EPA’s ENERGY STAR® CERTIFICATION FOR SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT TWO CEMENT PLANTS
CALPORTLAND® EARNS EPA’s ENERGY STAR® CERTIFICATION FOR SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT TWO CEMENT PLANTS

CALPORTLAND® EARNS EPA’s ENERGY STAR® CERTIFICATION FOR SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT TWO CEMENT PLANTS

2023-08-01T07:10:32-07:00August 1st, 2023|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland’s Redding, California and Rillito, Arizona plants have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR certification, which signifies that the two industrial plants perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meet strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. "CalPortland is pleased to accept EPA’s [...]

CalPortland Company to Discuss Decarbonization Efforts at White House Roundtable Visit
CalPortland Company to Discuss Decarbonization Efforts at White House Roundtable Visit

CalPortland Company to Discuss Decarbonization Efforts at White House Roundtable Visit

2023-03-02T12:42:41-08:00March 2nd, 2023|Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland® President & CEO, Allen Hamblen will visit the White House on Friday, March 3, 2023 to meet with senior-level officials of the Biden Administration for a Roundtable on Industrial Innovation and Decarbonization. “We are grateful for the opportunity to share our efforts to reduce carbon emissions and promote American manufacturing jobs,” stated Allen Hamblen. [...]

NSSGA 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

2022-09-22T13:54:30-07:00September 22nd, 2022|Corporate, Environmental|

WASHINGTON – The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced the recipients of the Environmental Excellence Awards and the 2022 winner of the Environmental Leadership Award. The Excellence Awards recognize operations that actively demonstrate a commitment to the exemplary use of environmental controls and systems. NSSGA announced there were a total of 12 Gold [...]

CALPORTLAND® WELCOMES HAMED MARAGHECHI AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
CALPORTLAND® WELCOMES HAMED MARAGHECHI AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

CALPORTLAND® WELCOMES HAMED MARAGHECHI AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

2022-06-10T09:55:28-07:00June 9th, 2022|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

Glendora, CA June 10, 2022 – CalPortland is pleased to announce that Hamed Maraghechi has joined the company as Director of the Central Research Laboratory. Hamed will be located at the CalPortland Center of Technical Excellence in Southern California where he will conduct new research and testing related to issues such as carbon reduction and [...]

CALPORTLAND CONVERTS MOJAVE CEMENT PLANT PRODUCTION TO PORTLAND-LIMESTONE CEMENT
CALPORTLAND CONVERTS MOJAVE CEMENT PLANT PRODUCTION TO PORTLAND-LIMESTONE CEMENT

CALPORTLAND CONVERTS MOJAVE CEMENT PLANT PRODUCTION TO PORTLAND-LIMESTONE CEMENT

2022-04-13T14:56:48-07:00April 13th, 2022|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

CalPortland proudly announces the conversion of their Mojave cement plant to ADVANCEMENT™ HS, a blended portland-limestone cement. The plant, located in southern California annually produces approximately 1.3 million tons of cement. By switching production from ordinary portland cement to portland-limestone cement, the plant will reduce its carbon emissions by 10% on a per ton basis. [...]

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2021
EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2021

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2021

2022-03-30T14:52:15-07:00March 17th, 2022|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

WASHINGTON (March 15, 2022) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 93 U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2021. ENERGY STAR certified plants are verified to be among the most energy-efficient plants within their industries. Together, they prevented more than 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial [...]

PCA Announces 2021 Energy and Environment Award Winners
PCA Announces 2021 Energy and Environment Award Winners

PCA Announces 2021 Energy and Environment Award Winners

2021-12-02T08:13:53-08:00December 2nd, 2021|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced the winners of the 2021 Energy and Environment (E&E) Awards, recognizing outstanding environmental and community relations efforts that go above and beyond what is required. Submissions from plants across the U.S. were evaluated and recognized for environmental efforts completed in 2020. “America’s cement manufacturers continue to focus [...]

Manufacturers Cut 17 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Emissions With Help From EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Program
Manufacturers Cut 17 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Emissions With Help From EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Program

Manufacturers Cut 17 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Emissions With Help From EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Program

2021-11-30T12:10:20-08:00November 30th, 2021|Blog, Corporate, Environmental|

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrates the 580 manufacturing plants that achieved the energy savings goals set out by EPA ten years ago to drive energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Through the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry, manufacturing plants pledged to reduce energy intensity by 10% within five years. [...]