California Environmental Associates

California Environmental Associates (CEA) is a consultancy company that states on its website that it "has provided businesses and public institutions with a range of environmental management, regulatory compliance, and sustainable business solutions. CEA aims to transform markets, business practices, and policy to create economic incentives that will yield positive environmental outcomes."

Services
On its website, CEA lists its services as being assisting foundations with the design and evaluation of programs, helping to "develop, promote, and negotiate regulatory implementation and compliance strategies" for clients and designing "innovative and effective market-based initiatives that achieve environmental benefit".

CEA also offer clients PR services in building coalitions comprising "our client, representatives from other supporting industries, and citizen groups" that then "works with regulators to encourage and implement solutions that meet both client objectives and regulatory requirements." Where a client faces "an environmental challenge in which public support is crucial" CEA states that it "designs awareness and educational campaigns that clarify our client's strategic goals and inform the public of the issues involved."

CEA, Philanthropic Foundations and Global Warming
In 2007 CEA was hired by six foundations to research and write Design to Win: Philanthropy's Role in the Fight Against Global Warming, a report which examines the potential role of philanthropy in the fight against global warming. It was aimed at creating a framework to guide future foundation investment to fight global warming.

Clients
On its website CEA lists a "representative list of our clients" comprising :
 * American Petroleum Institute
 * Association of American Railroads
 * Babcock & Wilcox
 * Ball-Foster Glass Container Company, L.L.C.
 * Burger King Corporation
 * Burlington Northern Santa Fe
 * California Cogeneration Council
 * California Department of Corrections
 * California Restaurant Association
 * Chemical Strategies Partnership
 * Chevron/Texaco
 * City of Greenfield, California
 * City of San Francisco, Hetch-Hetchy Water and Power
 * City of Shanghai, China
 * CMS Forum
 * Conservation and Community Investment Forum
 * Dakota County, Minnesota
 * The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 * Denver Mayor's Office of Economic Development
 * Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
 * Downey Brand LLP
 * Duke Energy North America
 * Ecos Corporation
 * Funders for Sustainable Food Systems
 * General Electric Transportation Systems
 * Geothermal Resources Association
 * Glass Packaging Institute
 * Golden State Newsprint
 * Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
 * Hambrecht and Quist
 * Heinz Endowments
 * Hi-Shear Fasteners
 * IBM
 * Independent Energy Producers Association
 * Inland Container
 * Jones Lang LaSalle IP, Inc. [case study]
 * Joyce Foundation
 * Latham & Watkins
 * Lombard Investments
 * Marine Aquarium Council
 * McKinsey & Company
 * Mesoamerican Reef Fund
 * Mission Energy
 * Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
 * North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
 * Oak Foundation
 * Olin Corporation
 * Owens Brockway Glass Containers
 * Pew Charitable Trusts
 * Pillsbury Winthrop
 * Resources Legacy Fund
 * Roots of Change Fund
 * Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
 * Sea Change Investment Fund
 * 1718 Investments
 * Simpson Paper Company
 * Solar Turbines
 * Southern Pacific Transportation Company
 * Synthane-Taylor Corporation
 * Toyota Motor Corporation
 * Trust for Conservation Innovation
 * Turner Foundation
 * Union Pacific Railroad
 * University of California, Los Angeles [case study]
 * WELL Network
 * World Wildlife Fund

Contact Details
California Environmental Associates 423 Washington Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: (415) 421-4213 Fax: (415) 982-7989 Website: http://www.ceaconsulting.com/

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