Bayport-based Andersen Corp. announced this week that it has signed the Ceres Climate Declaration, which commits it to accelerate its adoption of environmentally sustainable business practices.
As part of this commitment, Andersen announced new corporate sustainability goals. By 2020, the door and window manufacturer plans to reduce its per-unit solid waste, energy and water use by 20 percent compared with 2013 levels.
“Signing this declaration is one more step in our evolution as an industry leader and it exemplifies our drive for ongoing improvement across our full product life cycle — from the forest, to our operations, to our customers’ homes, and ultimately our communities,” CEO Jay Lund said in a news release.
Ceres, a nonprofit organization that advocates for environmental sustainability, created the declaration in 2013. Several major U.S. companies have signed, including Nike, Apple and Unilever.
— Nick Woltman
TRIBUNE UNIT JOINS ADTAXI NETWORKS
Digital First Media on Wednesday announced the expansion of its digital marketing AdTaxi Networks to include an additional 34 broadcast stations owned by Tribune Broadcasting. It also announced that the Seattle Times has joined.
AdTaxi Networks sells and fulfills medium and large multi-platform local campaigns for advertisers.
The new Tribune partnership brings the number of broadcast stations available to advertisers through the network to 68. AdTaxi Networks operate in more than 150 cities and five countries, and nine of top 10 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S.
New York-based Digital First Media operates Twin-Cities.com and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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BRIEFLY
U.S. Bank and Sunrise Banks closed on $3.1 million in tax credit equity financing that will help renovate the offices of and build community space for St. Paul-based Twin Cities Public Television. … Grocery chain Aldi seeks to hire approximately 50 workers for Twin cities area stores with hiring events on Thursday, Feb. 5. The events will be from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Best Western Plymouth Hotel & Conference Center, Best Western Plus Dakota Ridge in Eagan and Best Western Plus White Bear, White Bear Lake. … Operators safely shut down Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Unit 1 Monday to replace a reactor coolant pump seal, plant operator Xcel Energy said. The work is expected to be completed in about two weeks. Prairie Island is near Red Wing, Minn. … Duluth-based utility Allete said it will buy the majority of U.S. Water Services, an integrated industrial water management company, for an initial price of $168 million. U.S. Water Services is based in St. Michael, Minn.
