Affiliations & Partnerships
- The Aspen Institute
- The Aspen Institute fosters values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and provides a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- AASHE is an association of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada working to create a sustainable future. AASHE aims to advance the efforts of the entire campus sustainability community by uniting diverse initiatives.
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) works with its global network of more than 250 member companies to develop sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration.
- Business Roundtable S.E.E. Change Initiative
- Business Roundtable's S.E.E. Change Initiative is a sustainable growth initiative that encourages leading U.S. companies to embrace business strategies that measurably improve society, the environment and the economy.
- The Climate Group
- Launched in 2004, The Climate Group is an international, nonprofit organization that works to advance climate change solutions and accelerate a low-carbon economy. Duke Energy is a corporate member of The Climate Group.
- Clinton Global Initiative
- The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is a nonpartisan catalyst for action that brings together a community of global leaders from various backgrounds to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
- The Conference Board’s Townley Global Management Center
- The Townley Center provides senior environmental business executives with a cross-industry forum for networking and research on the leading practices in global EHS management as well as approaches to sustainable development.
- Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO)
- As a corporate membership organization, CRO increases the strategic impact of CROs by further professionalizing and integrating multiple disciplines, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability and philanthropy.
- Department of Energy Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnerships
- The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Carbon Sequestration Partnership is a national network of public-private organizations working to determine the most suitable technologies, infrastructure and regulations needed for carbon capture, storage and sequestration.
- Energy Modeling Forum
- The Energy Modeling Forum provides a structured forum within which energy experts from government, industry, universities and other research organizations collaborate on important energy and environmental issues.
- Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI)
- GEMI, of which Duke Energy was a co-founder, works to provide strategies for businesses to achieve environmental, health and safety excellence, economic success and corporate citizenship.
- Keystone Center
- The Keystone Center is a nonprofit organization working to ensure that present and future generations approach environmental and scientific dilemmas and disagreements creatively and proactively. Duke Energy is a supporter of the Key Issues Institute.
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- The National Council for Science and the Environment is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the scientific basis for environmental decision-making. The Council works closely with those creating and using environmental knowledge.
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Nature Conservancy works to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Duke Energy has supported the conservancy for many years.
- North Carolina Sustainable Business Council
- The N.C. Sustainable Business Council promotes sustainable business practices and assists North Carolina organizations through peer-to-peer networking, best practice information-sharing and collaboration to address related issues facing companies.
- The Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC)
- The Business Environmental Leadership Council is a diversified group of corporations, including Duke Energy, that have joined together to focus on addressing the challenges of climate change.
- ORC Worldwide Occupational Safety and Health Group
- ORC Worldwide brings together corporate safety and health managers to promote effective occupational safety and health programs and practices in business and to facilitate industry understanding of national policy and program decision making.
- Purdue University’s Energy Center at Discovery Park
- Purdue's Energy Center at Discovery Park is a multidisciplinary community consisting of researchers, scientists, engineers, political scientists and economists that has a goal to make significant contributions to energy solutions for the world.
- Resources for the Future
- Duke Energy supports Resources for the Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, D.C., that conducts independent research – rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences – on environmental and natural resource issues.
- United States Climate Action Partnership
- United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of businesses and environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to enact legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- The U.S. Partnership consists of individuals, organizations and institutions in the United States dedicated to education for sustainable development (ESD). It acts as a convener, catalyst, and communicator working across all sectors of American society.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a CEO-led, global association of roughly 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.
- World Economic Forum
- The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
- World Energy Council
- The World Energy Council (WEC) is a multi-energy organization with member committees in nearly 100 countries. The Council covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro and renewables.
