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Corporate and Non-Profit Clients

Dozens of corporations and non-profits have been trained or formed strategic partnerships to implement Empowerment Institute’s methodology. Some of the larger or more well know clients include:

American Express
Coca-Cola
Dove
Deloitte
Josie Maran Cosmetics
Nike
Omega Institute
Sterling Publishing
Unilever
University of Pennsylvania
Whole Foods Markets
Women for Women International

PUBLIC SECTOR AND UTILITY CLIENTS

Arlington County, VA
Bend City Water Department, OR
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Agency, TN
Chattanooga Area Regional Transit Authority, TN
City of Chattanooga Department of Public Works, TN
City of Columbus Health Department, OH
City of Harrisburg, PA
City of Irvine, CA
City of Issaquah Resource Conservation Office, WA
City of Kansas City Department of Environmental Management, MO
City of Los Angeles,CA
City of Madison Recycling Office, WI
City of Mountain View, CA
City of Minneapolis, MN
City of Mountain View, CA
City of Petaluma, CA
City of Palo Alto, CA
City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, OR
City of Portland Department of Transportation, OR
City of Portland Water Bureau, OR
City of Portland Energy Office, OR
City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development, OR
City of San Francisco, CA
White House Office of Sustainable Development

FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Empowerment Institute’s non-profit research arm, Global Action Plan, has received the following foundation support for its research and development initiatives around behavior change, community empowerment and sustainable development.

Bullitt Foundation
Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Kettering Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Merck Family Fund
Pew Charitable Trusts
Rockefeller Family Services
Sloan Foundation
Surdna Foundation
A Better World Fund
Adobe Systems
Ciba-Geigy Foundation
Compton Foundation
Cray Foundation