San Francisco, Aug. 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inc. magazine today ranked 3Degrees number 2,118 on its fifth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. 3Degrees joins Spirit Airlines, television maker Vizio, Honest Tea, and Dunkin Donuts among other prominent brands featured on this year’s list. This is the second year in a row that 3Degrees has been named to the Inc. 500|5000.
"3Degrees has grown its business in a difficult economic environment thanks to our team’s constant focus on delivering intelligent, efficient and reliable environmental market services to businesses, electricity providers, project owners, LEED green building professionals and other partners," said Dan Kalafatas, CEO of 3Degrees. "With these partners’ support, 3Degrees is realizing its mission of accelerating the low-carbon, renewable energy economy."
A Leader in the Green Power Industry
The Inc. 500|5000 ranking further strengthens 3Degrees’ position as the partner of choice for organizations seeking to use Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets to mitigate their climate change impact, comply with government renewable energy mandates, launch successful utility green power programs, and secure additional revenue for their renewable energy or greenhouse gas emission reduction projects.
Its industry leadership is demonstrated by the fact that 3Degrees:
- Provides renewable energy to four of the top five Fortune 500 EPA Green Power Partners
- Is ranked the number 1 REC Trading Company in North America by Environmental Finance Magazine
- Has been recognized with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Non-Utility Green Power Supplier of the Year award for four consecutive years
- Has helped four of its utility partners -- City of Palo Alto Utilities, Silicon Valley Power, Puget Sound Energy, and PacifiCorp -- secure places on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Top 10 list of green power programs
3Degrees’ green power industry leadership is making an impact. In 2010, 3Degrees’ partners helped support 222 renewable energy facilities, including 76 wind farms and over 100 solar power facilities. In addition, over 75 percent of the RECs 3Degrees delivered to its customers in 2010 were sourced from renewable energy facilities that began operation on or after January 1, 2005.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/5000.
Methodology
The 2011 Inc. 500 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2007 to 2010. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2007. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent--not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies--as of December 31, 2010 (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired). The minimum revenue required for 2007 is $100,000; the minimum for 2010 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Companies on the Inc. 500 are featured in Inc.’s September issue. They represent the top tier of the Inc. 5000, which can be found at www.inc.com/500.
About 3Degrees
3Degrees' mission is to mitigate the effects of climate change by accelerating the low-carbon, renewable energy economy. 3Degrees realizes this mission by helping its utility, business, LEED green building and other partners utilize environmental commodities to build stakeholder value. Through these partnerships, 3Degrees increases demand for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets, channels capital to renewable energy and carbon reduction projects, and improves the efficiency of environmental markets.
Winner of the U.S. Department of Energy's Green Power Leadership Award for four straight years, 3Degrees is headquartered in San Francisco and operates regional offices in Portland, St. Louis, and Seattle. To learn more, visit www.3degreesinc.com.
About Inc. Magazine
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