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9/14/2023
Norfolk Southern Railway announced yesterday it has received two Sustainable Company Awards from Environmental Finance, a news and analysis service reporting on sustainable investment.
The awards recognize corporations that are adopting business practices to achieve a net-zero future.
NS received the the Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year, Americas, for its sustainable and energy-efficient corporate headquarters in Atlanta. The building design and technology used for the headquarters resulted in LEED Gold Certification and earned 100% of LEED credits within the water category for water efficiency and conservation efforts, including capturing at least 75% of stormwater and reclaiming it for site landscaping, wastewater conveyance and cooling tower water, NS officials said in a press release.
NS also received the Nature-Based Initiative of the Year, Americas, for its regenerative nature project Brosnan Forest, a 14,400-acre preserve in South Carolina and the largest intact coastal ecosystem on the East Coast.
That award recognizes initiatives that conserves and restores the natural environment and improves biodiversity, NS officials said. The Class I had donated a third land conservation easement to the Lowcountry Land Trust at Brosnan Forest, with a commitment to safeguarding the forest's diverse ecosystems. The initiatives include repairing 6 miles of streams and 600 acres of wetland; restoring 348 acres of longleaf pine, planting over 300,000 native plants representing 32 distinct species; and preserving habitats vital to sustaining an endangered type of woodpeckers.