Affiliations & Partnerships

The Climate Group
The Climate Group is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing business and government leadership on climate change.  It was founded in 2004 to create new momentum in the international effort to stop climate change.  Duke Energy is a corporate member of The Climate Group.

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. Duke Energy is a member of the Conference Board’s EHS Management Roundtable.

Department of Energy Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnerships
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Carbon Sequestration Partnership, in which Duke Energy participates, is a national network of public-private sector organizations working to determine the most suitable technologies, regulations, and infrastructure needs for carbon capture, storage and sequestration in different areas of the country.

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. Duke Energy provides financial support to this initiative.

Environmental Protection Agency’s Natural Gas Star Program
The Natural Gas STAR Program is a flexible, voluntary partnership between EPA and the oil and natural gas industry to identify and promote the implementation of cost-effective technologies and practices to reduce methane emissions. Duke Energy Gas Transmission participates in this program.

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 by providing a forum for leading companies to explore ways to improve their own performance, while aiding and inspiring other organizations to do the same.

Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems
The Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems (GIEES) of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a multi-disciplinary and cross-college research institute that provides collaboration opportunities for faculty, staff and students to implement research and conduct related professional activities on critical energy and environmental issues. Duke Energy was instrumental in launching the institute through multi-year funding.

Keystone Center
The Keystone Center is a non-profit organization working to ensure that present and future generations approach environmental and scientific dilemmas and disagreements creatively and proactively. By way of its education and public policy programs, The Keystone Center improves decisions about long-term issues by helping thought-leaders, teachers, students and decision-makers effectively address technically complex and politically uncertain situations. Duke Energy is a supporter of the Key Issues Institute and participates in dialogues on various energy policy-related issues.

National Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership
Duke Energy has provided significant leadership to The National Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership, a public-private partnership amongst governments, non-profits and private corporations to restore wetlands and other aquatic habitats.

NatureServe
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides the scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective species and ecosystems protection. Duke Energy has provided general support and sponsored enhancements to their Latin American Web site.

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 provided support to The Nature Conservancy for many years and participates on its International Leadership Council.

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 like those at Duke Energy to promote effective occupational safety and health programs and practices in business and to facilitate industry understanding of and input into national policy and program decision making.

Organization for Tropical Studies
The Organization for Tropical Studies is a non-profit consortium that provides leadership in education, research and the responsible use of natural resources in the tropics by facilitating research and offering graduate and undergraduate level education programs. OTS has grown to include 63 universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America and Australia.

Purdue University’s Energy Center at Discovery Park
Purdue's Energy Center at Discovery Park is a multidisciplinary academic community consisting of researchers, scientists, engineers, political scientists, and economists that has a goal to make significant contributions to the energy solutions for the country and the world. Duke Energy has teamed up with Purdue University’s Energy Center in Discovery Park on a biomass research project.

Resources for the Future
Duke Energy supports Resources for the Future, a non-profit and 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.