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CSX accepted to state’s Green Registry
CUMBERLAND — CSX has been recognized as the first transportation provider to join the Maryland Green Registry, a voluntary self-certification program that promotes and recognizes sustainable practices by organizations throughout the state.
The selection was announced by Gov. Martin O’Malley at a Maryland Chamber of Commerce business policy dinner in Cambridge.
The registry includes organizations that complete a best-practices profile covering environmental management and leadership, waste reduction, energy and water conservation, transportation and green building design.
CSX was selected due to its overall commitment to environmental sustainability. The company recently announced a plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2.4 million tons — the equivalent of taking 441,000 cars off the road each year, or burning 5,598,000 fewer barrels of oil.
CSX is also a sponsor of the National Gateway, a public-private partnership that proposes a state-of-the-art rail corridor linking the East Coast’s international deep-water ports and major consumption markets with the population and manufacturing centers of the Midwest.
