Gannett Fleming Joins GEMI

Newest member brings architecture/engineering/construction expertise to EHS group

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Mar 19, 2015, 08:00 ET

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), the global leader in developing insights, networking and creating collaborative sustainability solutions for business, today announced the addition of its newest member company, Gannett Fleming. Gannett Fleming is a global infrastructure firm that provides planning, design, technology and construction management services for a diverse range of markets and disciplines. It is the first architecture/engineering/construction firm to join GEMI.

"We are very pleased that Gannett Fleming has joined GEMI," said Roland Mostovy, Sustainability Program manager, Ashland Inc., and GEMI's membership chair. "We are particularly pleased that we will have the opportunity to work with, learn from and share with the Gannett Fleming sustainability team, who has a solid history of working with GEMI and a number of our member companies."

Mark Johnson, vice president and Corporate Sustainability Officer, Gannett Fleming, will be the senior representative to GEMI.

"Like GEMI, we are committed to staying on the leading edge of sustainability issues and developing world-class solutions. Connecting with other industry leaders who share the same passion enables us to expand our knowledge and connections and, thereby, our ability to deliver the most efficient, cost-effective and sustainable solutions for our clients," said Johnson.

"GEMI provides an opportunity for our members to collaborate on sustainability solutions, develop tools and resources to solve sustainability challenges and create world-class meetings for networking and discussion," said Bill Gill, assistant vice president, Environmental Affairs, Smithfield Foods, and chair, GEMI. "The knowledge and experience of the Gannett Fleming team will be a real asset to GEMI as the organization works to advance sustainable business solutions to emerging sustainability challenges."

For more information about GEMI, visit www.gemi.org.

About GEMI
GEMI is the global leader in developing insights, networking, and creating collaborative sustainability solutions for business. For 25 years, GEMI has captured the vision and experience of global corporate environmental, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability leaders from diverse business sectors through the development of a wide range of publicly-available, solutions-based tools designed to help companies improve the environment, their operations and add business value.

For Immediate Release More Information Contact:
Monica MacKay, 262.563.5665

SOURCE GEMI