2024/AUGUST

GNG customers play a vital role in protecting the environment, together offsetting over 500 million pounds of CO2e through the Greener Life program since its inception. For 25 years we’ve been leading the way to a safer, cleaner Georgia.

2024/AUGUST

Certified Low Emissions natural gas is responsibly sourced through low emissions processes used to produce natural gas. Georgia Natural Gas partners with MiQ, a not-for-profit organization leading the way in methane emissions performance monitoring.

2024/APRIL

We maintained our annual tradition of electronic recycling by once again hosting an event at Lenox Square. This year we recycled 45,000 pounds of old, unwanted electronics. To date, GNG has helped recycle more than 100,000 pounds of electronics and kept them out of landfills.

2024/APRIL

SouthStar Energy partnered with two historically Black colleges and universities across its multi-state business footprint, reducing their carbon footprint through SouthStar’s Greener Life^® for Business program. This partnership highlights the importance of emphasizing sustainability and environmental responsibility to the next generation of leaders.

2024/MARCH

Georgia Natural Gas^® teamed with Georgia Public Service Commission Tim Echols and Jason Shaw to encourage middle and high school students across the state to collect glass for recycling. More than 35,000 pounds of glass were recycled and kept out of landfills. The schools that recycled the largest amounts of glass were recognized and honored at an awards ceremony sponsored by Georgia Natural Gas held at Zoo Atlanta.

2023/OCTOBER

We joined forces with the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena in a sustainability-focused partnership. The two organizations joined our Greener Life^® for Business program, which will use carbon offsets to balance 100% of their carbon emissions related to the venue’s natural gas usage. State Farm Arena was the first sports and live entertainment venue to achieve TRUE Platinum zero waste certification, and we’re proud to contribute to their commitment to sustainability.

2023/JUNE

Volunteers from GNG help clear potato vines, a fast-growing invasive species, from Fernbank Forest. Invasive species outcompete native trees, plants and animals, which cause harm to the forest’s ecological health. The volunteers removed approximately 10 debris bags of invasive plants.

2023/APRIL

Continuing our annual tradition of electronic recycling, we held another recycling event at Lenox Square. This year we recycled over 29,000 pounds of old, unwanted electronics. To date, GNG has helped recycle more than 90,000 pounds in total.

2023/FEBRUARY

GNG added the A-Gas V5 Voluntary Emission Reduction project to the Greener Life project portfolio. This project recycles Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, HFC refrigerants can have an impact up to 1,430 times worse than carbon dioxide.

2022/APRIL

Through the Greener Life program, GNG customers offset a milestone 100-million pounds of carbon from the atmosphere.

2022/APRIL

Earth Day Electronics Recycling Event Hosted at Lenox Square

2022/MARCH

RSG is natural gas that has undergone an independent, third-party assessment to ensure it is produced using environmental best practices to minimize any environmental impact.

2022/JANUARY

First Renewable Natural Gas Purchase from Meadow Branch Methane Recovery Facility in Tennessee

2021/MARCH

Georgia Aquarium partnered with GNG to become the first Greener Life® for Business participant committing to a multi-year relationship promoting responsible commercial sustainability leadership practices. In addition to retiring carbon offsets tied to their consumption, the partnership extends to educating their audiences in ways they can all work together to improve the environment. GNG primarily does this through its sponsorship of the Southern Sea Otter Exhibit.

2020/JUNE

GNG Adds CNG-powered Ford F-150 To Its Fleet

2019/SEPTEMBER

Greener Life is an optional service that helps customers make their natural gas service carbon neutral.

2015/SEPTEMBER

GNG’s CNG Powered Fleet Celebrates 100,000,000 Miles On The Road

2014/JUNE

With the help of the National Park Service and the Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy, GNG’s employees collected litter and debris from the Chattahoochee river. They covered a four mile stretch from Alpharetta to Sandy Springs. This has since become a yearly event, with volunteers getting their hands dirty to help keep the Chattahoochee River clean.

2014/APRIL

GNG partnered with eWaste/ePlanet to launch an annual recycling event for consumer electronics. eWaste/eplanet makes it their mission to provide a safe and easy solution for consumers to dispose of their unwanted electronics. While electronics waste (e-waste) only accounts for roughly 2% of the trash in the United States, it compromises 70% of the toxic waste we produce. Our yearly earth day drive helps prevent more e-waste from going to landfills, and gives consumers an easy option to get rid of their unwanted electronics.

2013/JUNE

GNG Adds CNG-powered Ford Fusion to its Fleet

2012/OCTOBER

Advanced Disposal (now known as Waste Management Inc.) upgraded their fleet of trucks to CNG to improve fuel efficiency and reduce their environmental impact.

2011/JUNE

We wanted to showcase that a CNG-powered car wasn’t just a great idea for our fleet vehicles, but also for the average consumer. And what better way to do that than to give away a brand-new car? One lucky customer got to drive away in a CNG-powered Honda Civic at the end of this showcase for alternative fuels.

2010/JUNE

GNG introduced a Honda Civic powered exclusively by CNG to our fleet for employee use. Not only did it showcase how CNG is more environmentally friendly, but it also showed how this alternative fuel is just as reliable as conventional gasoline and diesel engines.

2007/OCTOBER

By utilizing technology to capture methane emissions produced from a Georgia landfill, GNG has partnered with suppliers to process and clean those emissions and turn them into usable energy to heat homes and power businesses. Capturing emissions that otherwise would leak into the atmosphere is one example of GNG’s all of the above approach to helping create a sustainable future for our customers and stakeholders.

2009/SEPTEMBER

GNG was so proud of our use of recycled natural gas that we launched a thought-provoking commercial campaign to promote it to consumers.

2001/NOVEMBER

Compressed Natural Gas produces less Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxide, and other Greenhouse Gases than traditional fuels.