CPEG Named to Pennsylvania’s Top 100 – Gains National Recognition
In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural internet site, recently named CP Environmental Group, Inc. as one of the “Top 100 Diversity-Owned Businesses in the State of Pennsylvania” (Div100) for 2006.
The Div100 is the 7th annual listing of the Pennsylvania’s top 100 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $1,000,000 to over $100,000,000, the companies listed on the Div100 represent Pennsylvania’s top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant. Div100 members are sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with qualified diversity-owned companies.
On being notified of CPEG’s selection, Peggy Carpenter, President, said
“We are honored to have been selected as one of Pennsylvania’s Top 100 diversity-owned businesses. This recognition was only achieved through the hard work and dedication of the CPEG team to provide cost-effective and creative business solutions to our clients’ environmental challenges – achieving/exceeding our clients’ expectations is one of our basic operating principles.”
The Impact of Diversity Business
Affected by recent economic and demographic trends and changes, Fortune 1000 corporations throughout the country have recognized that buying products and services from diversity-owned companies positively impacts their business. Diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.
“Diversity businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”
Gloria Bohan, CEO of Omega World Travel in Fairfax, Virginia commented
“This group represents the entrepreneurial spirit that drives our economy and even more. It offers insights into a vastness of cultures and an exchange of ideas that are so valuable in helping me to understand how to reach the needs of today's consumers”.
The Div100
The Div100 is a classification that represents the top 100 diversity-owned (Women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Indian and other minority groups) businesses in Pennsylvania, in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural and women-owned businesses use the list. The Div100 is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.
The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “7thh Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 11 - 13, 2007 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.
About DiversityBusiness.com
Launched in 1999, with over 32,000 members DiversityBusiness.com is the largest organization of diversity-owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and colleges and universities. Members use the sites technology to find and track new business opportunities. It also produces the country’s largest conference on diversity education and training for major corporations and small business. Its research on top businesses appears in Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and numerous magazines and media publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. CCA was founded in 1980 by CEO Kenton Clarke.
We are pleased to announce that CPEG President, Peggy Carpenter, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM), Three Rivers Chapter. The ACHMM is a professional membership organization for Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (CHMMs) and other parties with interest in the environmental field. The Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers’ vision is to be the recognized leader and resource for those practicing Environmental, Health and Safety Management. Peggy welcomes the opportunity to serve in a leadership role in this professional organization and looks forward to actively helping the chapter to achieve its goals.
In addition, Ms. Carpenter will be teaching the “National Environmental Policy Act” and “RCRA – Corrective Action/Treatment Guidelines for Technology Selection” modules of the CHMM refresher course planned for Fall 2005. Peggy has previously prepared and given technical presentations on environmental remediation methods and innovative site closure techniques as an invited speaker for the Terminal Properties Exchange (a trucking industry conference), the Pittsburgh Geological Society, the American Petroleum Institute and the National Ground Water Association, and has published technical papers on remedial techniques.
We are pleased to announce that on October 8, 2004, CP Environmental Group (CPEG) received certification as a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) from the Pennsylvania Department of General Services and on November 10, 2004 we received an additional certification as a Woman/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) from the Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program (recognized by over 100 Pennsylvania government agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation). A complete listing of our disadvantaged/diversity certifications include:
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The CPEG team has a solid history of providing quality and cost-effective environmental services. We specialize in working with clients during renovations, acquisitions, and divestitures of environmentally impaired sites, as well as assisting with environmental compliance at operating facilities. We have contributed to the success of hundreds of redevelopment and compliance projects for our industrial, commercial, and municipal clients by providing a combination of technical excellence, practical experience, and responsiveness.
CPEG provides business solutions to our client’s environmental challenges throughout the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast regions. Our capabilities include performing work in support of commercial and industrial property transactions (Phase I/II/III), compliance and remediation, asbestos/mold assessment and abatement management, Storage Tank Management, Waste Disposal Management, Permitting and Compliance as well as Brownfield / Act 2 Site Closure activities.
Please contact us if you have questions concerning this announcement or the services CPEG offers. We look forward to working with you to achieve your environmental and diversity goals.
We are pleased to announce that, effective May 30, 2004, TolTest’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania business was purchased by senior managers, Peggy Carpenter and Joe Prokopik. This purchase was a logical outcome of our groups’ different strategic directions: TolTest focuses on large national and international government contracts and the Pittsburgh office focuses on regional non-governmental clients.
The new company, CP Environmental Group, Inc., (CPEG) has retained the full compliment of former TolTest Pittsburgh office employees as part of this purchase, so for our clients, we hope to make this transition seamless. CPEG will continue to provide solutions to our client’s environmental challenges throughout the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast regions. A company profile is attached to provide more details.
As part of the sales agreement, CPEG will have access to the TolTest master services agreements and contracts during the transition period. As such, we will work to make sure that there will be no disruption in services currently being performed as a result of this sale. We appreciate your business and offer you the opportunity to continue to work with the same individuals you’ve always worked with, regardless of whether you’re a TolTest customer or a CPEG customer.
Rest assured, CPEG has acquired the appropriate insurance coverage to meet our client’s requirements. Additionally, CPEG expects to obtain woman-owned business enterprise (WBE) certifications through the Pennsylvania Department of General Services and the Woman’s Business Enterprise National Council, and an 8(a) Business Development certification through the Small Business Administration by late summer 2004. These certifications will help our clients meet their disadvantaged business utilization goals, as applicable.
During this period of transition, please feel free to contact us if you have questions concerning this transaction or the current services being performed for you. We are excited about this new business opportunity and look forward to working with you under our new company banner.