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Aviva Chooses Hara Software to Drive Measureable Energy and Sustainability Results Company-Wide

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Hara™, a leader in enterprise energy management and sustainability software, today announced that Aviva (LSE: AV, NYSE: AV) has chosen Hara to track, verify and manage Aviva’s energy and CRC activities on a UK wide basis.

Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer and one of Europe’s leading providers of life and general insurance, now has the visibility and transparency into its current distributed energy and water activities through one single system of record. Hara is helping the company aggregate accurate and auditable data within Hara.  By proactively investing in energy savings technologies, Aviva now has improved ability to actively track consumption, forecast future use, and better manage its resource efficiency on a wider UK basis.

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Sustainable Waterloo Region Chooses Hara Software to Drive Sustainability and Energy Efficiency

SAN MATEO, Cali., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Hara, a leader in energy and resource data management software, today announced that  Sustainable Waterloo Region has chosen Hara to track, verify and manage energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives for its member companies, and support attainment of this region in Canada’s long-term reduction goals. Sustainable Waterloo Region (SWR) is a not-for-profit that advances the environmental sustainability of organizations across Waterloo Region through collaboration.

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Hara Announces Partnership with CDP

Hara is pleased to announce accreditation as a CDP silver carbon calculation partner. Through this alliance, Hara strengthens its commitment to drive greenhouse gas reduction and responsible resource consumption with better data collection and reporting. The partnership also reinforces Hara’s mission – to turn energy and resource data into business results for some of the world’s biggest brand names. Dell, News Corporation, Hasbro, Tandus, Akamai, and US Bank, among others, already use Hara’s robust software solution for reporting, including CDP reporting.
 

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Hara Names New CEO

SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Hara, a leader in energy and resource data management software, has named Rodrigo J Prudencio as the company’s new CEO and member of the Board of Directors. Prudencio was a partner at Nth Power, one of Hara’s lead investors. He brings over 20 years of relevant technology, energy and environmental expertise to the company. Prudencio replaces Dan Leff who served as CEO since early 2011. 

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The Wall Street Journal Names Hara a Top Ten Venture-Backed Green Company

SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Hara, a leader in energy and resource data management software, has been recognized as a Top Ten Venture-Backed Green Company by the Wall Street Journal.

The Top 10 ranking seeks to identify standout green companies with high potential to achieve success. Of the ten companies ranked, Hara is the only SaaS-based enterprise software company, and was selected based on a rigorous process that reviewed amount of capital raised in the past three years; track records of the executive team, managers and investors; and finally, which company offers the best odds for success.

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New Hara UtilitySync™ Service Transforms How Companies Acquire Timely Utility Billing and Usage Data

Intuit-powered platform aggregates disparate utility account information from across the United States within Hara’s enterprise-wide system providing oversight of all corporate activity from one dashboard

San Mateo, CA – July 17, 2012

Hara™, a leader in enterprise energy and sustainability management software, today announced the launch of its new service, Hara UtilitySync.  UtilitySync makes it possible for the first time ever to automate integration of energy, waste, water usage and billing data from online utility accounts into Hara’s system of record. With UtilitySync, Hara customers achieve seamless data integration so they can quickly and easily understand their energy footprint, benchmark their usage against industry standards, and establish reduction goals for the future.

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Energizer Holdings, Inc. Selects Hara Software as its System of Record to Track, Verify, and Manage its Global Energy and Sustainability Activities

San Mateo, CA – June 20, 2012

Hara™, a leader in enterprise energy management and sustainability software, today announced that Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR) has chosen Hara’s system of record solution to track, verify and manage Energizer’s global energy activities and correlating emissions.

Energizer, a member of Newsweek’s 2011 Green Rankings, a list of the “greenest companies” based on a survey of the 500 biggest companies in America, approaches sustainability management as an integral part of its business strategy. That includes programs and systems that address resource efficiency in three major areas— environmental, social, and economic. The company recognized that it could no longer effectively manage its energy and emissions data through spreadsheets alone.  The company chose to work with Hara based on their market leadership, innovative solution, and alignment with Energizer’s short and longer-term needs. 

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Hara Software Takes the Lead in Transforming Energy and Sustainability Practices from Well Intentioned to Well Executed

Try Before You Buy program offered to make energy and sustainability best practices affordable for everyone

San Mateo, CA – June 14, 2012

Hara™, a leader in enterprise energy management and sustainability software, today announced a special promotional trial offer for its Hara EnterpriseTM module, intended to demonstrate the value of a comprehensive sustainability and energy management system of record in enabling resource efficiency, sustainability goal achievement, cost savings, and better operational practices. The 45 day trial offer gives customers the opportunity to upload their energy and sustainability data into Hara’s system of record to obtain a hands-on experience in the benefits of adopting a professionally managed approach. 

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Hara Software Announces Support for Green Button Initiative, a White House-Inspired, Industry-Led Effort to Standardize Utility Data Reporting for Enterprise Customers

Energy and Sustainability Management Leader to Import Green Button Data into the Hara System of Record for Improved Energy Visibility and Greater Resource Efficiency

San Mateo, CA – June 7, 2012

Hara™, a leader in enterprise energy management and sustainability software, today announced its support for Green Button, a common technical standard developed in collaboration with a public-private partnership supported by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The industry-led effort allows electricity customers to obtain greater visibility and insight into their energy-use data through Hara’s system of record, supporting enterprise efforts to reduce energy costs, mitigate risks, improve operating margins, and drive more accountable sustainability practices.

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