1999 headquarters boulder co usa website http www.moxiesozo.com moxie sozo is a boulder colorado based design and advertising agency founded in 1999 by leif steiner . it is the first known design and advertising agency to be carbon neutral zero waste and powered by 100 percent renewable energy . contents 1 core creative competencies 2 awards and recognition 3 environmental initiatives 4 the hurricane poster project and the haiti poster project 5 see also 6 references 7 external links core creative competencies edit moxie sozo is known for its ability to effectively position challenger brands in a competitive market landscape . 1 the firm has worked with iconic brands including companies like cateye a japanese bicycle component company ; smartwool a colorado based business that makes clothing and accessories from merino wool ; 2 and mazda 3 4 moxie sozo s packaging design has been featured in more than 100 magazines and books throughout the world . the dieline.com 5 frequently publishes articles about moxie sozo s work including mentions of clients like nuun eatpastry snackle mouth probar and leap organics . awards and recognition edit computer arts magazine uk 6 named moxie sozo studio of the month and has included the agency in other areas of its publication to provide advice and guidance for other firms . 7 moxie sozo s most recent packaging design awards were featured on choi s gallery 8 a bi monthly publication dedicated to reviewing and presenting the best new graphics from all over the world . moxie sozo s creative design efforts for jade monk beverage co. 9 left hand brewing co. 10 and leap organics 11 were all recipients of the best packaging design award in choi s gallery for 2011 along with eatpastry snackle mouth and probar . environmental initiatives edit moxie sozo s operations including all business travel are 100 % carbon neutral . their carbon offset supports the non profit organization clean air cool planet . 12 their zero waste operations program is operated monitored and audited by eco cycle . moxie sozo is powered by 100 % renewable energy . the hurricane poster project and the haiti poster project edit in 2005 after hurricane katrina hit new orleans steiner organized a group of international designers and artists to create the hurricane poster project . designers from all over the world were asked to make and submit posters that could be then sold online to raise money for the victims and the red cross . more than 180 different limited edition series of posters were produced raising more than us 50 000 . in 2007 leif steiner was awarded the circle of humanitarians award the american red cross s highest honor . three days after the 2010 haiti earthquake leif steiner of moxie sozo and josh higgins organized the haiti poster project a collaboration of 350 designers from 17 countries . the project gained worldwide media attention within days of launching and the effort has raised thousands of dollars for victims of the earthquake . as a result of this effort steiner along with lead designer and pentagram design studio partner harry pearce 13 and photographer richard foster 14 won the d & ad professional award 15 for his contributions to the haiti disaster relief . 16 see also edit sustainable advertising boulder colorado the hurricane poster project references edit leap soaps case study http connect.amaboston.org profiles blogs case study keeping your brand 1 smartwool www.smartwool.com mazda www.mazda.com moxie sozo s work for mazda s national dealer meeting website www.stefanieshank.com projects 26mazda.html the dieline.com website www.thedieline.com computer arts magazine uk website computer arts magazine 10 tips for starting your own design business www.computerarts.co.uk in depth features 10 tips for starting your design business sq design name print choi s gallery website www.choisgallery.com jade monk beverage co. website www.jademonk.com left hand brewery website www.lefthandbrewing.com leap organics website www.leaporganics.com clean air cool planet www.cleanair coolplanet.org d & ad harry pearce bio blog.dandad.org 2010 03 presidents lecture harry pearce richard foster photography website www.richardfoster.com haiti poster d & ad award article in the denver egotist www.thedenveregotist.com news local 2011 august 15 leif steiner wins dad professional award haiti poster project external links edit moxie sozo website the haiti poster project retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moxie sozo & oldid 599583472 categories advertising agencies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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