The EPA says that a company’s participation in the Green Power Partnership demonstrates to its stakeholders — employees, customers, and investors — that it is an environmental leader in its community and is proactively reducing its exposure to risks related to climate change.
The following is a list of the Top 10 Retail Partners in the Green Power Partnership. These Partners have the largest completed annual green power purchases of all Partners within this sector. Their purchases are helping to drive the development of new renewable energy sources. Combined, these leaders’ purchases amount to almost 878,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually, which is equivalent to the power required by more than 82,000 homes every year.
The next update, scheduled for April 2006, will reflect information received by Partners by March 27, 2006.
Rankings reflect megawatt-hours and percent of total usage. Green Power Usage:
1. Whole Foods Market, 463,128 100%
2. Starbucks, 150,000, 20%
3. Safeway Inc., 87,000, 2%
4. Staples, 49,457, 10%
5. FedEx Kinko’s, 40,600, 15%
6. HEB Grocery Company/Austin Region Operations, 27,600, 26%
7. Liz Claiborne, Inc./NJ Corporate Headquarters, 25,000, 100%
8. prAna, 16,500, 100%
9. Lowe’s Home Centers in NC, NM, SC, TN, TX, 16,473, 4%
10. Shaw’s Supermarkets in Rhode Island, 2,000, 6%
