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Partner Profile
| Whole Foods Market | |
| Location | Austin, TX |
| Organization Type | Retail |
| Percentage Green Power | 105% |
| Organization-wide Purchase | Yes |
| Awards/Recognition | Green Power Leadership Award 2004, Green Power Leadership Award 2005, Partner of the Year 2006, Partner of the Year 2007 |
Environmental Web Page  | |
| Partner Profile Whole Foods Market's mission--"Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet"--reflects its care and concern for the environment. A key aspect of its mission is to be a leader in environmental stewardship, and the company has an ongoing commitment to green power. Under the guidance of Green Mission Task Force Leader Michael Besancon, Whole Foods Market has made green power purchasing a company-wide practice. Currently, Whole Foods Market is purchasing 100 percent of its total national power load from green power sources. Whole Foods Market's strategy to invest in green power is based on decisions made at the store or regional level. The regional-based decisions empower Whole Foods Market's team members to make decisions locally for their own stores or regions and also stay in tune with the environment of each particular community served by Whole Foods Market. Publicity of Whole Foods Market green power purchases has been undertaken at the regional level. For example, in Colorado and New Mexico, Whole Foods Market's commitment has included in-store educational information about wind energy. Whole Foods received the EPA Green Power Leadership Award in 2004 and 2005 and Partner of the Year award in 2006 and 2007, and continues to be a member of the Green Power Leadership Club. Whole Foods Market also hosts and owns solar systems on close to a dozen locations and has contracted for up to 20 more, and hosts a fuel cell at two of its stores. In addition, Whole Foods Market has implemented energy efficiency upgrades saving more than 15 million kWh annually and has implemented many green building and minimum energy efficiency standards into new store designs. | |