Walmart*

"As the world’s largest retail seller of seafood, we know that by working to offer sustainably-harvested seafood at affordable prices, we can impact not only our customers, but the industry as a whole.”

Factsheet (pdf May 2008)

Office Depot

“The actions that Office Depot is undertaking and the commitments through their policies are demonstrating that it is possible to conserve nature and operate as a successful business.”

Justin Ward
Vice President, Business Practices, Conservation International
2007 Corporate Citizenship Report

UPS

Letter from the Chairman

"To be successful, we must strive for continuous improvement. Back in 2002, we set goals that became the basis of our annual sustainability report. We were the first in our industry to do so. We set goals following the standards of the time, many of which didn’t exist for the transportation industry.

In 2007, we reached a number of our goals and missed others..."

Scott Davis
Chairman and CEO
Link for Full Text Version

Can't be done?

Walmart*, Office Depot and UPS are doing it.

Look at goals and examples and sustainable lighting.

Walmart

Walmart practices sustainability.

Three goals

(1) being supplied by 100% renewable energy,

(2) creating zero waste, and;

(3) selling products that sustain our resources and environment.

Office Depot

Office Depot practices sustainability.

Office Depot’s Environmental Vision is “To Increasingly Buy Green, Be Green and Sell Green.”

Applied to (1) business operations, (2) merchandise for sale, (3) catalog of green products includes Office Depot Green brand. 

UPS

UPS practices sustainability.

UPS was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (6th Year)

Operated the largest private fleet of alternative fuel vehicles in the transportation industry 

Saved 3 million gallons of fuels in 2007 by minimizing left-hand turns

Minimized fuel use in airline operations