Partner Profile

Kohl's Department Stores
Location	Menomonee Falls, WI
Organization Type	Retail
Percentage Green Power	50%
Organization-wide Purchase	Yes
Awards/Recognition	Green Power Leadership Award 2007, Green Power Leadership Award 2008
Environmental Web Page
Partner Profile Based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) is a family-focused, value-oriented specialty department store offering moderately priced, exclusive and national brand apparel, shoes, accessories, beauty and home products. Kohl's strives to be a leading environmentally responsible retailer through focused resource stewardship by its associates and vendors. Kohl's has embarked on a committed, integrated approach to environmental stewardship in all facets of its business endeavors with a common goal of long-term resource sustainability. The company has embraced five strategies to drive its environmental initiatives: maximize energy efficiency, minimize waste, responsible building design, reduce climate damaging emissions, and encourage environmental values. A member of EPA's Green Power Partnership since July 2006, Kohl's has a long-term commitment to energy conservation and green power. Kohl's received a 2007 Green Power Leadership Award and currently purchases or generates power from green sources equal to 20 percent of its annual electricity usage.