Partner Profile

Safeway Inc.
Location	Pleasanton, CA
Organization Type	Retail
Percentage Green Power	3%
Organization-wide Purchase	Yes
Awards/Recognition	Green Power Leadership Award 2005
Environmental Web Page
Partner Profile Safeway Inc. is a Fortune 50 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America. The company operates 1764 stores in the United States and Canada under the banners of Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Dominick's, Carrs, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Pak 'n Save, and Genuardi's. In 2008 Safeway committed to purchase enough renewable energy credits to offset 100 percent of the electricity usage at its retail gasoline stations in the US, the corporate campus facilities, as well as all supermarkets located in San Francisco, CA and Boulder, CO. "The company's green power purchase is part of a comprehensive environmental strategy that benefits our customers and the communites we serve," said Joe Pettus, Safeway Senior Vice Presidnet of Fuel & Energy. "With a combined strategic approach of clean and renewable power coupled with energy efficiency and green design, Safeway is a leader in California and the nation in protecting the environment." Safeway is also the first retailer and grocer in North America to join the Chicago Climate Exchange and commit to legally binding reductions of its greenhouse gas emissions.