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Fortune 500 Challenge: as of October 8, 2008


 

The Fortune 500 list represents some of America’s largest companies that are buying green power in the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to more than 7.1 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 671,000 average American homes each year.

Fortune 500 icon.The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500 companies to local, state and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities. The following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power purchases of leading organizations within the United States and across individual industry sectors.

These green power purchases help reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and support the development of new renewable generation capacity nationwide. Purchase amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources. Organizations can meet EPA purchase requirements using any combination of three different product options (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products.

Purchase figures are based on annualized Partner contract amounts (kilowatt-hours), not calendar year totals. These rankings are updated on a quarterly schedule. Find out how your organization can partner with EPA today! To view a top partner list, select from the chart below:

National Top 50 100% Purchasers Top 20 Retail Fortune 500
Top 10 Federal Government Top 20 Local Government Top 20 College & University

Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Organization Type Providers Green Power Resources
1. Intel Corporation
1,302,040,000 47% Information Technology Austin Energy, PNM, Sterling Planet Biomass, Geothermal, Solar, Wind
2. PepsiCo
1,144,773,154 100% Food & Beverage 3Degrees, Sterling Planet Various
3. Dell Inc.
553,708,000 158% Information Technology 3Degrees, Austin Energy, Constellation NewEnergy, Greenhouse Gas Services, Idaho Power, MidAmerican Energy, TXU Energy Biogas, Solar, Wind
4. Wells Fargo & Company
550,000,000 42% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. 3Degrees Wind
5. Whole Foods Market
526,995,000 100% Retail Austin Energy, Community Energy, On-site Generation, PNM, Renewable Choice Energy Solar, Wind
6. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
470,216,838 100% Food & Beverage 3Degrees, Sterling Planet Various
7. Johnson & Johnson
434,854,733 38% Health Care 3Degrees, FPL Energy, On-site Generation, PNM, Reliant Energy, Sempra Energy Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind
8. Cisco Systems, Inc.
385,550,000 44% Information Technology Austin Energy, Silicon Valley Power/3Degrees, Sterling Planet, TXU Energy Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind
9. Kohl's Department Stores
236,017,000 20% Retail City of Dover, Neuwing Energy Ventures, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sterling Planet, WM Renewable Energy Various
10. Starbucks
205,000,000 22% Restaurants & Food Srvcs. 3Degrees Wind
11. DuPont Company
180,063,500 4% Chemical Neuwing Energy Ventures, On-site Generation Biomass, Solar, Wind
12. Staples
127,322,000 21% Retail 3Degrees, Avista Utilities, Florida Power & Light, On-site Generation, Pacificorp, PECO/Community Energy, Portland General Electric, Tennessee Valley Authority Biomass, Solar, Wind
13. Lowe's
101,000,000 2% Retail Neuwing Energy Ventures, On-site Generation Biogas, Solar
14. Office Depot
99,529,000 16% Retail Cadence Network Inc. (Clear Sky Power), Direct Energy Biomass, Solar, Wind
15. Safeway Inc.
93,000,000 3% Retail 3Degrees, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
16. Sprint Nextel
87,600,000 47% Telecommunications Kansas City Power & Light Wind
17. Nike, Inc.
79,820,000 72% Clothing & Textile Sterling Planet Various
18. Advanced Micro Devices / Austin, TX Facilities
73,680,000 122% Information Technology Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
19. FedEx Kinko's
62,105,348 26% Retail 3Degrees, Green Mountain Energy Various
20. Citi
56,398,000 4% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. Constellation NewEnergy Wind
21. Hewlett-Packard
50,000,000 4% Information Technology City of Palo Alto Utilities/3Degrees, Constellation NewEnergy, Fort Collins Utilities, Pacificorp, Roseville Electric Various
22. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations
36,000,000 100% Consumer Products Community Energy Wind
23. Baxter International Inc.
29,500,000 5% Health Care 3Degrees, Constellation NewEnergy Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind
24. Applied Materials, Inc.
26,671,000 12% Information Technology Austin Energy, On-site Generation, Silicon Valley Power/3Degrees Biomass, Solar, Wind
25. (tie) Lockheed Martin / Washington Metro Operations
25,000,000 18% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Sky Energy Wind
25. (tie) Owens Corning Foam Insulation, LLC
25,000,000 92% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Constellation NewEnergy Wind
25. (tie) State Street Corporation
25,000,000 18% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. Suez Energy Resources NA Wind
28. The Coca-Cola Company
17,000,000 5% Food & Beverage 3Degrees Biomass, Small-hydro
29. GE Healthcare / Headquarters
15,816,820 10% Health Care We Energies Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind
30. ARAMARK Parks & Resorts
15,455,000 100% Travel & Leisure Carbon Solutions Group Biomass, Wind
31. General Motors / Service Parts Operations
13,010,000 11% Automotive On-site Generation, Other Biogas, Solar
32. Macy's, Inc. West Division
10,400,000 3% Retail On-site Generation Solar
33. IBM Corporation / Austin, TX Facilities
10,205,400 12% Information Technology Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
34. State Farm / Austin Operations Center
9,562,603 100% Insurance Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
35. Apple Computers / Austin, TX Facilities
9,431,400 100% Information Technology Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
36. Oracle Corporation / Austin Facility
5,400,000 6% Information Technology Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
37. Time Warner Cable - Central Texas
3,300,000 18% Media, Print & Publishing Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
38. United Parcel Service (UPS) / 4 CA Facilities
2,949,545 50% Transport & Shipping 3Degrees, On-site Generation Biomass, Solar
39. (tie) Pitney Bowes
2,500,000 2% Information Technology 3Degrees Biomass, Wind
39. (tie) Raytheon / Aurora, CO
2,500,000 10% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Xcel Energy Wind
41. Roche / Palo Alto & Pleasanton Sites
2,230,997 5% Health Care City of Palo Alto Utilities/3Degrees, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
42. Lockheed Martin / Palo Alto Facilities
1,800,000 10% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. City of Palo Alto Utilities/3Degrees Solar, Wind
43. (tie) Agilent Technologies / Santa Clara location
1,608,000 6% Information Technology Silicon Valley Power/3Degrees Wind
43. (tie) Yahoo! Inc. / Santa Clara Sites
1,608,000 7% Information Technology Silicon Valley Power/3Degrees Solar, Wind
45. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics / JSF Substation
1,319,539 30% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Constellation NewEnergy Biomass, Geothermal
46. 3M / Austin, TX Facilities
1,248,000 16% Consumer Products Austin Energy Biogas, Wind
47. FedEx Express / Oakland Hub Facility
1,172,430 20% Transport & Shipping On-site Generation Solar
48. American Express / South Florida Facilities
1,105,890 3% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. Sterling Planet Wind
49. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics / Montgomery Offices
1,031,000 30% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Constellation NewEnergy Biomass, Geothermal
50. Lockheed Martin / Missiles and Fire Control
995,204 30% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Constellation NewEnergy Wind
51. IBM Corporation / Foster City, CA Facilities
952,000 100% Information Technology 3Degrees Wind
52. Monsanto / Agracetus Campus
916,000 16% Ag, & Nat. Resources Madison Gas & Electric Wind
53. Autoliv / Ogden Facility
711,000 3% Automotive Rocky Mountain Power Wind
54. Dow Chemical / Pittsburg,CA Water Processing Plant
319,560 6% Other On-site Generation Solar
55. Dow Chemical / Pittsburg, CA Latex Plant
166,200 6% Chemical On-site Generation Solar
56. John Deere Co. / Dallas, TX Facility
154,333 10% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Green Mountain Energy Wind
57. Lockheed Martin / Plant 1 - Sunnyvale, CA
80,000 100% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. GT Environmental Finance Biogas
58. GE Energy / Inspection & Repair Services
72,000 6% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Rocky Mountain Power Wind

*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total purchased electricity use.

Current and past Fortune 500 Partners lists are available here for you to view and print:

October 2008 list (PDF) (4 pp, 106K, About PDF)
July 2008 list (PDF) (4 pp, 106K, About PDF)
April 2008 list (PDF) (5 pp, 105K, About PDF)
January 2008 list (PDF) (4 pp, 106K, About PDF)
2007 lists (PDF) (16 pp, 584K, About PDF)
2006 list (PDF) (3 pp, 82K, About PDF)

For additional information on how your organization can join these Top Partners as Green Power Partners, please visit the Join Us page of this Web site.

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