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Partner Profile

Whole Foods Market
Location	Austin, TX
Organization Type	Retail
Percentage Green Power	100%
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
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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 or generating 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.

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