Originally published February 13 2006
Whole Foods and FedEx purchase renewable energy credits
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Whole Foods and FedEx Kinko's have purchased renewable energy credits to cover 100 percent and 14 percent, respectively, of their total energy needs.
Renewable energy credits continue to gain ground in North America as FedEx Kinko's and organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market each announce major new purchasing deals.
For example, it is physically impossible to deliver electrons from a particular wind farm directly to a business that occupies locations throughout the country.
Whole Foods will purchase renewable energy credits from wind farms to offset 100% of the electricity used in all of its stores, facilities, bake houses, distribution centers, regional offices, and national headquarters in the United States and Canada.
The renewable-energy commitment -- the largest in the U.S. and Canada to date -- makes Whole Foods the only Fortune 500 company to offset 100% of its electricity use through wind energy credits.
"Whole Foods Market is a leader in the natural and organic foods movement, and that involves caring about our communities and respecting our environment," said Michael Besancon, Whole Foods Market Southern Pacific regional president and Green Mission task force leader.
This purchase will avoid more than 700 million pounds of carbon dioxide pollution this year.
To have the same environmental impact, more than 60,000 cars would have to be taken off the road or more than 90,000 acres of trees would have to be planted.
Meanwhile, FedEx Kinko's announced new renewable energy purchases at more than 100 locations nationwide, increasing its total green power commitment by 67.5% to an estimated 40 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year.
"By increasing our green power use, FedEx Kinko's is helping to reduce the amount of pollutants emitted into the environment," said John Gomez, FedEx Kinko's regional vice president of operations in Southern California.
As a result of these new purchases, FedEx Kinko's now expects to avert more than 26,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions each year -- equivalent to the power used by over 3,900 U.S. households in a 12-month period.
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