Whole Foods topped this year's list of the top 10 retailers recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership.
The list highlights retailers that have completed the largest annual voluntary green power purchases through Jan. 18. "Green power" is defined by the partnership as electricity products that are partially or entirely generated from environmentally- preferable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, and low-impact biomass and hydro resources.
Whole Foods Market topped the list with 100% of its energy being green power. Whole Foods uses 463,128 megawatt-hours of biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar and wind power.
Starbucks came in second this year with 20% of its 150,000 megawatt-hours being wind power.
Safeway purchases wind power for 2% of the 87,000 megawatt-hours it uses annually.
Staples purchases biogas, biomass, solar and wind power for 10% of the 49,457 megawatt-hours it uses annually.
FedEx Kinko's purchases green power for 15% of its 40,600 megawatt-hours used annually. The company did not specify which types of green power it purchases.
HEB's Austin region operations purchase biogas and wind power for 26% of the 27,600 megawatt-hours used annually.
Liz Claiborne' corporate headquarters uses wind power for 100% of its 25,000 megawatt-hours used annually.
prAna also uses wind power for 100% of its 16,500 megawatt-hours.
Lowe's Home Centers in North Carolina, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas use biogas, solar and wind power for 4% of their 16,473 megawatt-hours.
Shaw's Supermarkets in Rhode Island rounds out the list with 6% of its 2,000 megawatt-hours coming form biogas and solar power.
