Most Influential companies Going Green

Focused on water stewardship, sustainable packaging, and climate & energy protection.

Launched a long-term plan to power each one its stores using 100% renewable energy sources.

Saves 21 million pounds of metal per year by trimming an eigth of an inch off the diameter of its beer cans

Appointed an ex-Greenpeace head as an adviser to the board and successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions during the 90’s by 63% - far ahead of the timetable set by the Kyoto Protocol

They plant 50 trees after every race

Used to scrap 90 percent of its ingots in the process of manufacturing jet engine blades and now casts the ingots into ready-made blade-like shapes

Works with PETA to systematically reform its business practices to be more humane and environmentally friendly.

Stresses proper supply chain management at each link of its global supply chain

Customers can return any Dell-branded product back to the company for free plus Dell accepts computers, monitors, or printers from other companies

Working on a hydrogen fuel cell powered “FCX.”

Early adopter of electronic ballast technology that significantly lowers the use of electricity in the company’s stores

Use of the Greenlist Process (a system that ranks impact on the environment by evaluating the raw materials used)

Owning and operating enormous “e-waste” recycling plants

- Yorkshire Log Stores- They Design and develop garden furniture and ensure it is manufactured from FSC certified timber only. The furniture is designed from, oak, cedar and siberian larch, all three of which can survive in the natural environment UN-TREATED for 40 years+, meaning the use of treatment and harmful chemical are not required. Furthermore, all of our products are designed in house, to such a criteria that mechanical fixings ( screws, nails, bolts etc) are kept to an absolute minimum, and in a lot of cases aren't used at all. This is done by incorporating joinery techniques such as mortise and tenon joints. The reduction in the uses of mechanical fixings, reduces carbon emissions indirectly.

Has a policy of not using products made from harvesting trees from old-growth rainforest.

Has the world’s largest fleet of fuel efficient vehicles

Has a completely biodegradable running shoe

Replaced entire fleet of airplanes with more fuel-efficient models and installed fuel-saving “winglets” that cut emissions 5% on its 737 model aircrafts

Turned each of its stores into wind-powered, high-recycling, biodiesel truck delivered epicenters

Developed the Prius - the world’s first mass-market hybrid vehicle

Has sold over $12 billion of its Ecomagination products (including solar panels). and cleaned up much of the polychlorinated biphenyls polluting the Hudson River.

$1.5 million investment in solar, ethanol, and wind