Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is an American supermarket chain that specializes in organic food and that is currently operating in the U.S, Canada and the United Kingdom. The organization’s main focus or mission is to sell and offer organic products that meet the criteria and quality standards that the company has self-created, some of these standards include the following requirements: minimally processed food that are free of hydrogenated fat as well as artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners and preservatives, as well as not promoting and selling meats or milks that utilize cloned animals.
I decided to choose this organization because there are so many areas on which this company promotes and practices corporate social responsibility as well as sustainable
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This implementation helped the company to avoid 551,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution, which compares to the equivalent of not consuming 1,200,000 barrels of oil or the annual energy usage of 65,000 average-size houses.
The organization’s expansion has also created a notion of green building, which promotes the reduction in the utilization of natural resources and raw materials, as well as minimizing the amount of toxic chemicals utilized to construct stores and other installations. Whole Foods Markets is utilizing innovative green materials such as medium density fiberboard, which is made from 100 percent recovered and recycled wood fiber.
Several of the Whole Food stores have a donation program called 5 percent day donations, which is a program that donates 5 percent of the profits acquired by some specific stores to environmental programs that support the cleaning of rivers, air, oceans and