WHAT ARE BIG BUSINESSES DOING TO GO GREEN?

• Coca Cola
  o Replaced lighting at a large portion of their offices all over the country- which lowered electric use by 50%
  o Installed solar light pipes in certain parking lots.
  o Lowered their carbon footprint by 11.5% since 2007
  o Reduced the amount of water they use
  o Increased recycling
• IBM
  o Updated plants and labs to enhance the environmental performance
  o Invested over $96 million in operating expense to do that….
  o Has already saved an estimated $152 million!!!!!
• Ford
  o Now using foam derived from soy.
  o Has helped to avoid more than 6 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions ANNUALLY!
• Best Buy
  o Reduced Greenhouse Gas emissions by 14.8% in FY 2010 based on the baseline of 2005 numbers. Their goal was 8%.
  o Increased the retail square footage but did NOT increase energy usage.
  o They educated their employees on the importance of energy management.
  o Their long term improvements include:
   The use of skylights
   Low VOC paints
   Cleaning supplies
   Low-flow water fixtures
   Lower fleet fuel use
  o Best buy ALSO accepts used electronics for recycling
• Kraft
  o Cut waste by 30% by recycling, composting, and turning food scraps into animal feed. They recycle or reuse 90% of their waste.
  o 9 facilities send NO WASTE to landfills. 5 of these facilities are plants in the USA, 3 are plants in Canada, and the last is a US distribution center.
• Purina UK
  o Reducing the boxes for Go-Cat food by 10%, they are removing the space from the top of the packaging. Expected to save 195 tons of cardboard each year.
• BMW
  o Using PPG Industries’ B1:B2 waterborne paint technology. The B1 layer provides primer and filling and the B2 layer provides color. Neither layer requires baking or heating, which reduces energy use.