Walmart Rockets from 15th to Third in EPA Green Power Rankings
Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA’s rankings of the country’s top green power purchasers, from 15th place just last quarter.
The Green Power Partnership ranking, for the retailer’s Texas and California facilities alone, pushes Whole Foods down to fourth place.
According to the EPA’s data, Walmart’s facilities in the two states use 872,382,088 kWh of green power a year, or 28 percent of their total electricity use. These Walmart facilities also rank second among retailers, second among on-site green power generators and third among Fortune 500 companies on the EPA’s lists.
Intel and Kohl’s maintain their long-time first and second place positions on the overall rankings. Johnson & Johnson moves from sixth to fifth place, and Starbucks drops from fifth to seventh. The top generator of on-site green electricity is again Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which generates 193,347,000 kWh a year, or eight percent of its usage, from biomass.
