Feb 5, 2012

Walmart Rockets from 15th to Third in EPA Green Power Rankings · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader

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.

EPA Green Power list

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 the company’s electricity use in those states. 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.

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