May 10, 2011
CVS Unveils Carbon Reduction Goal
CVS Caremark has announced a goal of reducing carbon intensity by 15 percent by 2018, from a 2010 baseline, according to its Corporate Social Responsibility report for 2010.
The report reveals that CVS’s carbon intensity remained constant from 2009 to 2010 at .026 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per square foot of retail space. Over that time the company increased its floor space from 67.8 million to 69.7 million square feet, and reduced absolute CO2 equivalent emissions by 0.8 percent, from 1.786 million to 1.778 million tons.
The 2010….
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Amy Drinnon | May 14th, 2011