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Office Depot Opens LEED Pre-Certified Store

July 10, 2008October 17, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Office Depot has opened its first “Green” store in Austin, TX. The store, pre-certified to LEED standards by the USGBC, will use less energy and water in its daily operations, increase recycling and leave a much smaller overall environmental footprint than the typical store of its size, according to the ... Read more »

Citi Takes LEED Pre-Certification To The Bank

May 31, 2008October 14, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Citi has announced that it is the first company to achieve LEED pre-certification for a retail commercial interior prototype through a pilot USGBC program. Three new CitiFinancial branches in Austin, Texas, Flint, Mich., and Warrington, Penn., are the first Citi branches to be certified in this pilot program, and 27 ... Read more »

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC

May 21, 2008May 28, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Office Depot is the first company to achieve volume pre-certification under the pilot LEED Portfolio Program for its store prototype design – Office Depot was part of the first group of participants to become involved in the pilot program. Retail chains have been working with the USGBC since mid-2006 to ... Read more »

Vestar Launches LEED Retail Development Program

April 21, 2008October 13, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Retail developer Vestar Development has launched GreenStar, a commitment to sustainable shopping center building techniques with the goal of achieving LEED certification for new development projects. The US Green Building Council currently doesn’t have an approved LEED program for retail projects. Guidelines were drafted in September 2007 and are currently ... Read more »

HP Packaging To Carry EPA SmartWay Logo

April 20, 2008October 13, 2009 by Paul Nastu

HP is the first company to receive approval from the U.S. EPA to have the agency’s SmartWay logo displayed on a selection of its consumer product packaging. SmartWay is a voluntary partnership between the EPA and the freight industry. The program’s goals are to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 33 ... Read more »

Target Targets Eco-Friendly Prototypes

February 8, 2008 by Paul Nastu

Target will build two prototype green certified stores this year and plans to have them at more than 100 locations next year. The Minneapolis-based retailer is building the initial prototypes at Waconia, MN and Otsego, MN and intends to have them open for business in October. Last year, Target installed ... Read more »

Stop & Shop, Giant Participate In LEED Portfolio Pilot

November 7, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company of Quincy, MA, and its sister company, Giant Food of Landover, MD, are participating in the US Green Building Council Portfolio Program pilot for LEED volume certification for existing buildings. They are...

Best Buy To Build Only Eco-Friendly Stores

August 17, 2007October 4, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Beginning in early to mid-2008, Best Buy intends to build only eco-friendly stores, certified by the USGBC through LEED Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal reports. Best Buy announced the plan in its recently released corporate responsibility report. According to the USGBC, if all Best Buy stores were LEED certified, the retailer would cut its energy use by approximately one-third...

Starbucks Releases Corporate Social Responsibility Report

March 2, 2007October 3, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Starbucks Coffee has released its 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility Annual Report (PDF). The company is releasing two versions of it. The abridged version is available now on the company's CSR page and focuses on "Starbucks most material issues identified through an extensive assessment of the important issues to stakeholders and to Starbucks." A comprehensive version of the report will be

Office Depot Opens LEED Pre-Certified Store

Citi Takes LEED Pre-Certification To The Bank

Office Depot First Retailer To Pre-Certify Store Prototypes With USGBC

Vestar Launches LEED Retail Development Program

HP Packaging To Carry EPA SmartWay Logo

Target Targets Eco-Friendly Prototypes

Stop & Shop, Giant Participate In LEED Portfolio Pilot

Best Buy To Build Only Eco-Friendly Stores

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