New sustainability goals

This article was originally published in July 2018

dairy farm with cows grazing

PCC Community Markets has announced some ambitious new five-year sustainability goals in our annual Co-op Purposes Report.

Goals include:

Add 1,000 new organic products to our shelves
Eliminate petroleum-based plastics to package foods we make
Provide an electric vehicle charging station at every store
Achieve zero waste
Reduce water use by 5 percent
Decrease energy use by 10 percent
Develop a supplier diversity and inclusion program
Reduce carbon emissions associated with refrigerant leaks by 50 percent
Achieve carbon positive store operations
Move from 55 percent to 100 percent renewable energy credits for our stores
Donate a million meals to our neighbors in need

Learn more about our economic, social and environmental accomplishments in 2017 and our goals for the future here.

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