Are All Businesses going Green?

Starbucks is on the right track with their "bean-to-cup" program. This consists of the company useing coffee cup sleeves made of recycled paper saving roughly 78,000 trees per year since 2006. Starbucks has also partnered up with Conservation International to the Earthwarch Institute, an environmental organization. This company has directed Starbucks to become more green.

McDonalds has been know in the past to take out wild animal habitats to make a new fast food place. Now they are working hand in hand with PETA on finding very humane and friendly business practices to help the environment and animals.

Home Depot has been known for taking out parts of the Rainforest with their "old-growth wood products." The company has put into place a " no old-growth sale" policy. This ensured that the days of the harvesting of the Rainforests trees were over.

Wal-Mart has put into action a new long-term plan to use 100% of its renewable energy sources. This will make them more eco-friendly than they ever have been.

Coca-Cola has narrowed down 3 environmental goals on which to focus their efforts: water stewardship, sustainable packaging, and climate & energy protection. At their corporate website you can read exactly how they plan to attain these goals.

Toyota made the world's first large scale hybrid vehicle production. Also this hybrid car is being sold in over 40 countries world wide.

Dell  products have been known as one of the hardest and most costly things to safely dispose of. Thanks to the " no computer should go to waste" recycling program, anyone who has a Dell product can send it back to the company for free.