Whole Foods switches to renewable energy

Whole Foods Market, the American health food giant which is opening a flagship store in London next year, has become the first major US company to convert all of its energy to green sources.

The move will cut carbon dioxide emissions by the same amount as taking 60,000 cars off the road for a year or planting 90,000 acres of trees to absorb the gas, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Whole Foods, the largest health food chain in America, has chosen wind power as its preferred source of renewable energy but cannot link its system directly to wind farms because they supply power directly to America’s national electricity grid.

The Independent