What does the future hold for Safeways GHG and Sustainability Initiatives?
Sustaining environmental benefits is just as important as achieving the initial results. Mindful of this, we have implemented a multi-pronged strategy to keep the organization moving forward. A central focus of this strategy is employee awareness of climate change and the tools to help manage its impacts. Employee education, energy conservation, process improvement, efficient building design, recycling and other key elements of responsible environmental stewardship are critical to managing the future performance of our sustainability efforts. Safeway has demonstrated its long-term commitment to addressing climate change. We were the first and only retailer to join both the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the world’s first and North America’s only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction registry and trading program, and the California Climate Action Registry, the state’s official registry for GHG reduction projects in 2006. Currently we are working with both organi
