EPA Awards Whole Foods the 2007 Green Power Partner Award

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made its 2007 Green Power Partner Awards and Whole Foods Market was a recipient for having achieved 100 percent alternative wind power electricity usage along with other major commitments to renewable green energy.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yearly acknowledges the leading companies, universities, government agencies and other organizations throughout the nation that have made the most progress toward their commitment to using alternative renewable green power sources and certificate. The EPA acts in conjunction with the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) to identify and award the leaders in green energy. The EPA focuses on green power purchasers, while the DOE focuses on green power suppliers and CRS on leaders in building up new and viable markets for the implementation of alternative renewable green power.

The EPA presents three categories of awards to green power purchasers under Green Power Leadership Awards, which are part of the EPA's Green Power Partnership program. The categories are Green Power Partner of the Year, Green Power Purchasing, and On-site Generation. Whole Foods Market, a 100 percent green power purchaser, received the more comprehensive Green Power Partner of the Year Award. Two panels of highly qualified judges reviewed nominations for the various awards and evaluated each nominee on the following strict criteria.