Whole Foods Market Core Values

Founded in 1978 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market started as a small grocery store before becoming a supermarket with more than 450 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Nowadays, it employs more than 91,000 people and it is dedicated to organic healthy food. It describes itself as a “dynamic leader in the quality food business” (“Our core values,” 2017) where it stresses the importance of quality over quantity, in addition to promoting high standards of excellence. Dedicated to providing fresh, healthy, organic food which is free of artificial preservatives, colors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats, Whole Foods Market has 8 core values which revolve around stakeholders, sustainability, corporate social responsibility,
The numerous web pages of Whole Foods Market devote a lot of space and information for corporate social responsibility. Whole Foods Market through its core values, its projects with the community, and the attention it gives to sustainability and to environment stewardship are impressive. Its 2012 Green Mission Report goes the extra mile in showing the effort made by Whole Foods Market since its inception.
In fact, under its green mission, Whole Foods Market has the 3 Rs which stand for reduce, reuse, recycle (“Environmental Stewardship,” 2017). Additionally, it has been resorting to alternative forms of energy by harnessing wind and solar power. Moreover, it earned the Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partner for 2006, 2007 and 2010 (“Environmental Stewardship,” 2017). Furthermore, Whole Foods Market has been relying completely on renewable energy credits from wind farms to meet its electricity needs in the United States and Canada since the beginning of the 21st century (“Environmental Stewardship,” 2017). Buying renewable energy credits earned it the Green Power Leader¬ship Award in 2004, 2005 and 2006 from the Environmental Protection Agency (“Environmental Stewardship,” 2017). By using wind and solar power, it has been able to reduce its carbon footprint and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
More than 45 stores have been built using eco friendly materials which aim at conserving natural resources.
Whole Foods Market encourages its employees to volunteer their time to help their communities. It has been limiting the use of plastic bags and has been recycling bottles to create colorful