Sample Policies

Sample Environmental Policies

The following links will take you to the environmental policy or mission statements of various types of businesses. Looking through some of their commitments may help you when forming your own environmental policy.

Ben & Jerry’s
http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/our_mission/

The Coca-Cola Company
http://www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/environment.html

Dell
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/environment/en/program_policy?c=us&l=en&s=corp&~section=000

The Home Depot
http://www.homedepot.com/HDUS/EN_US/corporate/corp_respon/protect_environ.shtml

Interface, Inc.
http://www.interfacesustainability.com/visi.html

Kodak
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/HSE/VisionStrategy.jhtml?pq-path=7285

Starbucks
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/envapproach.asp

UPS
http://www.sustainability.ups.com/environmental/main.html

Whole Foods Market (more of a philosophy than a policy)
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company/philosophy.html

Weyerhaeuser
http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/environment/environpolicy/default.asp