March 26, 2003—Staples announced in March that it has joined the World Resources Institute (WRI) Green Power Market Development Group.
Convened in 2000 by WRI, the Green Power Market Development Group is a commercial and industrial partnership dedicated to building corporate markets for renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass and landfill gas. The group seeks to develop 1,000 megawatts of new, cost-competitive green power by 2010—enough to power 750,000 American homes.
As part of its participation, Staples is committed to increasing its green power procurement to 5 percent of its total energy use by the end of 2003, from current levels of less than 3 percent.
