Company Profiles
Portfolio 21 Holdings
- Abengoa
- Acciona
- Accor
- Adobe
- Agilent
- Air Liquide
- Air Products and Chemicals
- Applied Materials
- Atlas Copco
- Autodesk
- Aviva
- Baxter International
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- British Land Company
- British Sky Broadcasting
- BT Group
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canon
- Carrefour
- Dell
- Denso
- Deutsche Bank
- Deutsche Post
- Dexia
- East Japan Railway
- Eaton
- Echelon
- EDF Energies Nouvelles
- Electrolux
- Ericsson
- Friends Provident
- Fuel Tech
- Gushan Environmental
- H. Lundbeck
- Henkel
- Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)
- Herman Miller
- Hewlett-Packard
- HSBC
- Husqvarna
- Hyflux
- Iberdrola Renovables
- IBM
- Intel
- Interface
- JM
- Johnson Controls
- Kao
- Kingfisher
- Kurita
- Linde
- Marks & Spencer
- Matsushita
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
- MTR
- Munich Re
- Nine Dragons
- National Express
- National Grid
- Natura Cosmeticos
- Netapp
- Nike
- Nokia
- Novartis
- Novo Nordisk
- Novozymes
- Olympus
- Ormat
- Philips Electronics
- Potlatch
- Praxair
- Prologis
- Red Electrica
- Reed Elsevier
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Schneider Electric
- Schnitzer Steel
- Severn Trent
- Sharp
- Shimano
- Siemens
- Skanska
- SKF
- Sompo Japan Insurance
- Sonoco
- Sony
- Staples
- STMicroelectronics
- Stora Enso
- Storebrand
- SunPower
- Suntech Power
- Svenska Cellulosa (SCA)
- Swedbank
- Swiss Re
- Swisscom
- Tandberg
- Teijin
- Telstra
- Telefonica
- TNT
- Tomra Systems
- Trex Company
- Trustpower
- UBS
- Umicore
- Unicredito Italiano
- United Natural Foods
- Verbund
- Vestas Wind Systems
- VMware
- Volvo Group
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- Whole Foods Market
- Xerox
Whole Foods Market
United States
With a wide range of certified organic and other produce, food products, and coffee grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides, Whole Foods is making a significant contribution toward supporting the organic industry. This company has demonstrated considerable leadership in the food industry by eliminating genetically engineered ingredients from all of its private label products. Whole Foods is making efforts to address criticisms by local farmers, and has identified goals to increase local products offered in its stores. At the operational level, Whole Foods is purchasing significant amounts of renewable energy, and the company's Sarasota, Florida store was the first supermarket to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Portfolio 21 has asked Whole Foods to establish LEED certification goals for all new stores; provide detailed reporting on environmental metrics covering issues such as packaging, waste, recycling, and energy use; and improve consumer education by providing on-product labels for all its private brand offerings indicating they do not contain ingredients grown from genetically engineered seed
Biotechnology Involvement
Whole Foods supports mandatory labeling of products that contain genetically modified ingredients. Additionally, the company has removed all genetically modified ingredients in its Whole Foods brand and private label products. However, until recently Whole Foods refused to label its products as GMO-free (or some similar statement), citing legal issues and potential risks. We felt the company could show stronger leadership on this issue, and engaged in a dialogue with Whole Foods. In early 2005, after several years of dialogue, Whole Foods agreed to label its products. Regrettably, execution of this commitment has not been comprehensive and not all private label products are covered. Visit our Biotechnology Policy for more on this issue.
To the best of our knowledge the above information is accurate and was obtained from sources we believe to be reliable. Neither the information presented above nor any opinion expressed shall be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy the security. The views expressed are those of portfolio management as of 12/30/07 and may not reflect current opinions or subsequent events.