Burt’s Bees—Saving Our Planet!October 10, 2011

Filed under: Natural Living - greenacres @ 2:53 PM

Earlier on this blog we brought you news about what we’re doing, and what you can do, to help reduce our impact on Mother Nature, and reign in some of the detrimental practices that have damaged our planet.  But we’re not the only ones at GreenAcres doing our part.  We’re proud to support companies that have our planet at heart when it comes to producing, packing, and transporting their items.  We support them by carrying their products and promoting them on our shelves…and you can, too, by doing the same on your end!  When you know of a great company with a great product and an earth-friendly outlook, pledge your agreement by pledging your consumer dollars to that company’s mission.  Together we can ensure that more businesses in more places are dedicated to fulfilling their environmental responsibilities.

That is why GreenAcres is proud to carry the Burt’s Bees line of products.  On a path to a more sustainable future, we are all making tough choices as we proceed through uncharted territory; and Burt’s Bees is doing their part to forge a trail of sustainable products at every level of the process: “We believe the choices we make as a business can benefit all of our stakeholders and we hold ourselves accountable,” says the company.  “In 2007, to formalize our commitment to these [green] giving programs, we established The Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization. The Foundation is run by volunteer employees and funded by a donation of 10 percent of our burtsbees.com website sales, Bee-utify Your World tour sales and employee orders.”  They are getting active in their community to truly “Bee-utify” their planet in innovative and impactful ways.

Burt’s Bees has formulated a remarkable plan of sustainability goals that will dramatically reduce waste creation as well as water and energy consumption by the year 2011. But that is just their short-term sustainability plan!  Their goals for 2020 include creation of ZERO NET WASTE, 100% Natural products, 100% bio-degradable packaging, 100% renewable energy, with a carbon footprint of 0, and all LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified buildings.  Now those are some goals we can all get behind!  Pledge your support for their incredible initiatives by checking out the complete line of Burt’s Bees body care products today.