washington business
Leading
Environmental
Practices
Recognizing a business that has put a priority on environmental improvement, education or outreach to its business sector and / or community. winner of the leading environmental practices award
Banfield Pet Hospital, Vancouver Founded: 1955
Number of employees: Banfield has over 16,000 associates across the United States and Puerto Rico. In Washington, Banfield has 1,120 associates, including nearly 700 at its new corporate headquarters in Vancouver.
Embodying the award( Leading Environmental Practices): In 2016, Banfield Pet Hospital officially moved across the Columbia River from its original home into its new headquarters in Vancouver. The new campus was built from the ground-up specifically for Banfield and reflects Banfield’ s values— including an open office environment, dog-friendly amenities and a design that reflects the company’ s roots in the Pacific Northwest. The campus was designed to obtain the highest LEED certification possible, in line with the focus of Banfield’ s parent company— Mars, Incorporated. The company has already achieved a Gold designation and is aiming for the highest possible certification.
About the company: Banfield Pet Hospital is the world’ s largest full-service companion animal veterinary practice with more than 960 hospitals in 42 states as well as District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Collectively, Banfield hospitals see more than 8 million pet visits each year. Banfield is part of Mars, Incorporated, and has a strategic partnership with PetSmart, which houses the majority of Banfield hospitals.
Notable contributions to the community and the state:
• In 2016, 296 Banfield associates in Washington volunteered 1,167 hours with local nonprofits, benefiting over 18,300 pets and people.
• Its charitable arm, the Banfield Foundation, donated nearly $ 68,000 since the launch of the foundation in September of 2015 to nonprofits located in Washington.
• Since the move to its new headquarters, Banfield has donated more than 1,000 pounds of edible food from its bistro, which otherwise would have gone to waste, to Share, a nonprofit that serves Vancouver’ s homeless and low income population.
What the judges said:“ Out-of-the-box thinking... Proves every industry can strive and accomplish sustainability when you focus on improvement... So many sustainable features in their new headquarters, including a geothermal heat exchange system, rainwater reclamation, solar hot water and much more.”
Quote:“ At Banfield Pet Hospital, we are passionate about improving the wellness of our communities, and that extends to the environment we share with the pets and people we serve. I am so proud of our new campus, which brings to life many of the core values that guide our culture as a Mars company. In keeping with our principle of responsibility, we designed our new headquarters to be not only beautiful but sustainable as well.”
— Vincent Bradley, president and CEO, Banfield Pet Hospital Website: www. banfield. com
other finalists for the leading environmental practices award
Earth Friendly Products, Lacey
Since 1967, EFP has been making household and commercial cleaning products using plant-based ingredients and environmentally friendly processes. It has more EPA“ Safer Choice” certified products than any other manufacturer. EFP has achieved carbon neutrality at all five of its American manufacturing facilities, avoiding 54 million pounds of carbon annually, and is Zero Waste Platinum certified.
Nucor Steel Seattle
As Washington’ s largest recycler and operator of a hyper-efficient minimill, Nucor’ s core business is aligned with its environmental goals of reducing carbon emissions and climate change. Thanks to millions of dollars of investment, Nucor’ s Seattle facility is one of the greenest in the world, using as little as 10 percent of the energy consumed by many of its global competitors.
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