Annie’s Inc. is a subsidiary of General Mills, headquartered in Berkeley, California. Annie's is known for their Mac and Cheese and commitment to organic ingredients. Their 2016 Sustainability Report states that 60 million pounds of organic ingredients were purchased and 88% of Annie’s sales came from “Certified Organic” or “Made with Organic” products. In addition, Annie’s announced a plan to “add ~20 farms and ~3,000 acres of domestic organic dairy production over the next 3 years” as part of their Organic Valley partnership.
Starting in 2011, Starbucks adopted a new policy requiring all new building construction conform to certain LEED standards. Thirty major cities in the United States have implemented similar policies mandating certain new building construction meet LEED standards with additional cities adopting similar policies each year...
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is a nonprofit that created the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) as a sustainability self-reporting framework for universities and colleges...
