EPA recognizes Albertsons for its Bright Green store brand cleaning products
Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons Companies said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the company as an outstanding Safer Choice Retailer under its Partner of the Year Awards program. The award recognizes businesses and organizations that advance the goal of chemical safety through exemplary participation in or promotion of the Safer Choice Program. Albertsons was recognized in the "Retailer" category and displays the Safer Choice logo on its Bright Green line of earth-friendlier private label products. It also promotes the Safer Choice Program in stores, advertising and online messaging.
"It is an honor to receive this recognition from the EPA for our commitment to the Safer Choice Program and for selling products that are safer for families, communities and the environment," said Jonathan Mayes, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility, public affairs, government relations and philanthropy, Albertsons.
Albertsons' Bright Green Glass & Window Cleaner and Bright Green Rinse Aid, sold in stores nationwide, are the first of the company's Bright Green line of sustainable home-care and paper products to display the Safer Choice label. More Bright Green products will be added to the program in coming months in addition to other national brand Safer Choice products, the retailer said.
"Safer Choice commends Albertsons Companies for its prominent use of the Safer Choice label on its private label products and its continued efforts to expand its offering of Safer Choice-labeled products to consumers," EPA wrote in the award announcement.
Introduced in 2008, the Bright Green line includes cleaning products made with non-toxic and biodegradable ingredients, paper products made from at least 50 percent recycled content, and compact fluorescent light bulbs. All Bright Green products have been evaluated by a third-party agency that analyzes the product's life cycle and ensures that the benefits are not accompanied by hidden negative environmental impacts, Albertsons said.