CVS, Apple, Target, and Ben Jerry''s Top "Skip the Slip" Scorecard Grading Sustainable Receipt Practices
Room for Improvement: Green America Gives "D" Grades to McDonald''s, 7-Eleven, Burger King, Claire''s, Rite Aid, Safeway, Family Store, Panda Express and Wendy''s. Green America released a new update to its Skip the Slip report on the impacts of paper receipts on forests and climate change, as well as how the chemicals used on receipt paper affect consumer and employee health. The report also features a scorecard that grades 33 major U.S. companies on their progress to address the waste and health risks associated with paper receipts. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:||www.businesswire.com|news|home|20220907005907|en| A major finding of the report is the progress CVS is making to address the impacts of its receipts. In 2017, Green America began urging CVS to address its wasteful, phenol-coated (BPA or BPS) paper receipts. The campaign led to a dialogue between Green America and CVS on alternatives. As a first step, the company implemented BPS-free paper in all 10,000 stores and increased promotion of its digital receipt option to ExtraCare Card members, and 7.3 million customers have signed up.
CVS, Apple, Target, and Ben Jerry''s Top "Skip the Slip" Scorecard Grading Sustainable Receipt Practices
Room for Improvement: Green America Gives "D" Grades to McDonald''s, 7-Eleven, Burger King, Claire''s, Rite Aid, Safeway, Family Store, Panda Express and Wendy''s. Green America released a new update to its Skip the Slip report on the impacts of paper receipts on forests and climate change, as well as how the chemicals used on receipt paper affect consumer and employee health. The report also features a scorecard that grades 33 major U.S. companies on their progress to address the waste and health risks associated with paper receipts. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:||www.businesswire.com|news|home|20220907005907|en| A major finding of the report is the progress CVS is making to address the impacts of its receipts. In 2017, Green America began urging CVS to address its wasteful, phenol-coated (BPA or BPS) paper receipts. The campaign led to a dialogue between Green America and CVS on alternatives. As a first step, the company implemented BPS-free paper in all 10,000 stores and increased promotion of its digital receipt option to ExtraCare Card members, and 7.3 million customers have signed up.