In your travels, do you ever wonder what are the greenest companies? Natural Health magazine will honor the greenest companies of 2008 with Natural Health Green Choice Awards . The magazine will identify “large, multinational companies with tremendous reach and influence that are implementing substantial, systemic green initiatives and inspiring others to follow suit.” Each candidate has submitted data about its alternative energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, recycling, operational energy footprints and LEED certifications. The 25 award finalists are conserving energy, saving water, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, shrinking carbon footprints, and reducing waste “at unprecedented levels”. “They are also contributing to huge gains in alternative energy and encouraging their more than three million employees to embrace sustainability, “says the magazine. The 25 finalists for the Natural Health Green Choice Awards are: Aveda British Airways Canon Chipotle Clif Bar Coca Cola Discovery Flor Ford Gap Green Mountain Energy Hain

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