| By Whole Foods Market Careers | Code Green is an initiative where we lock up the trash compactor in all of our dumpsters and open it up at set times where all the team members come up with their waste so we can sort through it together to make sure everything ends up in the right spot.

Highlights from the report include: Kept more than 72 percent of waste produced at stores and facilities out of landfills, maintained recycling programs at nearly 96 percent of stores, and organic diversion programs, such as composting, at nearly 450 of stores in 2022.

Responsibly Farmed Arctic Char Located among the black volcanic boulders of Iceland's southwest coastline, our farmer partners raise Arctic char in land-based tanks using the clear, clean cold water that Iceland is known for.

Similar to a stoplight, seafood is given a green, yellow or red rating. A green rating indicates the species is relatively abundant and is caught in environmentally friendly ways. Yellow means some concerns exist with the species' status or the methods by which it was caught.