Sustainability

By Suzanne Hilker Company News Sustainability

13 Sep: Best Buy earns another Dow Jones sustainability honor

Best Buy has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the eighth consecutive year. In addition to being included on the North America Index, we are one of only two U.S. retailers to be named to the Dow Jones World Index.

The indices rank the sustainability performance of the largest 2,500 companies in the world. They follow a best-in-class approach to measure and compare companies on environmental, social and corporate governance criteria. The Indices serve as a benchmarking tool for investors who incorporate sustainability performance into their portfolios.

By Suzanne Hilker Company News Sustainability

25 Jun: Best Buy Reports on Sustainability Progress, Goals for 2020

Best Buy today released our latest Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report, including two new sustainability goals as part of our Best Buy 2020 growth strategy.

This report is where we annually share our commitments and progress in the areas of community, people and the environment. We have seen increased interest from consumers and investors for companies to make a positive impact on the world.

For Best Buy, sustainability has been a priority for more than a decade, and we are proud of our successes, which not only benefit our stakeholders but make good business sense too.

By Suzanne Hilker Community Relations Company News Sustainability

07 May: Best Buy Named to 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for Third Year

For the third year in a row, Corporate Responsibility Magazine has named Best Buy to its list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens.

The rankings are based on 260 data points, including environmental management, climate change, human rights, employee relations, corporate governance, philanthropy and financial performance.

Our position has steadily increased over the past three years, from 100 in 2016, to 72 in 2017 to 59 in 2018.

Being a good corporate citizen is not only the right thing to do, it’s good for business.

By Suzanne Hilker Community Relations Company News Sustainability

01 May: Best Buy Now Accepting Applications for Community Grants

Calling all teen-focused nonprofits! We’re looking for local partners who can help us reach our goal of helping prepare 1 million teens from underserved communities for tech-reliant jobs every year.

Our Community Grants program awards up to $10,000 to nonprofits across the country whose programs focus on tech education for teens outside of school. Programs should include hands-on learning opportunities and engage youth in experimenting and interacting with the latest technologies to build 21^st century skills.

We know every community’s needs are unique.

By Suzanne Hilker Sustainability Technology

19 Apr: Here’s How You Can Tech Green Every Day

Although Earth Day is a great time to think about our planet, at Best Buy, we are helping our customers live eco-friendly every day. From energy-saving products to our e-waste recycling program, we are all about offering our customers ways to tech green.

When it comes to purchasing sustainable tech, just look for the ENERGY STAR® mark. It means the products meet the highest standards of energy efficiency. It’s not just appliances that earn the ENERGY STAR mark, either. Some of the coolest smart tech for your home can also save energy.

By Suzanne Hilker Sustainability Technology

16 Apr: Video: Best Buy and HP are Closing the Loop on Printers

We’ve teamed up with HP to take recycling one step further — by creating new printers made of plastic from old printers and other electronics from our recycling program. It’s called closed-loop recycling.

We’re excited to announce that the HP ENVY 6255, 7155 and 7855 now contain even more recycled plastic (more than 20 percent by weight). Watch this video to learn more.

By Best Buy Lifestyle Sustainability

12 Apr: Q&A: Meet One of Best Buy’s Recycling Partners

Best Buy customers love upgrading their electronics and appliances to keep up with the latest technology. But that also means getting rid of the old stuff.

California-based Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) has been one of Best Buy’s trusted recycling partners for nearly a decade. It handles millions of old products our customers bring in. We sat down with ERI Executive Chairman John Shegerian to get his thoughts on a service industry that didn’t exist just 15 years ago.

What is ERI’s partnership with Best Buy?

By Suzanne Hilker Company News Sustainability

02 Apr: Energy Star Honors Best Buy For 5th Year

What does it mean when you see the ENERGY STAR® logo on a product? The little blue sticker means the item meets the highest standards of energy efficiency, set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

At Best Buy, we like this logo because it helps us identify sustainable products for our customers, helping them save energy and money on their utility bills.

Because of our dedication to educating customers and offering a wide variety of ENERGY STAR certified products, the EPA has named Best Buy a Retail Partner of the Year for the fifth year in a row.

By Suzanne Hilker Company News Sustainability

07 Mar: Best Buy is Bringing Home the (Sustainability) Hardware

It’s not just actors and athletes bringing home trophies and medals this season. Companies are being lauded for their sustainability performance, as well.

At Best Buy, sustainability has been a longtime focus. Even during our business transformation, we never wavered on our commitment to invest in programs that reduce our environmental impacts and help our customers live more sustainably.

We are thrilled to have been recognized recently by three highly respected organizations for our sustainability efforts:

We were ranked No. 3 on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies.

By Suzanne Hilker Community Relations Company News Sustainability

05 Mar: Best Buy Announces 2018 National Grant Recipients

Best Buy recently set a lofty goal: to prepare 1 million teens from underserved communities for tech-reliant jobs each year by 2020.

We know this work is key, not only to help solve a skills gap, but to build a diverse talent pipeline for Best Buy and our partner companies. However, we can’t accomplish it alone. That’s why we’re partnering with nonprofits focused on tech education who can help us make a greater collective impact.

This year, we are investing nearly $1.5 million in our National Grants Program, funding nine strategic partners who provide curriculum and programming for our new Career Pathways program.

By Suzanne Hilker Sustainability

27 Feb: Best Buy’s Hubert Joly Honored with Force for Good Award

What does it mean to be a good company? Is it about paying fair wages? Absolutely. Having excellent customer service? Definitely. Giving back the communities? Of course.

But at Best Buy, we think it’s about more than that: Being a good company means helping to solve societal problems, like lack of tech education for teens from underserved communities and climate change.

On Monday, CECP (Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy) honored Best Buy Chairman and CEO Hubert Joly with its distinguished Force for Good Award.

By Suzanne Hilker Sustainability Technology

13 Feb: Installing a Smart Thermostat (All By Myself!)

I bought my husband a Nest learning thermostat for his birthday, and I promised that I was going to install it myself. However, that was a year ago.

With the extreme Minnesota weather, every time I thought about taking it out of the box, it was deemed either too hot or too cold to turn off our heating and cooling system, you know, “just in case” I messed something up.

Well, no more excuses. I decided to get it done.

I was a little overwhelmed at the thought of installing smart technology in my house, but after watching this video, I knew I could do it.

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