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By Best Buy Company News

16 Feb: Best Buy ranks in the top 5 of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies

For the fifth year in a row, Best Buy is proud to be recognized by Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies.

In announcing this year’s list, Barron’s specifically highlighted our commitment to helping customers reduce their carbon emissions, our e-waste recycling program and our gender-diverse board of directors. Our efforts have consistently placed us in the top five, coming in this year at No. 4.

Best Buy is committed to making a positive impact on the world and the people in it as we aim to form meaningful relationships with all our stakeholders, including employees, customers, vendors, our communities, and the environment.

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By Best Buy Company News

02 Feb: Best Buy named to Fortune’s 2022 list of World’s Most Admired Companies

For the seventh year in a row, Best Buy has been named to Fortune’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Best Buy ranked third in the category for specialty retailers.

This prestigious list recognizes companies that are leaders across a variety of performance and reputation metrics. Our inclusion is a testament to the work done by our employees every day. Their expertise and passion to serve our customers brings life to our purpose to enrich lives through technology.

About the list

Fortune partnered with Korn Ferry, a prominent global organizational and research firm, to create this corporate reputation list, which considers the highest-revenue companies in 52 industries, including 333 companies in 30 countries.

By Ale Valeriano Lifestyle

01 Feb: One employee’s idea keeps 200 tons of plastic from landfills

With his retirement around the corner, Tim Nickel, didn’t think his legacy after 15 years at Best Buy would be gift cards. But then again, he didn’t know his idea would help keep more than 200 tons of plastic waste from landfills.

That idea was a recyclable paper gift card.

Tim, who’s our gift card production manager, is responsible for printing the cards and getting them on store shelves in the U.S. and Canada. In 2011, he learned just how many gift cards go to landfills and that each one takes around 500 years to break down.

By Best Buy Lifestyle

25 Jan: Tips for a sustainable game day

It’s that time of year again. The Big Game is approaching, and football fans from all over are preparing for one of the most important games of the season.

When it comes to the Big Game, you might not be thinking about ways you can live more sustainably, but don’t worry we’ve got you covered.

Here are a few tips to help you create a winning game plan and make all your at-home game day experiences more sustainable.

Trade in your used electronics

Thinking about updating your electronics for the big game?

By Best Buy Company News

12 Jan: Best Buy named to 2022 JUST 100 list

Best Buy has been named to the 2022 JUST 100 list, recognizing companies for doing right by all of their stakeholders, including our employees, customers, communities, and the environment.

This is the second year in a row we’ve made this top 100 list, which evaluates and ranks nearly 1,000 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States.

JUST Capital and its partners compile the annual list by polling 3,000 Americans to identify the stakeholders and issues they think companies should focus on most, and then evaluated companies based on what respondents agreed should be prioritized.

By Kloé Mallard Technology

10 Jan: Live sustainably with tech in the New Year

It’s a new year and if you have a New Year’s resolution to make a positive impact on the planet, we have the gadgets to help. Whether you’re looking to invest in energy-efficient appliances or make small changes in your home, we can help you get started on living a more sustainable lifestyle.

Not sure where to start? Best Buy can help you find eco-friendly gadgets like e-bikes, indoor gardens and ENERGY STAR certified appliances, to help you crush your New Year’s goal.

By Kloé Mallard Technology

14 Dec: Shop for sustainable gifts this holiday season

This holiday season, Best Buy is making it easy to shop for everyone on your list – and with the planet in mind. Looking for that perfect gift that makes every day Earth Day? We got you covered.

From eco-friendly gadgets to ENERGY STAR tech, Best Buy has tons of sustainable gifts that will reduce energy use and help protect the environment.

To get you started, we created a gift guide for the eco-conscious loved ones on your list, and the tech can even make a big difference for the environment all year long.

By Ale Valeriano Company News

08 Dec: Best Buy makes CDP’s 2021 Climate A List for fifth year

We’re so excited to have been named to CDP’s prestigious Climate A List for the fifth consecutive year, recognition for our continuing work on making a positive impact on the planet and in our communities.

For more than a decade, we have been recognized as a leader by CDP for tackling climate change and accelerating our environmental goals, which we’ve done by creating new sustainability programs that touch every part of our business. This year’s recognition is based on our actions to cut emissions, mitigate climate risks and drive a low-carbon economy.

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By John Vomhof Jr. Company News

24 Nov: Best Buy recognized with awards for sustainability, diversity

From carbon reduction to workplace diversity, Best Buy is proud to be a good corporate citizen.

And you don’t have to take our word for it. We’ve been recognized by a range of leading organizations as a leader on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Here’s a quick look at a few of our most recent awards and recognitions.

Dow Jones Sustainability Index

The news: We remain on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the 11th consecutive year.
How we stack up: We’re in the 89^th percentile among retailers worldwide.

By Kloé Mallard Company News

02 Nov: On path to carbon neutrality, Best Buy invests in solar energy

We aim to meaningfully reduce our impact on the environment and help our customers do the same. By making decisions with the future in mind, we can help save our planet for future generations.

That’s why we’ve set aggressive goals to reduce our carbon emissions 75% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2040. To help achieve these goals, we’ve invested in solar projects across the country, including California, South Carolina and Texas, and have already cut carbon emissions in our operations by 61% since 2009.

By Anthony Aleman Company News

13 Oct: All Best Buy gift cards are now 100% recyclable

Just in time for the holiday season, Best Buy is proud to announce that 100% of the physical gift cards we sell in our U.S. stores and online are now made of paper and can go straight into the recycling bin.

We started switching over to paper recyclable gifts card in 2018, and since then we’ve helped avoid adding approximately 196 tons of plastic waste to landfills. (For context, the Statue of Liberty weighs approximately 204 tons!).

By making all Best Buy gift cards entirely from paper, customers can recycle them alongside all the other things you normally put in your recycle bin at home.

By Ale Valeriano Company News Sustainability

13 Oct: New Best Buy solar project powers up sustainability goals

Best Buy has proudly reduced our carbon emissions 61% since 2009, and today we are announcing another huge stride toward our pledge to be carbon neutral by 2040.

We’re unveiling the new Prospero 2 Best Buy Solar in partnership with U.S Bank and Longroad Energy. Our portion of the project will offset the carbon impact of 300 Best Buy stores, approximately 30% of our U.S. store portfolio, for 10 years.

The solar field, located in Andrews County, Texas, began producing power in August.

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