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PVC at Best Buy

Best Buy is the biggest consumer electronics chain in the US, consequently it faces the challenges of dealing not only with the use of PVC in its packaging but also with the growing problems of toxic electronic waste.

In 2008 As You Sow and fellow shareholders developed a dialogue with senior managers at Best Buy calling for a report on corporate policies to address toxic chemicals in its products. As a result of our engagement, Best Buy altered several of its practices and As You Sow withdrew its shareholder resolution.

Best Buy agreed to:

  1. Provide information in its Corporate Social Responsibility Report on its policies regarding product toxicity
  2. Create goals and time tables for phasing out of PVC packaging for Best Buy brands beginning in 2008
  3. Identify other products and packaging where PVC will be reduced or eliminated, and
  4. Label packaging for its private label brands.

 

 

 


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