<p><strong>Cincinnati, OH</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The Kroger Co. has released its sixth annual Sustainability Report. The company is continuing to meet its annual sustainability benchmarks, according to the report. Highlights of the report include Kroger saving over 2.34 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, which equals 1.47 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions or the equivalent of taking more than 292,000 cars off roads for one year. The company has also increased fleet efficiency by 9.75% in the past year.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> In the company's efforts to reduce waste, in 2011, 19 of Kroger's 39 manufacturing plants sent "zero waste" to the landfill and , the company's Ralphs/Food 4 Less Division designed and built a unique resource recovery system, which is expected to convert 55,000 tons of unsold organics, annually, into renewable energy that will power its own facility, according to the report. Along with its green efforts the company can also boast being named the most generous company in America by Forbes.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> "Kroger associates embrace sustainability in their everyday business practices," said David B. Dillon, Kroger's chairman and chief executive officer. "In 2011, our stores saved enough energy to power every single-family home in Columbus, Ohio for a single year. We're proud to have donated the equivalent of 160 million meals to local food banks through our partnership with Feeding America, placing us among the top-tier donors. We continue our commitment to help make the world a better place in a variety of ways."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://sustainability.kroger.com/stories.shtml" target="_new"> Kroger </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
