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Sustainable Products

  • Sustainable Packaging

    Our redesigned Archer Farms® Simply Balanced Baked Potato Crisps bag is now made with 25 percent renewable plant-based plastic, and still features a convenient re-sealable zipper.

  • Sustainable Packaging

    By replacing the plastic lid of our Archer Farms yogurt with foil, we eliminated 28 percent of the plastic packaging without sacrificing the quality and freshness our guests expect.

  • Non-Toxic Cleaning

    Target has a large assortment of household cleaning products made with biodegradable and naturally-derived ingredients from brands including Seventh Generation, Method, J.R. Watkins, Mrs. Meyers, and Green Works.

  • Sustainable Home

    As part of our private-label line of home furnishings, Room Essentials, we offer a selection of furniture made from wood derived from sustainably managed forests.

  • Eco-Friendly Living

    We offer more than 700 organic foods, low-flow shower heads, LED lights, non-toxic cleaning products and organic-cotton-fiber sheets and towels.

  • Natural and Organic Beauty Aids

    Target guests enjoy one of the largest assortments of natural and organic beauty aids that are paraben-, phthalate- and SLS-free, have not been tested on animals and are packaged in recycled materials.

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  • in 2011, we recycled more than 1,000 tons of plastic, glass and aluminum bottles and cans
  • Target gave away 1 million reusable shopping bags during Earth Month 2011
  • we created 324 acres of storm water retention ponds to capture runoff
  • Our weather-controlled irrigation system reduces store irrigation water use, on average, by 40%
  • use a Target reusable bag 10x and you'll keep 25 plastic bags out of a landfill
  • we've deferred the equivalent of 350 million plastic bags from landfills
  • new light fixtures save more than 110 million kilowatts
  • Target was ranked 2nd on Greenpeace's seafood scorecard.
  • a tweak to the packaging of our Target home sheet sets saved 1 million+ pounds of corrugated paperboard
  • we carry more than 700 organic foods from produce to pasta
  • in 2011, we recycled more than 475,000 tons of cardboard
  • in 2011, we recycled more than 7 million pounds of electronics
  • in 2011, we donated mroe than 34 million pounds in food salvage, providing 28.4 million meals to people in need through Feeding America
  • in 2011, we recycled 7,000 tons of shrink wrap and plastic bags

Sustainable Seafood Commitment

Target is committed to the long-term sustainability of our ocean resources, which is why we're proud to announce that Target’s selection of fresh and frozen seafood will be sustainable and traceable, or in a credible, time-bound improvement process by the end of 2015.

Through a partnership with FishWise – a nonprofit organization designed to improve the sustainability and financial performance of seafood retailers, distributors and producers – we will achieve our commitment in a number of ways.

We will:

  • Continue to engage suppliers to identify the most responsible seafood options
  • Encourage source fisheries and farms to become certified
  • Continue sourcing seafood products from third-party-certified fisheries and farms
  • Engage with the appropriate government agencies, NGOs, industry groups and certification bodies to trace seafood from the supply chain to its source

“Target has shown itself to be a leader in sustainable seafood. This new and deeper commitment should both serve as an example for the rest of the industry and result in real change on the water.”

Tobias Aguirre FishWise Executive Director


What We've Done

Target's seafood assortment is transitioning to include more products that are sourced sustainably and eliminate the ones that aren’t. We currently carry more than 50 Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified or Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified fresh and frozen seafood products. And since 2010, we’ve stopped selling three species that are on the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch list.

  • Farmed Salmon
    Farmed Salmon

    Target became the first major retailer to eliminate farmed salmon when we converted our entire salmon assortment to MSC-certified wild-caught Alaskan salmon.

  • Chilean Seabass
    Chilean Seabass

    We no longer carry Chilean seabass, which is severely overfished by methods that harm seafloor habitat and seabirds.

  • Orange Roughy
    Orange Roughy

    We’ve also eliminated orange roughy, a species that’s vulnerable to overfishing because it grows slowly and reproduces late in life.

“Target has risen to the top of the Carting Away the Oceans rankings by embracing challenges that other retailers dismiss as impractical or impossible. The company's recent implementation of seafood standards that exclude the sale of any farmed salmon whatsoever sent shockwaves through the aquaculture industry.”

Greenpeace
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