We operate on a triple bottom line, always balancing our economic, social, and environmental impact and results.
As the nation’s largest community-owned food market, we aren’t accountable to private investors or distant shareholders — we are accountable to you, and to our shared commitment to economic, social and environmental responsibility. We consider each of these topics in every decision we make. And because the Pacific Northwest has given us so much, we give back in everything we do.
PCC operates on a triple bottom line, always balancing economic, social and environmental impact, and in 2020 this was shown through the co-op’s work to build resiliency in local food systems, supporting organic producers and building healthy communities.
We keep our shelves honest and our staff knowledgeable, and every product passes through the hands of our quality standards experts before it ends up in yours.
We keep our priorities straight. People before profit, farms before factories. Our commitment lies with our community.
2019 CO-OP Purposes Report
In 2017, we began publishing an annual Co-op Purposes Report to share with our members and shoppers the impact we’re having against our triple bottom line in our communities and beyond. We use data to measure progress against social and environmental goals, tell the stories of partners who enable us to do what we do and reiterate the values that don’t always show up in numbers, but are often the reasons why our members and shoppers choose PCC time and again.