Nature’s Sunshine Looks For Cost Savings To Rise Over Long Haul Switching To Sustainable Energy

Herbal and nutritional supplement direct seller has reached 85% solar power use at its US facilities while also reducing landfill waste from those sites more than 90%, cutting its US shipping routes by half and consolidating four distribution centers in Europe into one operating on wind power.

Nature's Sunshine's manufacturing facility in Spanish Fork, UT, receives power from this Utah Municipal Power Association field of solar panels. • Source: Nature's Sunshine Products

Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc.’s initiative targeting 100% solar power for its US manufacturing facility and warehouses began in 2021 with a vice president at the herbal and nutritional supplement direct seller talking with the CEO.

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