Safe Foods Corporation’s global headquarters and innovation center in North Little Rock, Arkansas has been awarded LEED v4 Silver level of certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building program. LEED is a nationally-recognized green building rating system that addresses the site, water, energy, materials, and indoor environmental quality of a facility and its grounds.
Completed in 2019, the Safe Foods project is a complete renovation of a 133,128 square foot building consisting of blending, packaging, and warehousing areas on the first level while the upper levels are reserved for manufacturing, offices, and communal spaces. The facility hosts a staff of around 45 people, including 35 office professionals and 8 to 12 shift workers in the manufacturing facility. In congruence with a commitment to sustainability, existing features such as the main shell of the building, parking areas, and large open space area were utilized to reduce the project’s environmental impact. The company also converted the existing turf area into a native grass meadow.