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Interview With Raul Vazquez, CEO of Walmart.com
Image: Courtesy of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart embodies truths and prejudices that reflect our consumer culture. They are a straw-man for a lot of what is wrong. But, especially in recent years, they are a...
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Walmart Announces They Will Cut 20 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gases From...
At a presentation at its Arkansas headquarters, mega-retailer Walmart announced a significant new sustainability goal for its supply chain: Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from the lifecycle of...
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Walmart's SVP of Sustainability Fills in a Few More Details on Their 20...
photo: D'Arcy Norman via flickr. Walmart today announced a major supply chain greenhouse gas reduction commitment of removing 20 million metric tons of emissions by 2015. Very good, but what does that...
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Trend Officially Over: Walmart Now Selling Fixed Gear Bikes
UPDATE: the Bike Snob writes that it is not a true fixie, but a single speed bike with a freewheel hub. Gawker writes: "It's official: The number one cause of fauxhemian crashes on Bedford Avenue is...
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Greening the Mainstream, One Big Box at a Time
Imagine you're going into a big box store. I know, a far fetched scenario for some of you reading, but play along with me here.
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Walmart's Sustainability Initiatives Explained
At Walmart, sustainability continues to make us a better company by reducing waste, lowering costs, driving
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Walmart 'Surprised' Greenpeace Singled Out Them For Indonesian Rainforest...
Responding to Greenpeace's recent report (a screengrab of which is above) on the wholesale destruction of Indonesian rainforest by Sinar Mas Group affiliate Asia Pulp & Paper, Walmart issued a...
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Walmart Adding Thin-Film Solar Panels On 20-30 More Stores
In continued efforts to deploy more renewable energy at its stores, Walmart announced today that it will be installing solar panels at an additional 20-30 of its stores in California and Arizona,...
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For Walmart Mexico, Sustainability Is a Group Effort
Five years ago, Walmart began efforts to become a more sustainable company, not
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Walmart's Newest Sustainability Initiative Focuses on Local Produce, Small...
Walmart announced the next steps it will take toward sustainability today, with a series of changes focused on increasing local produce in its stores and improving relationships with small- and...
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Walmart Adds 218,000 Acres to Wildlife Habitat Protection Program
One more item to add to the list of reasons it's getting harder to hate Walmart: its Acres for America program is working to preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of wildlife habitat.Walmart's...
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The Real Picture Behind Walmart's "Love, Earth" Responsible Jewelry Line...
Two years ago, Walmart launched Love, Earth, a jewelry line that would increase the transparency of the industry. Love, Earth would meet a new level of environmental and human rights standards—from...
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Walmart Gives $2 Million to Help Food Banks Go Green
Walmart announced a new program today to help food banks around the country make energy efficiency improvements. The program will help 16 food banks in high-need areas make upgrades designed to bring...
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Walmart Announces Plan to Promote Healthy Foods
With Michelle Obama there to applaud and promote the effort, Walmart announced a plan this morning to bolster healthy foods by reducing the sugar, sodium and fat content in its packaged foods,...
View ArticleAre Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social...
Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives...
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Walmart Is Crushing Its Ambitious Global-Responsibility Goals
Walmart, that bastion of cheap food, clothing, and everything in between, has corporate-responsibility goals that put every other big box retailer to shame.
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Walmart Wants To Start A Conversation On Sustainability With Its New Green Blog
Walmart's new green blog wants to start on conversation about sustainability. Anyone want to bet if the talk will veer towards the biggest question: Can big box retailing and consumerism ever be...
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Intel, Kohl's, Walmart Top List of US Green Power Purchasers
Perhaps most notable on the latest quarterly update to the EPA green power purchasers list is that Walmart has jumped into third place.
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How Walmart Turned Its Weak Urban Image Into a Public Interest Campaign...
The USDA's "corporate-friendly definition makes sure only the opening of a large national grocery chain can eliminate a food desert, a situation that Walmart is using to its advantage."
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Networked Environmental Data Is Key to Driving Sustainability Mainstream
If sustainability is going to become truly mainstream, we need millions of companies to engage, not thousands.
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