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Wal Mart Sustainability

It's the Sustainability, Stupid

David Becker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Starbucks, Sustainability, Walmart, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Green News
David Becker

Consumer trust in business has dropped dramatically in the last two years. A transitory marketing campaign and TV media buy is not going to win back consumers. What can work is a long-term focus on sustainability.

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"A Plastic Bag Is a Pain in the Butt"

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Ikea, Brazil, Phosphates, Sao Paulo, Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, Carlos Minc, Wal-Mart, Afroreggae, Green News
Andrew Winston

Nothing compares to the coordinated global attack on plastic bags. Once your product is declared a pain in the butt, where do you go from there?

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Wal-Mart Making Its Suppliers Go Green

Business Week | Adam Aston | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Wal-Mart Sustainability, Wal Mart, Wal Mart China, China, Green News

Wal-Mart has always been an intimidating taskmaster in China, extracting the lowest possible prices from suppliers. Last year it raised the bar a notc...

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2009: The Year of Light Green

Andrew Winston | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Clayton Christensen, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Munich Re, 2009 Predictions, Green Business, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Wave, Swiss Reinsurance Co, Carbon Principles, HSBC Holdings, Risk, Citigroup, Green News
Andrew Winston

What will happen now in this damaged economy? It would be silly to suggest that the intensity of the focus on green will continue unabated. But we'll see a form of what I'll call "light green" this year.

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Are Larger Changes Cheaper than Small Steps?

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Whole Foods, Amory Lovins, Matt Kistler, Ikea, Cgi, Environment, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Plastic Bags, President Clinton, Green News
Andrew Winston

When the very significant dust settles from the financial meltdown and recession, most of the environmental pressures we all face will still be there. So are we moving fast enough?

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The Green Wave Marches On: Wal-Mart in China

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Lee Scott, Supply Chain, Ma Jun, Wal-Mart, China Pollution, Liz Economy, Wal-Mart China, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green News
Andrew Winston

I recently attended the Wal-Mart Sustainability Summit in Beijing. There are times you know you're watching something special.

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Wal-Mart Demands Greener Standards Of Factories

Treehugger | Alex Pasternack | Posted 11.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Wal-Mart Sustainability, China, Cameron Diaz, Wal-Mart, Green News, Social Responsibility, Green News

Perhaps the world's biggest, boldest convert to sustainability, and the company about which we're most ambivalent, Wal-Mart announced today its most a...

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Are These Energy-Saving Measures Wise... Or Wacky?

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: School Day, No Left Turns, School Buses, Xerox, Innovation, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Ups, New Milk Jug, Staples, Green News
Andrew Winston

Some ideas, like Wal-Mart putting doors on refrigerated cases and cutting energy use 70% in that aisle, are head-slappingly obvious. But some wacky energy-saving ideas can be wise, too.

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Wal-Mart and a World of Good

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Packaging, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Living, Green Products, Green News
Graham Hill

Wal-Mart is, for all its downsides, better run and more profitable than the U.S.A., and seems more efficient at making changes that our government can't or won't make.

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Wal-Mart Goes Local ... So?

Isabel Cowles | Posted 06.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Local Produce, Sustainability, Walmart, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Wal-Mart, Green News
Isabel Cowles

Wal-Mart is giving local farmers an audience again: by bringing this food into a space where the public shops, its stores will make local produce visible, accessible and affordable.

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Wal-Mart Stores To Source More Local Produce

Green Biz | GreenBiz Staff | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Wal-Mart Green, Eating Locally, Walmart, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Local Farmers, Wal-Mart, Green News

In a bid to offset the rising cost of fuel, Wal-Mart plans to expand its offerings of fresh fruits and vegetables grown and shipped from local farms a...

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Wal-Mart Releases Sustainability Report Card

New York Times | CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Sustainability Project, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Sustainability, Wal-Mart, Business News

Officially, Wal-Mart Stores released a "comprehensive report of its sustainability efforts" yesterday. But the much-anticipated document could more ac...

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