Tag Archives: carbon
CDP and Walmart: A partnership to reduce suppliers’ greenhouse gas emissions
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Climate change has been in the headlines a lot recently. The National Climatic Data Center announced that 2012 was the warmest year in the U.S. since national record keeping began in 1895. In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama declared “for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.
Making Thanksgiving sustainable
Thanksgiving is a time to be with family, reflect on what we’re grateful for, and, traditionally, eat a delicious dinner complete with all the trimmings. But while you’re preparing for that dinner or getting ready to make the trip to share the day with family and friends, consider how you can celebrate more sustainably — before, during, and after that hearty Thanksgiving dinner.
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Carbon counting time
Wind power at Sam’s Club in Palmdale, Calif.
It’s that time of year again. With video conferencing technology, we’ve just met with our global peers and counterparts in Energy, Construction and Maintenance from all our markets around the world to kick off our annual greenhouse gas (GHG) data gathering process.
It seems 6:30 a.m.
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An unexpected partnership is changing business behavior
In 2007, few companies were talking about sustainable supply chains. This is puzzling considering that the business case for wasting less is not new, and the concept of supply chain management has been around for decades. Both these elements can go a long way toward making a company’s supply of goods more sustainable.
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FORBES: How Nike, Wal-Mart And Ikea save money and slash carbon by shipping smarter
At Walmart, we talk a lot about learning from one another and working in partnership to create global change. A recent report, “Smart Moves,” examines some of the best practices by companies working to cut emissions from transportation.
Emissions from freight transportation are no small problem.
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