Tag Archives: environment
Walmart’s sustainability trilogy: A close-up perspective from EDF’s office in Bentonville
In Marc Gunther’s recent article “Walmart’s index: a real life toy story,” he calls the Walmart supplier Sustainability Index, “the biggest environmental initiative in the company’s history,” and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) agrees. He also questions whether “Walmart is taking this too far” and “how the world’s largest retailer is exercising its market power.
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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Visits Walmart
Today I’m in Bentonville, Ark., at Walmart’s headquarters to visit with associates and talk about some of USDA’s initiatives around rural development and nutrition. In my four years as Secretary of Agriculture, those two things have been priorities for me.
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The EHS Academy in Bangladesh to provide fire and environment safety to factory workers
With a grant to the Institute of Sustainable Communities, Walmart is helping to establish an Environment, Health and Safety Academy to improve fire safety in factories like this one in Bangladesh.
Providing the best quality products for our customers is a priority for Walmart. But we want to make sure those products are also manufactured in an ethical and safe way. That’s why Walmart is donating $1.6 million to the Institute of Sustainable Communities (ISC), a U.S.-based nonprofit, to establish the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Academy in Bangladesh.
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Celebrate Earth Month with The Green Room
This month is Earth Month, a celebration of the environment and sustainability that culminates with Earth Day on April 22. It’s a great time to focus on the importance of sustainability and how we can make it part of our daily lives. And since that’s also the goal of The Green Room, we wanted to give a sneak preview of how Walmart is celebrating Earth Month.
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