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Share your eco-friendly summer vacation tips
Summer is traditionally the time to take a break, from school or from work, for a well-deserved vacation. But what you shouldn’t take a break from during the summer are your environmentally friendly habits. In fact, in some ways summer is the perfect time to reinforce them among your family, because with longer days and the kids out of school, there is much more time available to do so.
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CEO Bill Simon joins panel on ‘shared value’ at Clinton Global Initiative
Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., recently participated in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago. President Bill Clinton has long been a supporter of Walmart and has praised our work in solar energy and other sustainability efforts.
Read more ›Walmart agrees with the president: The time for renewables has come
This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post.
When President Obama laid out his plan to advance renewable energy and carbon reduction this week, it unleashed a predictable debate.
While it is common to look at the climate challenge through a political lens, Walmart has instead looked at it through a business lens.
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Tom Cruise on how Walmart helps people live better
At our annual Shareholders meeting in Fayetteville, Ark. last week, actor Tom Cruise addressed a stadium full of thousands of associates to talk about Walmart’s Live Better programs. He shared his views on how Walmart has served as a model for how business can address some of the biggest issues facing our world.
Read more ›Taking steps to increase and enforce environmental compliance
While it was announced today that Walmart has finally resolved a government investigation into our environmental compliance dating back to 2003, we have already implemented a series of measures to properly manage consumer products that become hazardous waste in a program that, in many respects, goes beyond compliance with environmental laws.
While it was announced today that Walmart has finally resolved a government investigation into our environmental compliance dating back to 2003, we have already implemented a series of measures to properly manage consumer products that become hazardous waste in a program that, in many respects, goes beyond compliance with environmental laws.
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