Tag Archives: renewable energy
Taking sustainability to new heights
It can be mesmerizing to see our communities from a bird’s eye view. We crane our necks during takeoff and landing in the airplane and map our homes on Google Earth to check out the unusual perspective. The next time you explore your community from above, keep an eye on the roofs.
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This October, start your energy new year
October is National Energy Awareness Month, first established by a presidential proclamation in 1991. Each year, the government promotes a month-long series of clean energy events and activities.
Over the last few months, we’ve shared several ways Walmart is working toward our big goal of being powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
Read more ›No matter the season, our energy commitment is always on
You may have noticed the signs for weeks — slightly shorter days, colder temperatures — but this past weekend made it official: goodbye summer and hello fall! As you might expect, it is more difficult to generate solar energy when the sunlight is less abundant, but the dozens of solar energy systems we installed this summer — including 14,000 new solar panels at our Buckeye, Ariz.
Read more ›Walmart CEO weighs in on ‘Walmart, Libya and Higher Expectations’
Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke, Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and former President Bill Clinton participate in “Designing for Impact,” Sunday’s opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Read more ›Walmart CEO speaks with world leaders at CGI 2012
Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke participated yesterday in “Designing for Impact,” the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative. Sustainability was one highlight of the discussion, which he shared with Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank.
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