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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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Making seafood more sustainable, one fishery at a time
There’s a lot of talk about how responsible consumers should skip seafood from unsustainable fisheries – fish that are on a ‘red’ or ‘avoid’ list from an environmental campaign group.
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WEF’s Young Global Leader class welcomes Walmart sustainability director
We recently talked with Miranda Ballentine, director of sustainability at Walmart, who was chosen to be a member of the 2013 class of Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. Miranda offered some insight into what the title means, as well as how she believes her work in renewable energy is making a difference.
Read more ›Bringing solar to Ohio and beyond: More than 200 installations and counting
There’s an exciting new feature at 12 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations in Ohio: a sunroof.
As of March 4, solar panels are now providing more than 4.7 megawatts of generation capacity to those buildings, creating enough energy to power more than 820 homes.
Read more ›First Lady Michelle Obama visits Walmart Neighborhood Market
Today we were honored to have First Lady Michelle Obama visit one of our Walmart stores to celebrate our progress on making food healthier and more affordable for families nationwide.
Two years ago we made a healthier food commitment that was informed by the First Lady’s work with Let’s Move!.
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