CASE APPLICATION 2
Green Up on Aisle Two
fares the last company that you'd think of as going green. As the world's largest retaler with mo
than 8,400 stores globally, Walmart moves massive amounts of products and uses massive amounts of
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88 milion cars from the toad for a year—got widespread attention. Tis announcement came a few months after
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Using a 15-question survey about their greenhouse gas emissions, water and solid waste reduction efforts,
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data eventually condensed into an easly understood universal rating system, similar toa nutrition label but
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isn't the companys fist push toward being green. Walmart has stated many environmental intatives
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spend the time and money tracking and lessening their environmental impact. Casentialy, suppliers are being
asked to “examine the Garbon lifecycle oftheir products, from the raw materials used in manufacturing all the
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Jear that it was interested in doing business only with suppliers that shared its goals. The company is also
Collaborating with organizations such as the Environmental Defense Fund, ClearCarbon, the Applied
tanabilty Conte atthe University of Arkansas, and the Carbon Disclosure Project. These groups will advise
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mart appear to be “forcing” suppliers to participate?
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