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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 eee eee eee Cs rt ae eee ec ne Tote ee SO eee neta 88 milion cars from the toad for a year—got widespread attention. Tis announcement came a few months after Ca eee eee ae aor See ee ee a aR eC Using a 15-question survey about their greenhouse gas emissions, water and solid waste reduction efforts, Se eee ie re ane erry Se ere tac ee eked data eventually condensed into an easly understood universal rating system, similar toa nutrition label but Cerne er) - an Ce eae isn't the companys fist push toward being green. Walmart has stated many environmental intatives See eee ete ne etd eet 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 eee eon nets 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 ee ees Pete ee De en ee eg ety ete a i ee ee ee eat Pere eer nt ee ete ger oe eat mart appear to be “forcing” suppliers to participate? De) Peet eee ae mene

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