News Room

Welcome to the Walmart News Room. A list of our most recent news items can be found below.

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Back to Top January 2010
Jan. 18, 2010	-	Walmart Announces the Completion of Apple Valley Distribution Center Solar Project
Jan. 07, 2010	-	Walmart's Expanded California Solar Power Initiative Moves Forward, Completes Three More Stores
Back to Top November 2009
Nov. 20, 2009	-	USAID, Walmart, TransFair USA and SEBRAE-Minas Gerais Sponsor Brazil Coffee Cupping Competition
Back to Top October 2009
Oct. 07, 2009	-	Sam's Club Expands Fair Trade Banana Program
Back to Top August 2009
Aug. 18, 2009	-	Sam's Club Introduces New Fair Trade Certified Coffee from Brazil
Aug. 17, 2009	-	Walmart Opens Latest Generation of High Efficiency Store in Youngstown
Aug. 14, 2009	-	Walmart Foundation's Green Jobs Training Initiative Awards $550,000 to Conservation Corps of Long Beach Grant to support local green economy
Back to Top July 2009
Jul. 29, 2009	-	Walmart and SunEdison Announce Solar Energy Pilot in Puerto Rico
Jul. 16, 2009	-	Remarks as Prepared for Mike Duke, President and CEO of Walmart, Sustainability Milestone Meeting
Jul. 16, 2009	-	Walmart Announces Sustainable Product Index
Jul. 02, 2009	-	Eco-Friendly School in Oregon Named $20,000 Grand Prize Winner in the Walmart "Earth Day Every Day School Challenge"
Back to Top June 2009
Jun. 09, 2009	-	Twenty Eco-Friendly Schools Named Finalists in the Walmart "Earth Day Every Day School Challenge"
Back to Top May 2009
May 29, 2009	-	Walmart Releases Results from Arkansas Energy Audit
Back to Top April 2009
Apr. 22, 2009	-	Walmart to Nearly Double Solar Energy Use in California
Apr. 13, 2009	-	Walmart's Earth Month Efforts Circle the Globe
Apr. 13, 2009	-	Walmart Accelerates and Broadens Sustainability Commitments with Earth Month Campaign
Apr. 03, 2009	-	Walmart Salutes Schools Through "Earth Day, Every Day" School Challenge
Back to Top February 2009
Feb. 03, 2009	-	Walmart Foundation Donates $5.7 Million to Support the Creation of Green Jobs in the U.S.
Feb. 02, 2009	-	Walmart Tests New Hybrid Trucks, Alternative Fuels