What People Are Saying
Sustainability
Walmart is becoming more environmentally friendly by selling organic products, minimizing waste and conserving energy. For example, some of our fresh food now comes wrapped in corn-based packaging. This initial change of more than 100 million produce containers will save 800,000 gallons of gasoline and prevent more than 11 million pounds of greenhouse gases from polluting our environment. We’re also selling and aggressively promoting high-efficiency light bulbs, which use two-thirds less ele
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"Everybody talks about saving the rainforest, but Wal-Mart actually did something."
Andrew Winston, Author of “Green Recovery,” The Journal Star
10/13/2009
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“Sam’s Club is an innovative partner in offering high-quality Fair Trade Certified coffee in a manner that both expands the marketplace and delivers value back down the supply chain to the farmer…”
Paul Rice, President and CEO, TransFair USA, Progressive Grocer
8/19/2009
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"With the Walmart Foundation Green Jobs Training Initiative grant, the Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps will expand the number of local youth able to receive job training and gain exposure to a range of green sector jobs.…Preparing students with the right skills to succeed in the green workforce will directly support our community's economic development."
The Honorable Tom Barrett, Mayor, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Small Business Times
8/7/2009
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"[The Walmart sustainable product index] sends the right signal to the marketplace and the right signal to the supply chain that sustainability is important… We hope it changes the game."
Michael Kobori, Vice President of Social and Environmental Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co., Los Angeles Times
7/17/2009
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“The impact Walmart will have with the green initiative is profound… I am proud to be a part of this and to know that the overall results will, by example, show how this can be achieved.”
Norma Kamali, clothing designer, Women's Wear Daily
7/16/2009
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