Greenhouse Gas Commitment

Press Kit Materials

Individual Video Segments:
Importance of Greenhouse Gases
Goal Announcement
Goal Importance
Roundtable Discussion
Video: GHG-Why it matters
Press release
Mike Duke remarks
Greenhouse gas fact sheet
Event photos
Tips for going green

Event: Greenhouse gas commitment moderated by Treehugger.com.
Date: February 25, 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT
Location: Bentonville, Ark., corporate headquarters

Description: Walmart has pledged to eliminate this equivalent - 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions - from our global supply chain by the end of 2015. That is 150 percent of our company's estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next 5 years.

Announcement made in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund.

Watch the webcast