Sustainability Index
Walmart and the Sustainability Index: One Year Later
The retail giant’s sustainability dreams don’t appear to have diminished, though it's clear the company has been humbled by the fiendish complexity of all it has set out to do. Read More
Walmart's Sustainability Report Reveals Successes, Shortcomings
In its 2010 Global Sustainability report released Tuesday, the company described its efforts over the course of a year in which it made a slew of notable headlines. The company has improved fleet efficiency by 60 percent and reduced facility greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent, but faces challenges in reducing packaging and eliminating PVC. Read More
Retail: A Sustainability Benchmark
Are retailers walking the talk when it comes to environmental, social and governance performance? Read More
Five Lessons From Walmart's Supply Chain Work in China
Walmart's work helping its suppliers save energy and reduce their carbon footprints is a way to make its supply chain leaner, more resilient and more competitive. It’s time for more companies to follow Walmart’s lead: With the long-awaited GHG Protocol guidance on “Scope 3” GHG accounting scheduled for release in December, an era of more comprehensive supply chain reporting is imminent. Read More
Retail: A Pivot Point for Sustainability
From Walmart on down, retailers are becoming the key to corporate sustainability efforts across the supply chain. Read More
Walmart Digs In Deep to the Sustainability Index
In a wide-ranging and in-depth 90-minute conversation with Joel Makower, Rand Waddoups, Walmart's Senior Director for Sustainability explores the knowns and unknowns driving the retailer's Sustainability Index. Read More
Walmart Sustainability Index Means Big Business
Oct. 1 marks the official start of the first phase of Walmart's Sustainability Index, which offers both a huge business opportunity for suppliers and a potentially huge environmental business for the bumper crop of consulting and accounting firms springing up to help them navigate the journey. Read More
Getting the Most From Walmart's 15 Questions for Suppliers
With the announcement of Walmart's Sustainability Index and the release of 15 questions for its suppliers, the retail giant has ignited a far-reaching dialogue on supply chain transparency and environmental sustainability. Read More
Inside Walmart's Sustainability Consortium
The co-directors of Walmart's Sustainability Consortium, one key plank of the company's larger Sustainability Index, explain how the group will work -- and what companies get for the six-figure price of admission. Read More
