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Walmart on way to achieve its green goals
17 Apr '12
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• Announced Great for You Icon – Last year, Walmart committed to creating a front-of-pack icon to help consumers easily and quickly identify healthier food options. In January 2012, Walmart unveiled the Great For You icon, which will appear in Walmart U.S. stores' produce area this summer and on Great Value and Marketside items that meet nutrition criteria beginning this fall. The new icon will be made available to national brand products that qualify.
• Utilized 1.1 Billion Kilowatt Hours (kWh) of Renewable Energy – The United States EPA Green Power Partnership program now ranks Walmart as the second-largest onsite green power generator in the United States. Renewable energy projects provide 1.1 billion kWh annually, or about 4 percent of electricity for Walmart buildings globally. Walmart also purchases another 18 percent from the grid for a total of 22 percent renewable electricity as of 2010. Walmart has 180 renewable energy projects in operation or under development, which use a diversity of innovative technologies, including solar power, fuel cells, micro-wind, offsite wind projects and much more.
• Integrated Sustainability Index – For the past two years, Walmart has worked with more than 90 suppliers, academics, NGOs and other retailers through The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) to assess and improve the sustainability of its products. Walmart used the consortium's data to develop its first category scorecards to help buyers evaluate products and expects to expand the scorecards in up to 100 major categories by the end of 2012.
• Responded to Natural Disasters – In response to the historic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Walmart made an initial donation of $5 million to relief efforts and helped by donating needed supplies, including tents, blankets and flashlights. After tornadoes devastated the Midwest and South last spring, Walmart donated $1 million in cash and in-kind donations to help its communities recover.
• Expanded Global Direct-Farm Program – Walmart is working with small- and medium- sized farmers and their communities in China, Central America, India and other countries around the world. By selling directly to Walmart, farmers earn a better price for their products, increase their income and receive expert advice on crop planning.
• Nurtured Diversity and Inclusion – Walmart has continued to focus on making the company a workplace of opportunity. Fifty-three percent of 179,000 hourly promotions in U.S. stores were women and 200,000 female associates have been with Walmart for 10 years or longer. In the last five years in the United States, Walmart has increased female store managers by 46 percent. Women in Walmart at the C-suite level advanced globally, including the promotion of two female CEOs.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at 10,130 retail units under 69 different banners in 27 countries. With fiscal year2012 sales of $444 billion, Walmart employs about 2.2 million associates worldwide.
• Utilized 1.1 Billion Kilowatt Hours (kWh) of Renewable Energy – The United States EPA Green Power Partnership program now ranks Walmart as the second-largest onsite green power generator in the United States. Renewable energy projects provide 1.1 billion kWh annually, or about 4 percent of electricity for Walmart buildings globally. Walmart also purchases another 18 percent from the grid for a total of 22 percent renewable electricity as of 2010. Walmart has 180 renewable energy projects in operation or under development, which use a diversity of innovative technologies, including solar power, fuel cells, micro-wind, offsite wind projects and much more.
• Integrated Sustainability Index – For the past two years, Walmart has worked with more than 90 suppliers, academics, NGOs and other retailers through The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) to assess and improve the sustainability of its products. Walmart used the consortium's data to develop its first category scorecards to help buyers evaluate products and expects to expand the scorecards in up to 100 major categories by the end of 2012.
• Responded to Natural Disasters – In response to the historic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Walmart made an initial donation of $5 million to relief efforts and helped by donating needed supplies, including tents, blankets and flashlights. After tornadoes devastated the Midwest and South last spring, Walmart donated $1 million in cash and in-kind donations to help its communities recover.
• Expanded Global Direct-Farm Program – Walmart is working with small- and medium- sized farmers and their communities in China, Central America, India and other countries around the world. By selling directly to Walmart, farmers earn a better price for their products, increase their income and receive expert advice on crop planning.
• Nurtured Diversity and Inclusion – Walmart has continued to focus on making the company a workplace of opportunity. Fifty-three percent of 179,000 hourly promotions in U.S. stores were women and 200,000 female associates have been with Walmart for 10 years or longer. In the last five years in the United States, Walmart has increased female store managers by 46 percent. Women in Walmart at the C-suite level advanced globally, including the promotion of two female CEOs.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at 10,130 retail units under 69 different banners in 27 countries. With fiscal year2012 sales of $444 billion, Walmart employs about 2.2 million associates worldwide.
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