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    Walmart has adopted a sustainability strategy to address environmental challenges of its large-scale operations. Its goals are to be 100% renewable energy, create zero waste, and sell sustainable products. Walmart engages stakeholders, explores product lifecycles, and expands sustainability in its value chain. It takes actions like promoting recyclable and RoHS compliant electronics to address issues from hazardous substances, energy consumption, and e-waste. Walmart also works with suppliers through collaboration, audits, and programs to enhance sustainability across its supply chain.

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    Walmart has adopted a sustainability strategy to address environmental challenges of its large-scale operations. Its goals are to be 100% renewable energy, create zero waste, and sell sustainable products. Walmart engages stakeholders, explores product lifecycles, and expands sustainability in its value chain. It takes actions like promoting recyclable and RoHS compliant electronics to address issues from hazardous substances, energy consumption, and e-waste. Walmart also works with suppliers through collaboration, audits, and programs to enhance sustainability across its supply chain.

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    Walmart has adopted a sustainability strategy to address environmental challenges of its large-scale operations. Its goals are to be 100% renewable energy, create zero waste, and sell sustainable products. Walmart engages stakeholders, explores product lifecycles, and expands sustainability in its value chain. It takes actions like promoting recyclable and RoHS compliant electronics to address issues from hazardous substances, energy consumption, and e-waste. Walmart also works with suppliers through collaboration, audits, and programs to enhance sustainability across its supply chain.

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    Walmarts sustainability

    Strategy

    WAL-MART
    -Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in Rogers, Arkansas
    -Type : Discount store
    -Philosophy : Achieve highest level of efficiency , offer everyday low price
    -8500 stores in 15 countries, with 55 different names
    -84 % of the Americans had shopped at a Wal-Mart within the past year
    -2010: it was the world's largest public corporation by revenue

    The Brand:
    -Very high purchasing power
    -Highly efficient supply chain
    -Very large scale of operation
    -Highest level of customer base
    -Unmatched pricing

    Twentieth century problem:


    -Lack of resources in near future
    -Environmental impact due to large
    scale of operation
    -Increasing environmental and other
    policies

    NEED FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF BUSINESS

    Walmarts Goals
    1. To be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy (Global green house gas strategy; Alternative
    fuels; Global Logistics; Energy, Design, construction and maintenance)

    2. To create zero waste

    (operational and Internal procurement; Packaging)

    3. To sell products that sustain their resources and environment (Chemical intensive
    products; Sea foods; Electronics; Food & Agriculture; Forest and Paper; China; Textiles )

    Walmarts Strategy
    1. Engage : Identify and work with a broader community that could provide
    information and other resources.
    2. Explore : Analyze the life cycle of particular products or services and investigate the
    related environmental issues
    3. Expand : Looking in the value chain to identify which business activities are matched
    to the issues

    Issues and Achievements

    ISSUES

    WAL-MART
    THREAT

    ACTION TAKEN

    Hazardous substance
    usage

    Denial of product

    Buying RoHS compliant


    product

    Recyclability

    Environmentalist

    Green engineering

    Poor response of
    consumers

    Environmentalist

    E-waste program

    Energy Consumption

    Green house gasses

    Material innovation & energy


    transparency

    Product cycle

    Obsolete of existing
    products

    Working with legislation

    Enablers

    Inhibitors

    Strengths

    Weaknesses

    -Creation of environmental subteams to assist the buyers


    -Competitive advantage : be the 1st
    one in the US to sell ROHS
    compliance PCs

    -Low inventory due to obsolescence


    -E-waste collection & cost.

    Opportunities

    Threats

    - short and long term reputation


    - better quality products offered to
    the customers.
    - Good selling of the products.
    - Development of ROHS standards to
    other products.(TV)

    -Legislation : Different environmental


    policies between States. need to
    do something at the national level.
    -E-waste : we still havent figure out
    how to change peoples behavior

    Initiatives to help suppliers


    Working in close collaboration with suppliers in order to
    enhance their sustainability:
    - Team networks to support each initiative
    - Questionnaires
    - Audit
    Encouraging suppliers to license their environmental
    innovation
    Take-Back program in collaboration with HP and Noranda

    Game Changer
    Eliminate packaging of basic small electronic products (e.g.
    batteries, light bulb)
    Sell product in bulk

    THANK YOU

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