The Shape Of Wal-Mart’s Environmental Leadership
Think what you will about Wal-Mart, but this article followed by commentary in Morning News Beat is worth reading. Morning News Beat is a free newsletter about retailing, primarily food retailing.Wal-Mart announced yesterday that by May 2008 it plans to only sell concentrated products in the liquid laundry detergent category in its U.S. Wal-Mart Stores and Sam's Clubs.According to a statement released by the company, “The commitment will save more than 400 million gallons of water, more than 95 million pounds of plastic resin and more than 125 million pounds of cardboard. For water alone, this is the equivalent of 100 million individual showers. Since approximately 25 percent of the liquid laundry detergent sold in the United States is sold through Wal-Mart stores, the potential savings in natural resources through the entire retail industry could be four times as much. ...
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