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Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/11/2009

Megaretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use LED lights inside 650 new and renovated stores.Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, which involves replacing ceramic metal halide in the produce and electronics department, according to a press release.Wal-Mart is going with Cree&# ...

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Wal-Mart Thinks Big With Smaller Stores

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/11/2009

Future Wal-Mart locations will be about 8 percent smaller and cost 16 percent less to build, as the retail giant seeks to reduce waste throughout its operations.The store sizing effort is part of Wal-Mart’s Project Impact, which will see through a remodeling and repositioning of many locati ...

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Asda Adopting Own Version Wal-Mart’s Packaging Scorecard

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/10/2009

Asda, the UK subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., next year will introduce a packaging scorecard similar to what Wal-Mart has been using.The goal is to have suppliers reduce packaging and increase recycling.Asda has put together a “sustainable value network” of manufacturers and packag ...

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Wal-Mart, WRI May Decide Which Eco-labels Will Stick

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/10/2009

The far-reaching Green Supply Chain Initiative, undertaken by the World Resources Institute thanks to a grant from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., aims to develop and deploy a new set of tools to account for GHG impacts on any given firm’s supply chain.The initiative also will develop a “Green ...

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P&G, HDR, ISC Highlight Sustainability at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

Posted by Environmental Leader on 25/09/2009

The key theme at the Fifth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, held this week in New York, is innovation, reports Businessweek.com. Attendees included executives from Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs, who were asked to focus on profitable ways to address humanitarian issues such ...

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