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Wal-Mart to Add Solar to Settle CA GHG Lawsuits

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/03/2010

Wal-Mart Stores has agreed to install solar systems at two planned California superstores as a means of settling two lawsuits it faced over future emissions at the sites.The settlement calls for Wal-Mart to install rooftop solar panels, efficient heating and cooling systems and LED lighting at th ...

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Safeway Join’s WM’s Sustainability Consortium

Posted by Environmental Leader on 02/03/2010

Safeway has become a founding member of the Sustainability Consortium, the group launched in support of Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Index.The goal of the consortium is to develop guidelines and promote innovations as the supply chain seeks to reduce its energy use, emissions and packaging. Th ...

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Wal-Mart Pushes Energy Efficiency on Chinese Suppliers

Posted by Environmental Leader on 01/03/2010

Wal-Mart Stores is working with its Chinese suppliers to address energy efficiency and environmental impacts, reports the Washington Post.The retailer, fresh off a major announcement last week to cut its supply chain emissions 20 million metric tons by 2015, has more than 10,000 suppliers in Chin ...

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Wal-Mart Pledges to Cut Supply Chain Emissions 20M Metric Tons by 2015

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/02/2010

Wal-Mart’s latest environmental push calls for the reduction of 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of 2015 with help from its suppliers. This translates into 150 percent of the giant retailer’s estimated global carbon footprint growth over the next fiv ...

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Coke, eBay, Google, Wal-Mart Buy Bloom Fuel Cells

Posted by Environmental Leader on 25/02/2010

A host of major U.S. companies are becoming customers of the new Bloom Energy Server, which was kept from the public eye until its official Feb. 24 launch but has been in use for at least 18 months at various test sites.Bloom’s first customers include: Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Cox Enterp ...

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