Walmart Ahead On Sustainability Goal

The company already met its 2012 goal of providing sustainability scorecards to buyers.

September 21, 2012

Walmart’s sustainability index that evaluates the environmental impacts of its products is ahead of schedule.

According to Andrea Thomas, senior vice president of Walmart, she stated in a webcast that Walmart has already met its goal to roll out the scorecard to buyers in more than 100 categories, and will add another 100 categories by the end of the year.

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