Wal-Mart Aims To Enlist Suppliers In "Green" Mission

"Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will begin asking its suppliers to measure their carbon footprint and find ways to reduce it, part of an effort by the world's largest retailer to transform itself into a more environmentally friendly company.

Wal-Mart said it would start by looking at seven categories that are ubiquitous in its shoppers' lives: DVDs, toothpaste, soap, milk, beer, vacuum cleaners and soda. It will work with the Carbon Disclosure Project, a nonprofit group of 315 institutional investors that control $41 trillion in assets, to collect data on greenhouse gas emissions, emissions reduction targets and strategies for dealing with climate change for its suppliers in those product categories." |Read more|