A short analysis of Walmart's sustainability campaign and their current performance in meeting those eco-friendly goals. An addition to the hot debate between Wal-Mart's contributions to the economy and the environment.

1. Presented by: Shaun Merritt
Introducing:
Wal-Mart’s Greenwash

2. Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Campaign
Wal-Mart’s sustainability campaign encompasses 3 specific
goals:
1. To be supplied 100% by renewable energy
2. To create zero waste
3. To sell products that sustain people and the environment
Source: http://corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/environment-sustainability
But how do they follow through?....

3. “Wal-Mart’s sustainability campaign
has done more to improve the
company’s image than to help the
environment.” –Stacy Mitchell
Senior Researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Incriminating Evidence
Key Findings from ILSR show Wal-Mart’s Greenwash
Source: http://www.ilsr.org/new-report-walmarts-greenwash/

4. Wal-Mart’s Sustainability
At its current pace, Wal-Mart will need roughly 300
years to reach its goal of 100 percent renewable
energy. As of 2011, Wal-Mart was deriving only 2
percent of its U.S. electricity from its wind and solar
projects
Wal-Mart’s greenhouse gas
emissions are increasing rapidly.
Its energy efficiency and
renewable projects are too
modest to match the scale of the
company’s operations
Wal-Mart’s price pressure on
manufacturers is undermining the quality
and durability of goods, which has
contributed to a sharp increase in the
amount of stuff Americans buy and a
doubling of the trash households generate

5. Wal-Mart’s Sustainability
Wal-Mart has not addressed the
habitat and climate impacts of its
land development practices. The
retailer continues to build sprawling
stores on undeveloped land, often
just a few miles from older, vacated
Wal-Mart stores
Wal-Mart has made little
progress toward its goal of
developing a Sustainability
Index to rate consumer
products
With its share of U.S. grocery
sales at 25 percent and growing,
Wal-Mart is driving further
consolidation and
industrialization in our food
supply, harming the environment
and small-scale agriculture
Wal-Mart’s campaign donations
heavily favor candidates who
consistently vote against the
environment
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2012/03/07/NY65919

6. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/08/walmart-accused-of-
greenwashing/
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15707
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-01-06/news/walmart-greenwashing-
workers-pay-the-price/
http://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/11/20/walmart-pumps-millions-into-
ocean-greenwashing/
http://www.policymic.com/articles/6781/coke-fritos-and-walmart-greenwashing-
are-the-products-you-buy-really-green
Other Evidences

7. To summarize, Wal-Mart perpetuates an industrialized
system of waste, does not meet its goal of 100%
renewable energy and is more focused on its social
reputation than on actually protecting the environment