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Hunting for environmental hotspots in Walmart products

At Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), our work with Walmart focuses on leveraging the company’s buying power to reduce the environmental impacts of consumer goods. One of the clearest points of leverage is Walmart’s own store brands—Great Value, Sam’s Choice, Equate, and others that account for a sizable and growing percentage of the company’s sales. An [...]

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Use Night-Vision Goggles to Uncover Innovations through Sustainability

This morning, I spoke on a panel called “Driving Innovation Through Sustainability” at the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference.  Given that the panel was held at the eye-popping hour of 8 AM, it’s testament to the topic that the room was overflowing.  Or perhaps the draw was my fellow panelists – Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President [...]

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