Walmart announced yesterday that it will measure their energy use and emissions of the entire supply chain of seven product categories, and find ways to increase their energy efficiency. Wal-Mart will examine the supply chains for seven categories of products: beer, DVDs, milk, soap, soda, toothpaste and vacuum cleaners. The company said these categories were good choices to begin with because many customers regularly purchase products in these lines. In addition, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, one of Wal-Mart's biggest DVD suppliers, announced that it has already begun its own supply chain analysis.
I don't shop at WalMart (for many reasons including racial and gender discrimination, low wages, poor environmental record, running local/small business owners out of the towns where they open their big box stores, etc etc etc) and still wont but I think this is a very small step in the right direction and it is nice to hear about.
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