Environmental Promise: Products

Wal-Mart has announced a series of environmental sustainability promises in their product lines.  Meeting these commitments--including selling only Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fish, eliminating harmful PVC chemicals from all of their products and packaging and reducing the use of packaging for all items--would have positive ramifications for Wal-Mart as an environmentally responsible company.

Wal-Mart has outlined timelines for a number of their product-based intiatives, but the company must publicly announce firm benchmarks and definite timetables for meeting their commitments.  Additionally, Wal-Mart must submit their products to independent third-party verification to ensure that the environmental sustainability of their products is meeting the highest standards.

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Topics

PVC alternatives

"… Replacing PVC packaging for our private brands with alternatives that are more sustainable and recyclable within the next 2 years."

Farming Best Practices

"For example, in the area of seafood, we will certify all shrimp farms supplying Wal-Mart in the U.S. according to environmental and socio economic best practice standards through third party accreditation."