Walmart's Greenwashing

Walmart's Greenwash: How The Company's Much-publicized Sustainability Campaign Falls Short, While Its Relentless Growth Devastates The Environment" The objective of this study is to explain which statistics from page four that was most surprising or troubling and why. This study will additionally answer as to why Walmart chose sustainability as a corporate strategy and will name three things that the report claims the news media and environmentalists have not paid enough attention to.

Finally, this study will explain how Walmart contributes to climate change in ways that are not accounted for in Walmart's own reports. Troubling Statistics The most troubling statistics on page four of the reading in this study entitled "Walmart's Greenwash: How the company's much-publicized sustainability campaign falls short, while its relentless growth devastates the environment" is fir the statistic that shows that there are 'zero' number of times since 2007 that the annual sustainability reports of Walmart have "referenced the company's impact on land use patterns and household driving." ( p.

4) Just as troubling is the number of abandoned stores in Walmart in the United States totaling 152 while simultaneously; Walmart expresses intentions to open a minimum of 210 new stores in the United States. Finally, it is very troubling to read the statistic that Walmart's importing goods from China has resulted in the loss of nearly 200,000 jobs in the United States between the years 2001 and 2006. II.

Sustainability as a Choice for Walmart's Corporate Strategy The reason stated that Walmart adopted sustainability as its corporate strategy in 2005 was due to bad headlines following the stores and the history of the company in its mistreatment of workers and suppliers. Sustainability was a mere smokescreen used by Walmart to hide its misdeed from the public eye and to soothe stockholders and in response to its falling prices of its shares stated at 20%. III.

Three Items Ignored by News Media and Environmentalists The environmental consequences of Walmart's business are not stated and neither is simple and basic information that is critical to conducting an evaluation as whether Walmart is actually accomplishing anything for the environment. Another thing that has not been reported is the amount of the company's electricity derived from renewable sources. IV. How Walmart Contributes to Climate Change Not Accounted for in Walmart's.