General Mills and Walmart Join Forces To Advance Regenerative Agriculture Across 600,000 Acres by 2030

General Mills, Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a collaboration today to help accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture on 600,000 acres in the U.S. by 2030. This represents the approximate number of acres General Mills engages to source key ingredients for its products sold through Walmart and Sam’s Club. Initial projects will be supported through grants administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and seek to advance regenerative agriculture outcomes across a variety of crops, including wheat, in the Northern and Southern Great Plains. “Through this partnership, we…

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Walmart Chile To Create First Industrial-Use Green Hydrogen Production Plant in Latin America

Walmart Inc. CEO Doug McMillon recently attended the grand opening of a green hydrogen plant at Walmart’s Quilicura Distribution Center in Santiago, Chile, representing the company’s continued investment in and commitment to renewable energy. Industrial-scale and renewable, the project was developed collaboratively with the generating company Engie. Once converted, the plant is the first of its kind in Latin America and will play a key role in Walmart Chile’s path to net-zero emissions. Walmart Chile CEO Cristián Barrientos, Chile Minister of Finance Mario Marcel, Chile Minister of Energy Diego Pardow…

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PepsiCo and Walmart Aim to Support Regenerative Agriculture Across More than 2 Million Acres of Farmland

PepsiCo and Walmart recently announced a 7-year collaboration to pursue $120 million worth of investments focused on supporting U.S. and Canadian farmers in their pursuit to improve soil health and water quality. By establishing and scaling financial, agronomic and social programs, it aims to enable and accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices on more than 2 million acres of farmland and deliver approximately 4 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals by 2030 – roughly equivalent to the amount of electricity needed to power 778,300…

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UK’S Eco-Friendly Baby Care Brand Pura Launches In U.S. With Walmart

Pura, the mission-driven UK baby care brand that’s good for baby and good for the planet, announced today that it has made its US debut at Walmart. The baby care brand is now available online at Walmart.com and in select Walmart stores across the country. Founded by husband and wife team Guy and Abi Fennell in 2020 in Cheshire, England, Pura is an award-winning, carbon neutral, sustainable baby care company and a certified B Corporation. Pura offers boutique brand quality at affordable prices, with wipes starting at $2.88 and diaper…

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Walmart Doubles Down on Reducing Waste To Create More Sustainable Omnichannel Fulfillment Network

Walmart have announced new steps to help make the everyday choice the more sustainable choice by adopting measures designed to reduce the amount of packaging waste associated with online orders. This includes moving from plastic to recyclable paper mailers, right-sizing cardboard box packaging, giving customers the option to consolidate shipping on eCommerce orders, opting out of single-use plastic bags for online pickup orders and last mile delivery efficiencies to reduce mileage and delivery times. Reducing waste Customers have hundreds of millions of packages shipped from Walmart each year, which is…

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