Tag: Walmart

Unilever and Walmart Announce Forest Sustainability Initiatives at the Global Climate Action Summit

Stuart Mitchell

At the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, USA, Unilever committed to supporting work in Sabah, Malaysia as part of the strategy to achieving a deforestation free supply chain and further reducing emissions. Unilever will help sustainably certify 60,000 hectares in Sabah, Malaysia as part of a program led by Forever Sabah, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Malaysia and PONGO Alliance. Sabah is pushing to certify 100 percent of the state’s palm oil production to Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification by 2025. According to WWF, this will…

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Walmart and Sam’s Club Announce Customer Campaign to Assist with 2018 U.S. Hurricane Relief

Stuart Mitchell

With a catastrophic storm, flooding and power outages hitting the Eastern Seaboard, Walmart and Sam’s Club are launching a customer campaign to assist impacted communities with hurricane relief. As part of the Walmart 2018 Relief Fund at Foundation, Walmart will match customer donations two-to-one with cash donations up to $5 million for disaster response and recovery. “Our associates and friends have been significantly impacted by this devastating storm,” said Dan Bartlett, executive vice president of corporate affairs for Walmart Inc. “We’ve seen over the years that our customers all across…

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Walmart Hires More Than 206,000 U.S. Military Veterans and Promotes More Than 30,000 Since the Launch of the Veterans Welcome Home Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart announced that the company has hired more than 206,000 veterans and promoted more than 30,000 to roles with higher pay and greater responsibility since launching its Veterans Welcome Home Commitment in May 2013. The commitment guarantees a job offer to any eligible, honorably discharged U.S. veteran who has separated from service since the commitment was announced on Memorial Day 2013. Walmart is now more than 80 percent of the way to reaching its goal to hire 250,000 veterans by 2020.* Approximately 1,300 veterans and their families return to civilian…

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Walmart Phasing Out Paint Removal Products with Methylene Chloride and NMP

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart has announced it will phase out paint removal products with the chemicals methylene chloride and N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) from its stores in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America and www.walmart.com by February 2019. This initiative is consistent with Walmart’s efforts to work with suppliers and the industry to accelerate the adoption and use of sustainable chemistry practices that exceed customers’ expectations. Similar to some of the retailer’s previous work on sustainable chemistry, this initiative also goes above and beyond current legal and regulatory compliances. Zach Freeze, senior director of strategic…

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Walmart and Ellen DeGeneres Partner on New, Exclusive Fashion Line

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart has announced a new fashion line designed by Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. Walmart announced the new line in a blog post. The line, called EV1, will feature something around 60 different items including t-shirts, accessories, footwear and denim clothing. The items are to be competitively priced and are designed to highlight diversity. Denise Incandela, Head of Fashion, Walmart eCommerce U.S. said: I’m thrilled to announce that we are working with Ellen to introduce EV1, a new women’s line that will debut this September and will feature nearly 60 items, ranging from…

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