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Walmart provides suppliers with strategy to cut carbon

16 Aug 2010

Source: Guardian

The largest retailer in the US has provided details on how it hopes to cut 20m tonnes of CO2 emissions from its supply chain in five years. Walmart has published a 54-page document with guidance for its 100,000 suppliers on how to quantify carbon in the lifecycles of their products and submit proposals for sustainability projects.

This follows its announcement in February of a target to cut 20m tonnes of carbon emissions from its supply chain by 2015. The amount is roughly equal to its entire direct carbon footprint for 2008.

Walmart said that in making the document public it hopes to share best practice with other companies and attract constructive criticism.

Its supply chain strategy is the result of its collaboration with the non-profit organisation Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and consultancies ClearCarbon and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. All three organisations will continue to assist, especially in the task of assuring carbon reduction claims.

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