Two More Positive Steps for Wal-Mart

Thank you to Net Impact for pointing me to the first article.

Wal-Mart is aiming to give consumers information about the sustainability practices of their electronics suppliers by scoring them on "energy efficiency, durability, upgradability, end-of-life solutions, and the size of the package containing the product." The hope is that with the Wal-Mart's power of their suppliers, they will be able to influence more positive and more sustainable practices in the manufacturing and packaging of electronics products, and my hope would be that they will be able to encourage a more sustainable end-of-life for the products which will help increase and make for healthier recycling.

Recently, Wal-Mart announced that they are going to replace its 'big rig' fleet with a hybrid fleet of the same type, thus saving millions of gallons of gas every year.

Must-Read Business Week Article

Thank you to xigi.net for pointing me to this article. Business Week's cover story this week is "Beyond the Green Corporation", which highlights many large corporations focus on environmental and social and how that may be a must for these companies to survive long-term. The article gets into how Wall Street looks at such companies and notes that this sustainbility focus is something that "could help investors sort long-term survivors from the dinosaurs."