Wal-Mart using its clout to go green

Shopping sustainably. Will Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Product Index change the way we shop? The mega-retailer is working with suppliers to collect information about the environmental impact of products it sells and plans to share that information with consumers via a simple rating. Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter blogged that Wal-Mart’s new initiative “changed the game with respect to environmental ... (Full article: 683 words)

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