Wal-Mart is going green!! The world's largest retailer, plans to demand that all its suppliers measure the environmental cost of making their products so Wal-Mart can calculate and post an eco-rating for each item. The ambitious program, to be announced today, is likely to spur companies to redesign products from electronics to jeans, but it presents still more costs to contain as they pinch pennies to tackle the recession. I will take several years before the Green Rating will be on products for consumers to see. Click here to learn more.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
What's Wal-Marts favorite color? GREEN!
Wal-Mart is going green!! The world's largest retailer, plans to demand that all its suppliers measure the environmental cost of making their products so Wal-Mart can calculate and post an eco-rating for each item. The ambitious program, to be announced today, is likely to spur companies to redesign products from electronics to jeans, but it presents still more costs to contain as they pinch pennies to tackle the recession. I will take several years before the Green Rating will be on products for consumers to see. Click here to learn more.
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