Wal-Mart Promotes Environmental Sustainability

Wal-Mart CEO announces that the world's largest retailer will hold its suppliers responsible for higher environmental and labor standards.

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October 22, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will start holding its suppliers more accountable for environmental and social standards at foreign factories as public expectations in the United States rise, [said] chief executive H. Lee Scott Jr...The company has come under mounting fire from organized opponents over the environmental and labor standards of the low-cost manufacturers overseas from which it buys."

FULL STORY: Wal-Mart Nudges Foreign Suppliers

Sunday, October 23, 2005 in The Washington Post

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