Article: ClearCarbon - How to Calculate a Carbon Footprint for Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Index

2SUSTAIN.COM

July 17, 2009

Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will begin measuring the sustainability of all the products it sells – a move that ClearCarbon says will “revolutionize” the consumer goods industry.

“Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Index will be extremely influential in driving corporate environmental initiatives, with the goal of producing carbon, energy and cost saving throughout the entire supply chain,” says ClearCarbon CEO/President Kyle Tanger. “Wal-Mart is to be commended for its efforts to help suppliers realize the same benefits it has by measuring and managing its emissions. We believe that effective carbon measurement not only provides insight into the sources and magnitudes of emissions, but also clearly serves as one of the best proxies for corporate efficiency. That’s just good business.” 

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More articles on Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index launch:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/business/energy-environment/16walmart.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/07/15/tagged-wal-marts-big-push-for-eco-labels/

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/environment/2009-07-15-wal-mart-eco-rating_N.htm

http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/kanter/2009/07/walmarts-environmental-gamecha.html