Posts Tagged ‘Walmart’

Green Dot: Tight Credit Driving New Customers

Pasadena-based Green Dot, the provider of prepaid credit cards which recently debuted on the markets, reported its quarterly earnings Thursday, saying that the tight financing environment continues to drive new customers to the company. On a earnings call discussing its second quarter results, CEO Steve Streit said that it is seeing "significant" new card activations at both Walmart and other ...


Walmart: Going Green or Greenwashing? (Graphic)

Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, is often criticized for — well, being too big. Its impact on Mom and Pop shops and other small businesses in the markets it enters aside, Walmart’s environmental impact has been the subject of debate for years.


Walmart displays its ‘green’ promises in farm programs

There are no concessions for the US-based retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc (branded as Walmart) when it comes to "eco-friendly", "sustainable" and "low carbon dioxide". The retailer is expanding dramatically in China, opening 53 new stores across the country in 2009, boosting the number of Walmart outlets to 175 by the end of last year. But, they have not forgotten their "green" promises ...

Walmart Completes 1Megawatt Solar Farm In California

Walmart is jumping on the going green train as it announces that it will open its largest large-scale solar power plant in Apple Valley in Southern Ca


Going Green to the Bottom Line

As part of Walmart’s efforts to become a more sustainable organization, they requested that their top-tier suppliers in the US complete Walmart’s Sustainability Index by October 1st and they also announced plans to work with the rest of their 100,000 global suppliers to complete a sustainability survey.


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