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Sustainability at Wal-Mart
Environmental Business Council of New
EnglandApril 20, 2006Andrew RubenVP Company
Strategy and SustainabilityWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Private Fleet
FY07 Test
Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)
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Zero Waste
Sandwich Bale
Kid Connection Private Brand Toy
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ALL MightyRetail/CPG Partnership

• ANNUAL IMPLICATIONS OF CATEGORY SHIFT
• Gallons of Water Saved
• Gallons of Diesel Saved
• Reduced of Trucks
• Plastic Resin Reduction
• Reduced of out of Stocks
• Reduction in Labor Dollars

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Access to Organic Cotton for ALLFall 2006
Customer

Prevent use of of chemicals

Eliminate need for H2O
Society
Supplier

Additional value for customer

Meaningful work for Associates
Farmer
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• To create zero waste
• 25 reduction in solid waste in 3 years
• All private brand packaging improved in 2 years
  (right sized, reusable materials)

• To be supplied 100 by renewable energy
• Existing stores 20 more efficient in 7 years
• New stores 30 more efficient in 4 years
• Fleet 25 more efficient in 3 years, double in 10
  years

• To sell products that sustain our resources
  environment
• 20 supply base aligned in 3 years
• Preference given to aligned suppliers in 2 years
• Design and support Green Company in China

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Today there are 6.3 billion people. In 2025 there
will be 8 billion people. What will it take to
provide for everyone?
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Global TradeIncreasing at an Increasing Rate
Trillions of Trade
"When a Brazilian brews her morning coffee today,
she is likely to use electricity from a power
plant in Uruguay that runs on natural gas from
Argentina provided by a Chilean company. She
drives to work in a Ford fueled with Mexican
gasoline, and her Canadian-owned factory is
powered by a natural gas pipeline from Bolivia."
    - Mack MacLarty, Former White House official
and CSIS Senior Advisor
CAGR 4.8
CAGR 3.5
CAGR 3.2
Source World Trade Organization, 2004 Note all
data in 2003 dollars
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Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 42
are now corporations, not countries
- CSIS, 2004
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Weve been dealing with jobs, healthcare,
community involvement, product sourcing,
diversity and environment from a defensive
posture

• when in fact they represent gateways for
  Wal-Mart in becoming the most competitive and
  innovative company in the world.

- Lee Scott, 21st Century Leadership, Oct 2005
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• Awareness of unintended consequences
• Potential to add more value for customers
• Democratization of sustainability

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Sustainability Requires a New Lens
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of
awareness that created them. Albert
Einstein
I have yet to see any problem, however
complicated, which, when you looked at it in the
right way, did not become still more
complicated. Poul William Anderson