BSR Insight | Following Walmart’s Lead: Driving Emissions Reductions
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Ryan Schuchard, Manager, Climate and Energy
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March 16, 2010
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In late February, Walmart announced that it would eliminate 20 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its supply chain—a commitment that will address climate change, cut costs, and make the company’s suppliers leaner and more competitive. The initiative will likely influence thousands of other companies, as Walmart suppliers teach their suppliers, and other companies follow Walmart's lead.
The following recommendations will help your company drive its own energy-led GHG reductions:
- Conduct a “heat map” of energy inefficiency and GHG emissions in your supply chain by reviewing literature to identify hot spots.
- Ask your strategic suppliers to share success stories about how they are addressing emissions.
- Set an energy-efficiency improvement goal and report it to the Carbon Disclosure Project's 2010 questionnaire (due in May).
- Weigh in on the development of common approaches like the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's supply chain standard and the China Climate and Energy Registry.
For more information, contact Ryan Schuchard at rschuchard@bsr.org.
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