Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Product Index

Robert J. Crawford () and N. Craig Smith ()
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Robert J. Crawford: Independent Education Management Professional – INSEAD
N. Craig Smith: Independent Education Management Professional – INSEAD

Chapter 3 in Managing Sustainable Business, 2019, pp 35-62 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract On 16 July 2009, Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke announced an ambitious plan to develop a “Sustainable Product Index” that would enable customers to access reliable, standardised information on where its products came from, what resources they required for manufacture and delivery, and how they should be disposed of and/or re-cycled. He went on to explain –

Keywords: Product Sustainability Index; Walmart; Sustainable Places; Medical Insurance Plans; Quantitative Life Cycle Assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1144-7_3

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