Wal-Mart's First Sustainability Report: Just a Gesture or a Just Account?

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The world's largest retailer has invested heavily in improving its environmental sustainability, but is it going far enough?

When Wal-Mart talks, people listen, whether they agree with the message or not. Two years after Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott announced the company's environmental goals in his "Twenty-First Century Leadership"...

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