Walmart on science-based targets: 'It doesn't matter who occupies the White House'

Madeleine Cuff
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Retail giant explains why pursuing science-based emissions targets makes sense regardless of who sits in the Oval Office

On November 4 2016, just a few days before the US Presidential election, the science-based targets movement officially went mainstream. It was the date the world's largest retailer, Walmart, announced...

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