Wal-Mart's Environmental Game-Changer

Harvard Business Publishing ^ | Thursday July 16, 2009 | Rosabeth Moss Kanter

[tndarlin]

Does this author bring up changes in technology that push more companies to "Go Green" or claim they are going "Green"?

With more products being made that are IP based, new construction gets tons of tax incentives to utilize connected building products including IP lighting, IP HVAC, IP Security, IP door strikes etc. LEEDs certification helps out initial costs and give the company some damn good press.

In the long run, it keeps the construction costs high, but the ROI is solid. It also does not hurt they they can now get away from proprietary products and companies that they must use their software.

[youthphil]

Watch for rising prices.

[Lurker]

the America I grew up in will be gone forever.

It's already gone my friend. It's all over but the shouting.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

vomit

have they stopped cows from having flatulance yet?

[mewzilla]

Anyone know if Target's doing something similar?

If not, guess where we'll be shopping....

[Excellence]

Dear Wal-Mart,
You just lost a customer.
Sincerely.

[monday]

“In practice, of course, we know that suppliers will change their practices to avoid embarrassing disclosures, and consumers will think twice about the choices they make.”

really? we know that? I expect suppliers will see what consumers choose before making any changes at all, and I expect most wall mart shoppers to continue to buy the cheapest products regardless of labeling. In effect, business as usual. People are all for protecting the environment as long as they personally don’t have to pay for it.

[monday]

see #27. I wouldn't assume business at Wall Mart will change as much as the author assumes, maybe not at all. If anything it's just another clever marketing ploy by wal mart.

One other point. Wal mart isn't forcing it's suppliers to “go green”. They are just allowing customers the chance to pay more for “green” products if that is what they want to do. I doubt wal mart customers want to do that, but if a few do, who cares? Let people waste their money if it makes them happy.

[CottShop]

[[Wal-Mart’s unilateral decision to put its purchasing and communication power behind going green also shows that a single company using its unique clout can accelerate public action to reduce greenhouse gases and reverse climate change.]]

BS- climate change is a NATURAL CYCLICAL EVENT which we can do absolutely nothign about- but let’s not let the FACTS get in the way of corporate greed and Walmart cashing in on people’s misguided- ignorant sense of self-loathing, their sense that they must ‘do something’ to ‘correct hte sins of we evil human beings’!

What a crock of Crap!

[papasmurf]

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IOW, it's bs. It changes NOTHING!

They said including a warning from the Surgeon General would cause folks to stop smoking. They said printing warnings on plastic would stop children from playing with it. They said listing the fat content and calories on food stuffs would be a "game changer", and we'd all eat healthier, and get really skinny, too!

A REAL "game changer" would be for Wal-Mart to REQUIRE it's suppliers to produce products that meet just our current standards on Environmental safety...but they don't, and they won't!

Why? because Consumers don't give darn about it, they just want what they want, and they want it cheap.

[discostu]

Greenies are so gullible. All WM is doing is making their suppliers put some silly lies on their labels. Nobody really knows what the environmental impact of their product is, there are too many variables, mostly in their employees and transportation. Just look at the argument over whether a Prius causes more damage than a Hummer, everybody has a pet stat on that, nobody really knows. Companies will use the most favorable assumptions, ignore everything they can get away with, and these new sections on their labels will be a bigger fiction than a Dan Brown novel. But the greenies will be happy and WM is getting good press. It’s a smart move, but not for any of the reasons in this article.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I am fighting both the premise the Cap and Trade is even needed (because of the globaloney spewing from the mouth of the liar Algore)....and the EFFECTS its measures will have on the economy.