ENVIRSC 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Millennium Development Goals, A Question Of Balance
19 Dec 2018
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Walmart announced the intention to be environmentally accountable for their supply chain by creating a global sustainability index system. smbp. uwaterloo. ca/2017/06/walmart-environmental-accountability-in-its-supply-chain/. More and more people are becoming aware of the products they buy and where they came from. Walmart will now keep track of products ratings with relation to their environmental and social impacts of their supply chain contributions (manufacturing and distribution). Walmart"s goal is to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy and to encourage other companies to do the same. Because walmart is the largest company in the whole world by revenue, they do have much impact and leadership over many other companies aspiring to be as successful as them. Walmart is also hoping to reduce waste globally. Elinor ostrom is the first woman to receive the nobel prize for economics. She was praised for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons . www. elinorostrom. com/. Ostrom is a professor and teaches political science at indiana university.
