Way back in 2008, I wrote about Wal-Mart’s emerging effort to cut environmental and social harms from its business operations by exerting influence back along globe-spanning supply chains.
There were, of course, lots of issues, including this one, as I wrote at the time: “Wal-Mart is still selling consumerism even as it pledges to cut the social and environmental costs of making the stuff in its stores.”
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Here are some factors that appear to be driving the shift...