Wal-Mart is harnessing the collective knowledge and wisdom of its own company, supplier companies, academia, government, and non-government organizations to explore mutual challenges and develop solutions that benefit their businesses and local and global communities.
Already a wealth of innovation and insight has led to improved energy use and efficiency, reduced or recycled waste, and increased introduction of environmentally friendly and organic products. Their purposeful value networks called SVN's (which is a way of organising win-win collaboration and alliances with a value network perspective) are currently focussed on:-
Greenhouse Gas
Sustainable Buildings
Alternative Fuels
Logistics
Waste
Packaging
China
Forest & Paper
Food, Agriculture and Seafood
Textiles
Jewelry
Electronics
Chemical Intensive Products
Read more and see the video with interviews with executives here
Thanks to John Maloney for drawing my attention to this
You are at http://tinyurl.com/r39gzj
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"At the heart of Wal-Mart’s business sustainability strategy is a shift from generating value through price-based, transactional interactions toward generating value from longer-term, collaborative
relationships with nonprofits, suppliers,and other external stakeholders.
Through its sustainable value networks, Wal-Mart gains a whole-system perspective that helps the retailer find profitable ways to address environmental issues such as fishery depletion, climate
change, and pollution. In exchange, nonprofit network members stand to make giant leaps toward their missions because of the scale of Wal-Mart’s operations.
And suppliers enjoy not only the stability that closer relationships with the retail giant brings, but also the assistance and guidance of Wal-Mart’s nonprofit partners."
A link to the review is here....
Wal-Mart Value Networks.pdf