US/CHINA: Wal-Mart extends sustainability goals
By Petah Marian | 25 October 2012
Wal-Mart has extended its sustainability goals with plans to buy 70% of the products it sells in its US Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores from suppliers who use its Sustainability Index to share the sustainability of their products.
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