July 26, 2007 Wal-Mart Canada is spearheading collaboration among supply-chain companies to measure and reduce the environmental footprint of its product shipping process and logistics network. The company says will introduce its first-ever Supply Chain Sustainability Scorecard this fall to assess its network of service providers on the basis of environmental impact, efforts, and improvement. (Press Release) Read more...

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