ESG & Shared Value Reporting
Our Shared Value Approach
Shared value – addressing societal issues in ways that create value for our business and stakeholders – lies at the heart of Walmart’s enterprise strategy and our approach to ESG issues.
We prioritize issues that offer the greatest potential for Walmart to create long-term shared value: Issues that rank high in relevance to our business, importance to building and maintaining stakeholder trust and in which Walmart has the ability to be an effective actor. Our current priorities are categorized into four broad themes: opportunity, sustainability, community and ethics and integrity.
ESG Priorities
Opportunity
We seek to make retail a place of opportunity where everyone, regardless of where they start, can build skills and gain experiences they need to advance in their careers. Doing so allows us to attract, develop, and retain the talent we need to meet our customers’ and members’ needs and drive business performance in a competitive retail market.
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We seek to source in ways that serve our customers around the world, promote economic growth and development, and create opportunities for our suppliers, the people they employ, and their communities.
Supplier Opportunity Full Report
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Sustainability
We seek to enhance energy access, cost, and reliability for our business, strengthen our resilience to physical and transition risks related to a changing climate, develop new clean energy businesses, and draw down emissions in our operations and value chains.
Climate Resilience, Energy, and Emissions Full Report
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We aspire to operate our business in a regenerative way, helping to more sustainably manage, restore, and conserve the landscapes and seascapes that sustain our product supply chains and customer communities.
Regeneration of Natural Resources Full Report
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We aim to be part of the transition from a “take-make-dispose” approach to one that values the reuse, recycling, and regeneration of materials. We aspire to reduce waste in our global operations and work with suppliers, customers, and communities to accelerate the adoption of innovative packaging and products that meet our customers’ needs while minimizing waste.
We aim to source responsibly while acting as a catalyst of positive transformation for the well-being of people working in consumer product supply chains, working with others to realize the economic promise of supply chains, and helping address systemic risks.
People in Supply Chains Full Report
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We aim to source responsibly while acting as a catalyst of positive transformation for the well-being of people working in consumer product supply chains, working with others to realize the economic promise of supply chains, and helping address systemic risks.
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Walmart aims to accelerate progress on the sustainability of our own assortment as well as product supply chains across the retail and consumer goods industry. We focus on environmental and social issues including climate, nature, waste, economic opportunity and systemic risks facing people working in product supply chains, as well as the availability of affordable, safer, and healthier products.
Product Supply Chain Sustainability Full Report
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Community
As a people-led, tech-powered omni-channel retailer, we aspire to strengthen the vitality and resilience of the communities we serve.
Serving Communities Full Report
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We aim to improve the lives of people around the world by providing access to, and facilitating industry innovation for, safer, healthier, and affordable food and products.
We aim to be a reliable resource in times of crisis, helping communities prepare for and respond to disasters, with a focus on associate well-being, serving customer needs, and providing relief to affected communities in coordination with others.
Disaster Preparedness and Response Full Report
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Ethics & Integrity
We aim to create an environment of accountability, transparency, and trust in our business, fostering business integrity, financial stability, and responsible and long-term growth.
Corporate Governance Full Report
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Walmart strives to make trust a competitive advantage. Modeling the highest standards of ethics and compliance helps us maintain a culture of integrity, andbuilds trust in our business.
Ethics and Compliance Full Report
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We seek to build and maintain the trust of customers, associates, suppliers, communities, and other stakeholders with respect to our use of technology and data, in line with our values of service, excellence, integrity, and respecting the individual.
We respect human rights and seek to use our scale, capabilities and influence to help people and communities improve their lives, with a focus on our salient human rights issues.
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Through policy advocacy, engagement with lawmakers, support for the political process, and collaboration with business coalitions and key NGOs, we aim to support public policy that is in the interests of our business and stakeholders.
Responsible Engagement in Public Policy Full Report
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