How Green are they?

Juliana AcostaMelanie BauerEryn Eledge

Jose MendozaErik Sharp

Bus 305-01Kurtz

October 9, 2013

Agenda•Background•Facts•The Environment and Corporate Culture

(2)•Managing Ethics and Social

Responsibility (4)•Commercial Break•Mini Quiz•Leadership (11)•Recap and Questions

Background •Founded by Sam Walton in 1962•Publicly traded in 1970

▫First stock sold at $16.50 per share•Reached $1 billion in annual sales in 1980•Went global in 1991

▫Mexico, Canada, China•Celebrated 50 years of “helping people

save money so they can live better” in 2012

Facts

•# 1 retailer in the world

•10,900 retail units

•27 different countries

•2.2 million employees

•1.3 million employees in the U.S.

The Environment and Corporate Culture

• Top three on EPA’s Green Power Partnership

• Implementing a number of green energy projects

• Zero waste policy and renewable energy

• Walmart slogan

Energy Production•American’s image and sustainability

•Harnessing solar power

•More than 180 renewable energy projects in operation

Efficient Trucking

•New and improved truck routes

•Implementation of distribution hubs

•Future goals for trucking

•The trucks themselves

The Environment

•The external environment and Walmart

•Sociocultural and assessing the surrounding area

Green Store, Green Products

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAVkrfYJGg

Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility

•Committed to CSR

•Walmart and its suppliers

•Responsibility and ethics

•Greenhouse gas emissions

Responsibility and Sustainability

•The three R’s

•Reusable Bags

•Sustainability

Mini Quiz

1. Who is the founder of Walmart?2. How many countries have Walmart

stores?3. What is being done to make the trucks

more efficient?4. What is the 4th “R” that Walmart

created?5. How much was the first Walmart stock

sold for?

Leadership

• Leadership is the ability to influence people toward the attainment of organizational goals

•Good management leads to the future

Walmart as a Leader

Walmart can use its place as a leader in many markets to set examples for other companies in the same industries.

Being an Authentic Leader

The Authentic

Leader

Practices solid values

Connects with others

Demonstrates Self-

Discipline

Leads with the heart as well as the

head

Pursues purpose

with passion

Recap and Conclusions

•Doing their part to make a difference

•Walmart and CSR

•Leader within industry and society

Questions?

Thank you!

Support your local Walmart, because they support you!

Sources

• Daft, R. L., & Marcic, D. (2013). Understanding Management. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

• http://www.csrwire.com/members/12774-Wal-Mart-Stores-Inc-

• http://understory.ran.org/2010/10/27/walmart-goes-out-on-a-limb/

• http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/walmart-plans-solar-for-60-more-stores-in-california/18859

• http://www.treehugger.com/cars/wal-mart-tests-new-diesel-hybrid-trucks-reclaimed-cooking-grease-and-lng-fuels.html

• http://authorstream.s3.amazonaws.com/content/1786453_635025481464787500.jpg

• Humes, E. (2011). Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal Mart's Green Revolution. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.