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How Green are they?

How Green are they?. Juliana Acosta Melanie Bauer Eryn Eledge Jose Mendoza Erik Sharp. Bus 305-01 Kurtz October 9, 2013. Agenda. Background Facts The Environment and Corporate Culture (2) Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility (4) Commercial Break Mini Quiz Leadership (11)

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How Green are they?

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  1. How Green are they? Juliana Acosta Melanie Bauer Eryn Eledge Jose Mendoza Erik Sharp Bus 305-01 Kurtz October 9, 2013

  2. Agenda • Background • Facts • The Environment and Corporate Culture (2) • Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility (4) • Commercial Break • Mini Quiz • Leadership (11) • Recap and Questions

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. Energy Production • American’s image and sustainability • Harnessing solar power • More than 180 renewable energy projects in operation

  7. Efficient Trucking • New and improved truck routes • Implementation of distribution hubs • Future goals for trucking • The trucks themselves

  8. The Environment • The external environment and Walmart • Sociocultural and assessing the surrounding area

  9. Green Store, Green Products • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAVkrfYJGg

  10. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility • Committed to CSR • Walmart and its suppliers • Responsibility and ethics • Greenhouse gas emissions

  11. Responsibility and Sustainability • The three R’s • Reusable Bags • Sustainability

  12. Mini Quiz • Who is the founder of Walmart? • How many countries have Walmart stores? • What is being done to make the trucks more efficient? • What is the 4th “R” that Walmart created? • How much was the first Walmart stock sold for?

  13. Leadership • Leadership is the ability to influence people toward the attainment of organizational goals • Good management leads to the future

  14. 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.

  15. Being an Authentic Leader

  16. Recap and Conclusions • Doing their part to make a difference • Walmart and CSR • Leader within industry and society Questions?

  17. Thank you! Support your local Walmart, because they support you!

  18. Sources • Daft, R. L., & Marcic, D. (2013). Understanding Management. Mason, OH: CengageLearning. • 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.

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