Wal–Mart Chief Pledges to be Greener
In a speech that promised widespread improvement and reform throughout Wal-Mart and its supply chain Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. pledged to cut the energy used by many of its company's products 25 percent reports the New York Times. We live in a time when people are losing confidence in the ability of government to solve problems. But Wal-Mart he said does not wait for someone else to solve problems.Since 2005 Wal-Mart has committed itself to a number of energy reforms. Its sale of 145 million compact fluorescent light bulbs has according to Scott saved enough electricity to forestall the need for three coal-fired power plants.