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Force of nature : the unlikely story of Wal-Mart's green revolution / Edward Humes.

By: Humes, Edward.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : HarperBusiness, ©2011Edition: First edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 265 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780061690495 (hardback); 9780061690501 (paperback).Other title: Force of nature : the unlikely story of Walmart's green revolution.Subject(s): Wal-Mart (Firm) | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 338.9/27
Contents:
I: The nudge -- Exposure -- The soul of a discounter -- The CEO whisperer -- II: Bursting the bubble -- Doing the math -- Katrina in slow motion -- Because everyone loves a good deal -- Cotton, fish, coffee, and Al -- III: Beyond the box -- The cow of the future -- One index to rule them all -- No free lunch at the nature market -- Epilogue: generation green.
Review: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Humes (Eco Barons) offers a stirring story of how ecologically responsible practices are increasingly benefiting the bottom line, and how as Wal-Mart goes global (and tries to lure back the more green-conscious consumer decamping for Target), the biggest retailer in the world is, slowly but surely, encouraging a change for the better.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I: The nudge -- Exposure -- The soul of a discounter -- The CEO whisperer -- II: Bursting the bubble -- Doing the math -- Katrina in slow motion -- Because everyone loves a good deal -- Cotton, fish, coffee, and Al -- III: Beyond the box -- The cow of the future -- One index to rule them all -- No free lunch at the nature market -- Epilogue: generation green.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Humes (Eco Barons) offers a stirring story of how ecologically responsible practices are increasingly benefiting the bottom line, and how as Wal-Mart goes global (and tries to lure back the more green-conscious consumer decamping for Target), the biggest retailer in the world is, slowly but surely, encouraging a change for the better.

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