how green are they?
DESCRIPTION
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) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
How Green are they?
Juliana AcostaMelanie BauerEryn Eledge
Jose MendozaErik Sharp
Bus 305-01Kurtz
October 9, 2013
![Page 2: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Agenda•Background•Facts•The Environment and Corporate Culture
(2)•Managing Ethics and Social
Responsibility (4)•Commercial Break•Mini Quiz•Leadership (11)•Recap and Questions
![Page 3: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
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
![Page 4: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
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.
![Page 5: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
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
![Page 6: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Energy Production•American’s image and sustainability
•Harnessing solar power
•More than 180 renewable energy projects in operation
![Page 7: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Efficient Trucking
•New and improved truck routes
•Implementation of distribution hubs
•Future goals for trucking
•The trucks themselves
![Page 8: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
The Environment
•The external environment and Walmart
•Sociocultural and assessing the surrounding area
![Page 9: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Green Store, Green Products
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAVkrfYJGg
![Page 10: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility
•Committed to CSR
•Walmart and its suppliers
•Responsibility and ethics
•Greenhouse gas emissions
![Page 11: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Responsibility and Sustainability
•The three R’s
•Reusable Bags
•Sustainability
![Page 12: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
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?
![Page 13: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Leadership
• Leadership is the ability to influence people toward the attainment of organizational goals
•Good management leads to the future
![Page 14: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
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.
![Page 15: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
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
![Page 16: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Recap and Conclusions
•Doing their part to make a difference
•Walmart and CSR
•Leader within industry and society
Questions?
![Page 17: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Thank you!
Support your local Walmart, because they support you!
![Page 18: How Green are they?](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022051417/56814e44550346895dbbbb3e/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
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.