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Walmart's Environmental Challenges and Strategies

Walmart has faced significant environmental scrutiny, including a 2005 grand jury subpoena and a 2013 guilty plea for hazardous waste dumping, resulting in an $81 million settlement. The company has been criticized for inadequate employee training on waste disposal and its contribution to urban sprawl, which strains city infrastructure. To adapt, Walmart is testing smaller store formats in urban areas, but faces challenges in changing public perception and maintaining low prices in high-income locations.

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Walmart's Environmental Challenges and Strategies

Walmart has faced significant environmental scrutiny, including a 2005 grand jury subpoena and a 2013 guilty plea for hazardous waste dumping, resulting in an $81 million settlement. The company has been criticized for inadequate employee training on waste disposal and its contribution to urban sprawl, which strains city infrastructure. To adapt, Walmart is testing smaller store formats in urban areas, but faces challenges in changing public perception and maintaining low prices in high-income locations.

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Problems.

Of envirnmental stakeholders:-
Like many large corporations, Walmart has been targeted as a violator of safe
environmental practices. In 2005 Walmart received a grand jury subpoena from the
U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, voodooCalifornia, seeking documents and
information relating to the company’s receipt, transportation, handling, identification,
recycling, treatment, storage, and disposal of certain merchandise constituting
hazardous material. In 2013 the retailer pled guilty to criminal charges for dumping
hazardous waste materials. It agreed to pay $81 million to settle the charges.
Consequences of walmart:-
● Walmart admits that it failed to train its employees adequately on how to
properly dispose of these materials.
● The greatest environmental concern associated with Walmart has been urban
sprawl.
● The construction of a Walmart can stress a city’s infrastructure of roads,
parking, and traffic flow. There have been concerns about the number of
acres of city green space devoured by Walmart construction (Walmart
Supercenters occupy about twenty to thirty acres of land) .
Another issue is the number of abandoned stores, deserted when the company
outgrows locations. Walmart allegedly goes out of its way to prevent other retail
companies from buying its abandoned stores.
Haphazards:-
Walmart’s large stores have put it at a disadvantage
● when trying to expand into urban areas. In places like New York City where
space is a significant issue, there is less room for Walmart stores. As a result,
Walmart began testing smaller stores consisting of about 15,000 square feet
in urban and rural areas.
● This strategy of smaller stores is already show-ing promise, with Chicago’s
zoning committee finally approving a Walmart on its south side. However, not
all big cities are eager to embrace Walmart.

● Walmart experienced a ver-bal backlash from officials and citizens of New


York City at the mere suggestion of Walmart entering the city. To break into
urban areas, the company needs to work on changing how Walmart is
perceived among these stakeholders.
● It may also be difficult for Walmart to open smaller stores in high-income
areas such as major cities and still offer its everyday low priced items. As a
result, the company is taking a careful approach and is opening these
“minimarts” at a slower pace.

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