Supply Chain Decarbonization: Walmart’s Project Gigaton

Kathleen McLaughlin, Chief Sustainability Office at Walmart, Inc. and President of the WalmartFoundation, discusses how Walmart plans to achieve its goal to avoid a gigaton–a billion metrictons–of greenhouse gas emissions in its global supply...

An episode of the Climate Rising podcast, hosted by Harvard Business School Business & Environment Initiative, titled "Supply Chain Decarbonization: Walmart’s Project Gigaton" was published on February 23, 2022 and runs 42 minutes.

February 23, 2022 ·42m · Climate Rising

Summary

Kathleen McLaughlin, Chief Sustainability Office at Walmart, Inc. and President of the WalmartFoundation, discusses how Walmart plans to achieve its goal to avoid a gigaton–a billion metrictons–of greenhouse gas emissions in its global supply chain by 2030. She shares some of thechallenges and opportunities of operating on such a large scale and offers advice for thoseinterested in working in the business and climate change space. For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org.   Guest: Kathleen McLaughlin, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer,Walmart, Inc.; President, Walmart Foundation

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