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    Claus Schafhalter is executive level Management Consultant and owner of Sunogos - Change for the Better


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  • Resources

    Wal­mart:

    Sup­plier Sus­tain­abil­ity Assess­ment: 15 Ques­tions for Sup­pli­ers (2009)


    Energy and Cli­mate: Reduc­ing Energy Costs and Green­house Gas Emissions

    1. Have you mea­sured your cor­po­rate green­house gas emis­sions?
    2. Have you opted to report your green­house gas emis­sions to the Car­bon Dis­clo­sure Project (CBD)? https://www.cdproject.net
    3. What is your total annual green­house gas emis­sion reported in the most recent year mea­sured?
    4. Have you set pub­licly avail­able green­house gas reduc­tion tar­gets? If yes, what are those targets?

    Mate­r­ial Effi­ciency: Reduc­ing Waste and Enhanc­ing Quality

    1. If mea­sured, please report the total amount of solid waste gen­er­ated from the facil­i­ties that pro­duce your product(s) for Wal­mart for the most recent year mea­sured.
    2. Have you set pub­licly avail­able solid waste reduc­tion tar­gets? If yes, what are those tar­gets?
    3. If mea­sured, please report total water use from facil­i­ties that pro­duce your product(s) for Wal­mart for the most recent year mea­sured.
    4. Have you set pub­licly avail­able water use reduc­tion tar­gets? If yes, what are those targets?

    Nat­ural Resources: Pro­duc­ing High Qual­ity, Respon­si­bly Sourced Raw Materials

    1. Have you estab­lished pub­licly avail­able sus­tain­abil­ity pur­chas­ing guide­lines for your direct sup­pli­ers that address issues such as envi­ron­men­tal com­pli­ance, employ­ment prac­tices and product/ingredient safety?
    2. Have you obtained 3rd party cer­ti­fi­ca­tions for any of the prod­ucts that you sell to Wal­mart?

    Peo­ple and Com­mu­nity: Ensur­ing Respon­si­ble and Eth­i­cal Production

    1. Do you know the loca­tion of 100 per­cent of the facil­i­ties that pro­duce your product(s)?
    2. Before begin­ning a busi­ness rela­tion­ship with a man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­ity, do you eval­u­ate the qual­ity of, and capac­ity for, pro­duc­tion?
    3. Do you have a process for man­ag­ing social com­pli­ance at the man­u­fac­tur­ing level?
    4. Do you work with your sup­ply base to resolve issues found dur­ing social com­pli­ance eval­u­a­tions and also doc­u­ment spe­cific cor­rec­tions and improve­ments?
    5. Do you invest in com­mu­nity devel­op­ment activ­i­ties in the mar­kets you source from and/or oper­ate within?

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