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Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here's what happened

  • Written by Andrew Spicer, Associate Professor of International Business, University of South Carolina
Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here's what happenedCan Walmart go green while maintaining its commitment to low prices?AP Photo/Tom Uhlman

What a difference the birth of a granddaughter can make.

For Lee Scott, who ran Walmart from 2000 to 2009, the arrival of his granddaughter not only convinced him the threat of global warming was real but set him on a course that altered the very DNA of the world...

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