What happens when a global retailer announces a emissions cut?

 What is happening? Wal-Mart has announced that it intends to reduce 1 billion metric tons worth of emissions throughout its supply chain. As a result, Levi Strauss & Co., J.M. Smucker Co., Great Lakes Cheese, Valvoline and Amy’s Kitchen (WalMArt supply chain) have executed an aggregate purchase for renewable energy from a wind farm in Marion County, Kansas. Best guess is we’re talking about 250,000 megawatt-hours annually.

Why is this important? Hello pivots. A reduction in emissions means an uptick somewhere else. Be somewhere else.

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