Wal-Mart is Desperate
by Constantine
In a desperate attempt to rescue their devestated public image, Wal-Mart has decided to jump on the 
environmentalist bandwagon.
Wal-Mart (Charts) says it will invest $500 million in sustainability projects, and the company has done a lot more than draw up targets. It has quickly become, for instance, the biggest seller of organic milk and the biggest buyer of organic cotton in the world. It is working with suppliers to figure out ways to cut down on packaging and energy costs. It has opened two "green" supercenters.
I'd love to applaud their new eco-friendly image, and sustainability movement, but I feel like a scorned woman. I'm still scandalized by how unfair their wages are, betrayed by how little they spend on employee health benefits, and how they built their Washington store right on top of a wetland. (they had to build a fakey man-made wetland to replace the one they destroyed, but you and I both know that it's not the same)
Now Wal-Mart's back. From outerspace. With that sad look upon it's face.
Will the public be able forgive and forget, when we know that Wal-Mart's change of heart is nothing more than a defensive PR strategy?
I don't know, Wal-Mart. You hurt me bad. Real bad.
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| 07/30/06
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Environment
