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It would be difficult to overstate the positive impact that Jib Ellison and the Blu Skye team have had on Walmart and our associates.
Lee Scott
Chairman to the Executive Committee, Walmart
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In the Fall of 2004, Walmart CEO Lee Scott asked Blu Skye to create a transformative sustainability strategy for the company. Since that time, we have worked closely with a wide selection of top executives, line managers and store-level associates. Because of our work, Walmart has launched efforts to:
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| Reduce costs through increased efficiency of energy and materials use, with a focus on stores and the company’s trucking fleet |
Walmart will save an estimated $40 million for every mile per gallon improvement of truck efficiency |
| Increase logistical efficiency from supply chain redesign and smart packaging |
Reducing the package size of a single toy saved the company $2.4 million in logistics costs in 2005. Employing this technique across product categories, Walmart expects to save over $3 billion. |
| Turn waste streams into revenue streams through recycling |
Once efforts to capture and recycle plastic wastes are rolled out to all stores, Walmart expects to save $28-million per year |
| Attract new customers, capitalizing on growing health and environmental trends |
Walmart has rapidly increased its offering of organic, non-toxic and, for produce, local products |
To assist Walmart with its strategy development and implementation, Blu Skye:
- Identified and prioritized global impacts and sustainable business opportunities
- Led internal teams through creation of industry-leading sustainable business strategies and goal setting
- Co-created and co-managed 15 Sustainable Value Networks, which infused company efforts with invaluable expertise and ideas from value chain partners, non-profits organizations, academia and government
- Led over 20 immersive sustainability field trips for officers and their teams
- Created and managed multi stakeholder engagements and community dialogues
- Produced two dozen mini documentaries, an internal web portal, print advertisements and partnered to create a prototype green store
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