With over 100,000 suppliers, the scale of Walmart’s supply chain is mind-boggling.
And so when the world’s largest retailer takes on a supply chain initiative, the results can have global ramifications. Moreover, it can set the pace for the entire industry.
On climate initiatives, that pace has been swift. In February, the company announced it had blown through its Project Gigaton goal of cutting 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain — six years early.