Introduction:Green Recovery
Five days before he took over as CEO of the world’s largest retailer in early 2009, Wal-Mart executive Mike Duke stood in front of his employees and described how different the world is today. He said it’s a troubling time, with new leaders, new ideas, and a global economic crisis. Nobody, Duke said, is insulated from this situation. For the most part, his talk was what you’d expect to hear from a CEO during a recession. But then Duke went a different direction and asked the hundreds of employees in the room, and the many thousands watching online, “Sustainability is even more critical now, isn’t it?”
Duke described the many environmental projects Wal-Mart remained committed to, such as reducing transportation costs ...
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