Last week I was in Bentonville AK for two days attending Walmart’s third annual Sustainable Buildings Network Meeting hosted by Don Mosley. To provide some context, in 2005, then Walmart President and CEO Lee Scott delivered a speech at their annual store kick off meeting that presented his vision of what the company needed for 21st century leadership. If you read or watch the speech, it’s easy to be moved by Mr. Scott’s presentation of his own personal epiphany and environmental awakening. He asked important questions of himself and the company such as, “What if we used our size and resources to make this country and this earth an even better place for all of us: customers, Associates, our children, and generations unborn?” He set three large goals – to be supplied 100% by renewable energy; to create zero waste; and to sell products that sustain our resources and environment.

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