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Sustainability at Walmart

On Friday, 9/25, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School hosted a brown bag lunch with Matt Kistler, the vice president of sustainability for Wal-Mart.  The event was open to current MBA students, and I think I speak for the 30 students who were there when I say we were fortunate to be able to engage in an informal dialog with someone on the front lines of sustainability work at a leader in the field.  Below is a small sampling of the conversation.  Items listed in bold are questions from students. How is sustainability organized at Wal-Mart?  Is it its own department?  How is it connected to the rest of the company? Kistler’s response consisted of a few parts.  First, his vision is Read More