Force of Nature The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution

Name: Force of Nature The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution
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ISBN: 9780061690495

ISBN-10: 006169049X

ISBN-13: 9780061690495

Edition: 2011

Authors: Edward Humes

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Walmart, once a lowly five-and-dime store founded by Sam Walton, has become a global giant. Its annual revenues rival the GDPs of major nations, its employees could field entire armies, and its customers number in the hundreds of millions-a week. But the company's obsessive push for "everyday low prices" at any cost has also made it a target for unions, local businesses, urban planners, and, most of all, environmentalists. The company's formidable buying power determines the fate of fisheries, forests, agriculture, and industrial production the world over.But a startling environmental revolution has taken place at Walmart, ignited by an unlikely alliance between a river…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/10/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.946

Edward Humes is a veteran journalist, contributing to the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and has written numerous books including Baby E. R. and the bestselling Mississippi Mud, Mean Justice, and No Matter How Loud I Shout. A graduate of Hampshire College and a Pulitzer Prize winner, he lives in Southern California with his family.



Prologue: The Confluence



The Nudge



Exposure



The Soul of a Discounter



The CEO Whisperer



Bursting the Bubble



Doing the Math



Katrina in Slow Motion



Because Everyone Loves a Good Deal



Cotton, Fish, Coffee, and Al



Beyond the Box



The Cow of the Future



One Index to Rule Them All



No Free Lunch at the Nature Market


Epilogue: Generation Green


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index