| Description |
1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I: The nudge -- Exposure -- The soul of a discounter -- The CEO whisperer -- II: Bursting the bubble -- Doing the math -- Katrina in slow motion -- Because everyone loves a good deal -- Cotton, fish, coffee, and Al -- III: Beyond the box -- The cow of the future -- One index to rule them all -- No free lunch at the nature market -- Epilogue: generation green. |
| Summary |
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Humes (Eco Barons) offers a stirring story of how ecologically responsible practices are increasingly benefiting the bottom line, and how as Wal-Mart goes global (and tries to lure back the more green-conscious consumer decamping for Target), the biggest retailer in the world is, slowly but surely, encouraging a change for the better. |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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Wal-Mart (Firm)
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Humes, Edward. Force of nature. 1st ed. New York : HarperBusiness, c2011 9780061690495 (DLC) 2010052578 (OCoLC)670476070 |
| ISBN |
9780062079374 (electronic bk.) |
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0062079379 (electronic bk.) |
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