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Retail leviathan Walmart was 2021’s highest emitter of carbon among importers to the US by sea.
According to a report released yesterday by Ship It Zero, Walmart shipped 850,630 teu at a carbon cost of 788,019 tonnes of CO2.
But the retailer told The Loadstar it was now more than halfway towards its environmental goal.
Ship It Zero’s All brands on deck report ranks US companies according to overall emissions through 2021, with Walmart followed by Target and The Home Depot.
However, Walmart’s numbers appeared to ...
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