Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better, in retail stores, online and through their mobile devices. The company’s legal name became Walmart Inc., effective on 1 February 2018, to reflect its growing status as an omni-channel retailer. Each week, over 260 million customers and members visit its more than 11,600 stores under nearly 60 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites. With fiscal year 2017 revenue of $485.9 billion, Walmart employs approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity.
Gender inequality costs the world approximately $12 trillion in global gross domestic product (GDP), with some countries experiencing up to a 35% loss. With the cost of economic inequalit...
The World Economic Forum’s Consumers Beyond Waste initiative is working with partners to rapidly scale reuse models that will eliminate plastic waste.
According to the World Bank, between 1990 and 2017, developing countries increased their share of global exports from 16% to 30%, correlating with a fall in the global poverty rate from 3...
