Lead, Follow or Move Aside

The "Wal-Mart environmental moment" starts with the C.E.O. adopting a green branding strategy as a purely defensive, public relations, marketing move. Then an accident happens -- someone in the shipping department takes it seriously and comes up with a new way to package the latest product and saves $100,000. This gets the attention of the C.E.O., who turns to his P.R. adviser and says, "Well, isn't that interesting? Get me a sustainability expert. Let's ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Friedman paints a compelling portrait, but doesn't give much voice to the administration, who would undoubtedly argue that they are being leaders on climate change, just not in the way Friedman would like.

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