Walmart unveils sustainable chemical policy
By Canadian Packaging Staff
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Washington, DC—The world’s largest retailer, Walmart, has unveiled its Implementation Guide for Policy on Sustainable Chemistry in Consumables.
The guide details how the company will work with suppliers to bring safer products to millions of shoppers.
Walmart’s program is guided by the list of chemicals that Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families published last April as part of the Mind the Store campaign, which asks the top 10 retailers to a phase-out the “Hazardous 100+” chemicals in the products they sell.
Mike Schade, campaign director of Mind the Store says: “This is a significant expansion of Walmart’s policy that will have major impacts on moving the market away from toxic chemicals. For the first time, it targets a much broader list of chemicals that authorities around the world say is harmful to human health.
“The retailer will require suppliers to actually disclose toxics on product labels. In leveraging its market power, Walmart’s action will reverberate across global chemical supply chains in ways that will ultimately protect the consumer.
“Today’s announcement should be a call to action to other big box retailers, grocery stores, and drug store chains. We call on other leading retailers to join Walmart and mind the store by getting tough on toxic chemicals.”
To download a PDF of the Walmart sustainable chemistry implementation guide, click HERE.
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