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The Environmental Defense Fund's partnership with Wal-Mart has resulted in major sustainability improvements, particularly through its supply chain, writes Diane Regas, EDF's executive director. "The ripple effect of our partnership with Walmart has reached hundreds of influential brands, hundreds of thousands of suppliers and millions of consumers," she writes.

Big companies can get big results by leveraging their supply chains, says Kathleen McLaughlin, president of the Walmart Foundation. "Our goal to sell more sustainable products really means making the entire supply chain more sustainable for people and planet, end-to-end," she explains