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Wal-Mar is pretty evil. Or that has been a popular perception up until late. There’s an entire Wikipedia article<\/a> devoted to Wal-Mart’s faults.<\/p>\n

Now, the Globe and Mail reports<\/a> something many probably never expected the consumerist behemoth to do. It’s single-handedly changing the ecological footprints of dozens of companies by the green policies it is starting to implement.<\/p>\n

Consider this:<\/p>\n

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When Wal-Mart announced recently it would carry only two-times-concentrated (or higher) liquid laundry detergent by May, 2008, it set off a reaction that amounts to one giant leap for the environment among manufacturers, packagers and shippers, experts say.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart’s directive influences not only what suppliers make for its shelves but what they market to the world. By April, 2008, Procter and Gamble will have dropped non-concentrated liquid detergents from all Canadian stores, says Lee Bansil, director of external relations for consumer products giant Procter and Gamble Canada.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In fact, the article claims Wal-Mart is accomplishing something no other company or non-profit has been able to do to date.<\/p>\n

Is it too early to stop referring to Wal-Mart as evil? Can a change in environmental policy make up for labour practices or its economic effects in small towns?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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