20 years later, assessing the impact of a Walmart CEO’s ‘gutsy’ sustainability speech

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By Joel MakowerOct 23, 2025, 3:53 am256 ptsTop
This week, some 2,000 folks — businesspeople, NGO leaders, academics and others — are gathering in Bentonville, Arkansas, to mark the 20th anniversary of a seminal moment in the short history of sustainable business: a speech by the CEO of Walmart. On Oct. 23, 2005, Lee Scott stood on the stage of the…

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