Wal-Mart Announces Initial Results of Packaging Scorecard

In the first month, 2,268 vendors logged on to the site and 117 products were entered into the system, and Wal-Mart expects these numbers to dramatically increase in the coming year. The scorecard evaluates the sustainability of product packaging based on greenhouse gas emissions related to production, material value, product to packaging ratio, cube utilization, recycled content usage, innovation, the amount of renewable energy used to manufacture the packaging, the recovery value of the raw materials, and emissions related to transportation of the packaging materials. These criteria are valuable tools for suppliers to determine how their packaging innovations, environmental standards, energy efficiencies, and use of materials compare to their peers. Suppliers will receive a score per package relative to their peers in each category.