Wal-Mart Unveils Packaging Scorecard

Wal-Mart’s packaging scorecard is a measurement tool that allows suppliers to evaluate themselves relative to other suppliers, based on specific metrics. The metrics in the scorecard evolved from a list of favorable attributes announced earlier this year, known as the “7 R’s of Packaging”—Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Revenue and Read. The Packaging Sustainable Value Network—a group of 200 leaders in the global packaging industry—outlined the following metrics for the packaging scorecard: