Walmart Canada makes its delivery greener
Walmart Canada will become more environmentally friendly when it comes to online grocery delivery. Walmart is now the first major retailer in Canada to offer carbon-neutral last mile delivery for eCommerce purchases sold and shipped by Walmart, including online grocery of Walmart’s own brand items.
The Walmart-funded program will offset an estimated 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of taking over 5,000 cars off the road, in its first year. The initiative is part of Walmart's global ambition to achieve Zero Emissions by 2040 without the use of offsets for scope 1 and 2 emissions. Last year, Walmart Canada’s Your Market Fresh beef products became certified sustainable.
“Funding carbon offsets for last-mile delivery of e-commerce purchases, including online grocery, allows Walmart Canada to make an immediate impact while working with our third-party carriers to reduce emissions along with us,” said the company. “Walmart has engaged EcoCart, a sustainability technology company, to calculate and validate the emissions created from online orders and to purchase carbon offset credits from high-quality projects in the exact dollar amount required to reduce or avoid those emissions.”
Along with calculating and validating Walmart's last-mile emissions and sourcing and vetting carbon offset projects, EcoCart will also be providing quarterly impact and emissions reporting. The reporting will allow Walmart to track estimated emissions and establish benchmarks for its third-party carrier partners.
"EcoCart is proud to collaborate with Walmart Canada as they become the first major retailer in Canada to offer a carbon-neutral last-mile delivery," said Peter Twomey, COO, EcoCart. "It's so exciting to see industry leaders like Walmart work toward a more sustainable future that benefits everyone. By funding offsets on behalf of their customers for last-mile delivery, Walmart is making a positive impact on our collective efforts to regenerate the environment."
