United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Walmart’s ESG priorities and strategies align with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals discussed below.

Relevant Sustainable Development Goal

Example Walmart Contributions Include

Location in ESG Report

2. Zero Hunger
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  • Improving food access through our stores, pickup, and delivery, and through food donations. 
  • Encouraging healthier eating through healthier offerings in our assortment, food labeling, and education. 

Safer, Healthier Food & Other Products

Serving Communities

Waste: Circular Economy

5. Gender Equality
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  • Fostering inclusion, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation, and fair processes for employment.  
  • Sourcing from women-owned businesses and providing additional outreach and support for women-owned businesses. 
  • Investing in efforts to meaningfully advance gender equity in factories and farms.

Ethics & Compliance

Human Capital

Equity & Inclusion

Supplier Opportunity

People in Supply Chains

Serving Communities

Standards for Suppliers

Code of Conduct

7. Affordable & Clean Energy
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  • Promoting sustainability in our operations, including through a commitment to power 100% of our operations with renewable sources of energy by 2035.

Climate Change

Sustainability Hub

Green Bond Report

8. Decent Work & Economic Growth
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  • Expanding access to jobs and providing ladders for advancement, including through upskilling and education programs, and philanthropic investments in retail sector workforce development. 
  • Supporting worker dignity and safety in our operations and the supply chain and collaborating to combat forced labor in various sectors through our business and philanthropy. 
  • Making investments in innovative technology to improve productivity and job experiences. 

Human Capital

Equity & Inclusion

Serving Communities

People in Supply Chain

Human Rights

Product Supply Chain Sustainability

Standards for Suppliers

Code of Conduct

Conflict Minerals Policy

Human Rights Statement

Global Forced Labor Prevention Policy

11. Sustainable Cities & Communities
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  • Providing disaster relief for natural and human-caused disasters.

Disaster Preparedness & Response

Waste: Circular Economy

Climate Change

12. Responsible Consumption & Production
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  • Investing in sustainable package design and recycling and encouraging suppliers to reduce unnecessary plastic packaging, increase packaging recyclability and increase recycled content, and to help us educate customers on reducing, reusing and recycling plastic. 
  • Addressing food waste by pursuing best practices in our operations, building capacity in the broader food recovery system, working with suppliers upstream and empowering consumers downstream. 
  • Enhancing the sustainability of products and product supply chains. 
  • Promoting sustainable chemistry, including in our supply chain. 
  • Providing funding to support materials innovation, recycling collection and/or sortation infrastructure and consumer education. 

Waste: Circular Economy

Product Supply Chain Sustainability

Safer, Healthier Food & Other Products

Forests Policy

Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare Position

Sustainable Chemistry Commitment

13. Climate Action
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  • Addressing climate change by working towards achieving our science-based target to reduce greenhouse gases in alignment with the Paris Agreement. 
  • Engage suppliers in climate action to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons of GHG from the global value chain by 2030. 
  • Engaging in advocacy and coalitions to promote environmental public policy. 

Climate Change

Climate Policy

14. Life Below Water
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  • Sourcing seafood sustainably through our Seafood policy.  
  • Participating in the Seafood Task Force. 

Regeneration of Natural Resources

Product Supply Chain Sustainability

Seafood Policy

15. Life on Land
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  • Reducing deforestation, and working with suppliers to join us through innovative sourcing strategies and the use of technology to increase transparency and supply chain accountability. 
  • Supporting innovative approaches to regenerative agriculture, sustainable fisheries, forest preservation and waste reduction.

Regeneration of Natural Resources

Product Supply Chain Sustainability

Forests policy

Walmart U.S. Pollinator Health Position

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