Walmart Inc. celebrated its progress toward becoming a regenerative company at its annual Walmart Milestone Summit.
Jane Ewing, Walmart's senior vice president of sustainability, defined regeneration as having a lasting, net-positive impact on people and the planet through the company's products, services and business practices.
Ewing led the Oct. 4 event at Walmart's Bentonville headquarters.
Toward Walmart's goal to eliminate operational waste by 2025, the retailer in April created a site on its sustainability hub to help manufacturers connect with businesses that make environmentally friendly packaging.
These companies submit their sustainable packing innovations to this site, called Circular Connector. As of Sept. 30, Ewing said, the site had received 165 submissions.
Walmart also made strides toward its goal to power all of its global operations with renewable energy sources by 2035 when it committed in July to buying 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles from maker Canoo. Walmart also has an option to buy 5,500 more of the vans.
The summit can be viewed on Walmart's YouTube channel.