Walmart

Question 1

Where are the headquarters?

Answer 1

Bentonville, Arizona, USA

Question 2

How many countries does it operate in?

Answer 2

27 countries

Question 3

What name does it operate under in the UK?

Answer 3

Asda in the UK

Question 4

How many stores are there worldwide?

Answer 4

4253 stores

Question 5

What % of Walmart’s suppliers are located in China?

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

How many employees worldwide?

Answer 6

2.2 million

Question 7

How many employees in the US?

Answer 7

1.3 million (59%)

Question 8

How many pounds of food did they donate to local food banks and organisations?

Answer 8

571 million

Question 9

What did they do for hunger relief efforts in 2013?

Answer 9

4100 associates volunteered more than 13,0000 hours toward relief efforts

Question 10

What training programs were set up?

Answer 10

Training programs to ‘empower’ women workers and pledging funding to businesses run by women, especially in African countries

Question 11

What did they do in Bangladesh?

Answer 11

Invested $15 million to improve safety in factories

Question 12

What are salaries like?

Answer 12

Very low, even in developed countries - in US they are so low that people can claim benefits

Question 13

What have there been incidents of?

Answer 13

Workers not being allowed breaks and of illegal child labour

Question 14

What happened in a cloths factory supplying Walmart in 2012?

Answer 14

Fire that killed 112 people

Question 15

What happened in a factory in Bangladesh in 2013?

Answer 15

The building collapsed

Question 16

What products do they provide?

Answer 16

Provide products for low income consumers - less money spent on essentials so more disposable income

Question 17

What plans were made for China in 2013?

Answer 17

Plans for development - creating 19,000 jobs

Question 18

How does the opening of a store affect local businesses?

Answer 18

Store opening in a new market will drop average sales in local stores by up to 40

Question 19

How much does Walmart save people every year?

Answer 19

$200 billion

Question 20

By the end of 2013 how many renewable energy products were in place?

Answer 20

335

Question 21

In US what % of waste from stores was diverted from landfill?

Answer 21

81%

Question 22

Since 2013 what has happened to GHG emissions?

Answer 22

Eliminated more than 7.575 MMT from supply chain

Question 23

Between 2005-2011 what happened to the carbon footprint?

Answer 23

Increased from 18.9 million metric tonnes to 21.5

Question 24

In 2011 what % of the company was powered by renewable sources?

Answer 24

4%

Question 25

What do the charity schemes do?

Answer 25

Encourage international aid

Question 26

What was the company found doing?

Answer 26

Bribing local government officials to allow for new stores to be set up in Mexico