Improving Social and Environmental Performance: Walmart Nanaimo

This report provides a comprehensive analysis and recommendations for Walmart Nanaimo to enhance its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts. It focuses on improving both social and environmental key performance indicators (KPIs). The report suggests the development of a sustainability program index, aiming for zero-waste products and the use of renewable energy. It emphasizes the importance of supplier engagement and consumer awareness regarding sustainability. Recommendations include working with aquaculture associations for sustainable sourcing and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the report highlights the importance of monitoring energy use relative to revenue, suggesting annual statements and expert oversight. It also discusses expenditure-based and consensual-based approaches to energy monitoring and advocates for the elimination of energy-consuming operations that add less value. The report concludes with a call for the monitoring of energy flow and the implementation of household energy policies.

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Recommendations to Walmart Nanaimo Business unit on how to improve better by making
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Social/ Environment Key performance indicator
In the process of making better improvement of the social and environment key
performance indicator in Walmart Nanaimo Business unit, there are some the things which need
to be done. There is a need for the development of sustainability program index. The Walmart
Nanaimo Business unit should be aimed at making sure that it produces zero waste products. Its
products are supposed to be supplied with almost 100% of renewable energy (Burnley,
Matthews, & McKenzie, 2015). The products that Walmart Nanaimo Business unit sells to
people should be the in ability to sustain the social needs of people as well as the needs of the
environment. It should understand the different varieties of the suppliers key sustainability issues
which will have to improve the environmental and social issues within the society or the region
of operation. The index of sustainability should be in a position to support the business. The
suppliers should increase the level of awareness of the Walmart Nanaimo Business unit products
and how they should be handled. In this way, most of the consumers will understand different
ways through environmental control for the wastes from the products and how are taken care of
(Banks & Shilton, 2011). The society should be given the awareness on the importance of
sustainability topics in this business. This will create a potential social buying capacity of the
customers as they will be able to understand well what they are purchasing and its.
The Walmart Nanaimo Business unit should make sure that sustainability index improves
on assessment designed for the improvement of any opportunities which are unique to any given
product. In this case, improvement of sustainability will enable the Walmart Nanaimo Business

unit and its suppliers have a focus on what entails unique environment and social category. If the
business participates in the phases of the program are well taken care of, there will be key
vendors for the accomplishment of social and environmental needs of the Walmart Nanaimo
Business unit (Basu & Palazzo, 2018). For the purpose of selling the products to the
environment as well as social people, the Walmart Nanaimo Business unit should make sure that
they work together with aquaculture associations for the purpose of certifying that fish farmers
adopt the best practices in aquaculture. The purchase of the frozen fish should be done through
certified companies to make sure that what they present to their customers is as per the standards.
This is basically important to maintain a good relationship with the supplies as well as the
customers (Kampf, 2017). In the efforts for improving the environmental indicator, there is a
need for the elimination of the about 20 million metrics gas tones basically greenhouse gases
which are emitted from the Walmart Nanaimo Business unit so as to enhance environmental
management mechanism. There is a requirement of the sourced palm of the oil which should be
branded as private products to make sure that it reaches all groups of social classes. In social
improvement enhancement, there is a need for the economic empowerment of women in all
sectors such as stores and offices. This gives the high potential of Walmart Nanaimo Business
unit retailing capacity as well as breaking the poverty chain within the society.
Monitoring Energy use relative to revenue
For the purpose of monitoring the use of the energy relative to the revenue, Walmart
Nanaimo Business unit should publish the annual statement which shows the energy usage in
relative to the revenue allocation. The cost and profit of each unit energy metrics used in the
business should be clearly indicated in a separate statement of figures to ensure proper
establishment of the business. The monitoring of the energy usage relative to the revenue should

be given the first priority since it will protect the consumers from energy poverty (Maloni &
Brown, 2016). This can be done by identifying the ways suitable means for the support of the
exchange information. The main aim of the monitoring energy use should be directed to the
betterment of the data collection and monitoring of the energy flow progress (Singh & Kaur,
2016). The monitoring report should constitute about 178 indicators used for the official purpose.
Focusing on the different ways to define energy poverty, qualitative assessment should be used
for the purpose of making sure that modeling and monitoring of the energy are done in more
effective ways. It should be understood that energy is such a complex thing and need a high
level of the dimensional concept of interpretations. Walmart Nanaimo Business unit should
come up with the experts who should be given the mandate to follow up all the energy
consumption processes in the business. The report should be compiled either monthly or
annually regarding the energy consumption is relative to the revenue. The balancing of the two
factors should be given high attention because it is through this that the business can determine
its success or failure.
The energy monitoring should be done through consideration of the two factors. These
factors include expenditure-based and the consensual based programs. In the case of the
expenditure, the metrics on affordable energy consumption and mechanisms should be sought
for. This will reduce the cost of operation by making sure that adequate energy which is a bit
cheaper is used. The alternative energy consumption should be given the first chance since it will
reduce the case of energy monopoly which may result to a high level of expenditure (Gill, 2018).
In consensual based cases, the self-indicators reports should be in a position to provide a very
effective understanding of the poverty as well as qualitative metrics of the energy used in the
Walmart Nanaimo Business unit. The supportive indicators should be compiled so as to capture

the energy prediction phenomenon. The other operations which could be energy consuming in
the organization but they add less value to the business should be eliminated for the purpose of
reducing the expenditure trend. The business should provide basic measures of household energy
policy on energy metrics and thresholds (Watson Boudreau & Chen, 2010). Energy packages
should be considered as one of the most important factors of consideration and therefore, there is
a great need for the monitoring of how energy flow takes place in Walmart Nanaimo Business
unit for qualitative and elaborated annual or monthly report on the same.

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