“Meeting social and environmental standards is not optional,” Lee Scott, Wal-Mart's chief executive, told a gathering of more than 1,000 suppliers in Beijing.
“A company that cheats on overtime and on the age of its labour, that dumps its scraps and its chemicals in our rivers, that does not pay its taxes or honour its contracts – will ultimately cheat on the quality of its products.”
Wal-Mart has been pursuing a drive to improve its reputation on environmental and social issues over the past three years, in response to growing criticism in the US over issues including labour conditions in its supplier factories.
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