Walmart, Morgan Stanley announce zero-emissions goals

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Walmart Inc. today pledged to hit zero emissions from its global operations by 2040 without using carbon offsets. The announcement comes as corporate and finance giants increasingly ramp up their climate and sustainability goals. Also today, Morgan Stanley, historically a top financier of fossil fuels, became the first major bank to promise to reach net-zero financed emissions by 2050. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a statement, "We want to play an important role in transforming the world's supply chains to be Regenerative. We face a growing crisis of climate change and nature loss and we all need to take action with urgency." Walmart's zero pledge does not include emissions from its supply chains, which indirectly make up a major portion of the company's overall greenhouse gas footprint. Bloomberg reported that emissions from operations account for roughly 5% of the company's total. The company previously embarked on a separate effort to slash those "scope 3" emissions, including a plan to eliminate 1 billion metric tons of emissions from its supply chains by 2030.