Walmart is the #1 most-polluting ocean retail importer to the U.S.!

In 2019 alone, Walmart emitted more than 4.7 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere – that’s as much as a U.S. coal-fired power plant burning nonstop for an entire year!

But Walmart doesn’t have a clean ocean-shipping plan.

So, we’re taking action: email Walmart executives in one click demanding clean ocean shipping.

Fast Facts & Resources:

• Learn about Walmart: The world's largest ocean shipping polluter
• Walmart's dirty ships are responsible for high rates of childhood leukemia in disproportionately Black and brown Houston port neighborhoods. As the Shady Routes report found, Walmart ships the plurality of its imports to the Port of Houston, and Houston Chronicle reports, "a University of Texas School of Public Health study found that children living within 2 miles of the Ship Channel are 56 percent more likely to develop a specific type of leukemia than those living 10 miles away."
• Read the Shady Ships report: Walmart's ocean cargo emits more toxic sulfur oxide emissions than the two largest facility sources in the U.S. combined.
• Read the Shady Routes report: Together with cargo carrier CMA-CGM, Walmart has been dubbed a “super polluter in U.S. ocean shipping.”