At Wal-Mart, another global retailer, creating social value andbecominglocally embeddedinthe socialinfrastructureof the countries where it operates is anoverridinggoal.
The firm has over 1,000 Global Sourcing associates from 19 countries whonowparticipateinWal-Mart’sGlobalCareprojects.
They volunteer tens of thousands of hours to make a difference in theirrespectivecommunities.IntheIndiansubcontinent,WalMart associates work with mentally ill children and set up schools for children of immigrant workers.
In Africa and the Middle East, Wal-Mart rebuilds homes and drinking water facilities.
In the Americas, they find homes for abandoned children.
In Asia, they support orphanages and develop schools for the blind and the disabled. In China, Wal-Mart employeesrebuiltschoolsdestroyedbythe2008earthquake