Sustainability efforts at Walmart’s new home office in Bentonville [Video]

40/29’S LAKYRA BANKS JOINS US LIVE WITH HOW THE CAMPUS HOPES TO BUILD A GREENER FUTURE. NEARLY EVERYWHERE YOU GO ON CAMPUS YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING ECO-FRIENDLY… FROM RECYCLED CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL- RENEWABLE ENERGY- AND A BIKE FRIENDLY CAMPUS. OFFICIALS SAY THE CAMPUS WAS DESIGNED TO BE AS SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE. AT WALMARTS NEW HOME OFFICE- SUSTAINABILITY STARTS FROM THE GROUND UP. “About half of this campus, in fact, is all natural.” THE COMPANY BOUGHT A MASS TIMBER FACTORY PLANT- USING THOSE MATERIALS TO BUILD MOST OF THEIR BUILDINGS. “This campus, in fact, right now is the largest mass timber project going on in the United States.” <BUTTED TO> “It includes one point 5,000,000 cubic feet of mass timber, which actually results in about 15% reduction in carbon emissions when compared to conventional materials.” WITH MORE THAN ONE-THOUSAND BIKE PARKING SPACES- A CONNECTION TO THE RAZORBACK GREENWAY- AND BIKE RENTAL PROGRAM …