Sustainability Report 2015

National Solid Waste Policy | Walmart supports and undertakes technical and economic viability studies to adopt reverse logistics systems, as well as establishing directives in sector agreements. It also participates in the discussions organized by the Environment Ministry (MMA) to find the best solutions for the sectors involved, society and the environment.

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Plano Nacional das Relações de Consumo e Cidadania (National Consumption Relations and Citizenship Plan) | Walmart worked actively in partnership with the Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (National Consumer Secretariat), which is linked to the Justice Ministry, to prevent and reduce consumer conflicts as well as to regulate essential goods defined in the Consumer Code. One of the main initiatives was the consolidation of www.consumidor.gov.br , This is a service that allows direct contact between customers and companies and provides the State with essential information to draw up and implement public policies in defense of the consumer

Basic Basket | Through the Associação Brasileira de Supermercados – ABRAS (Brazilian Supermarkets Association), the supermarket sector negotiated an important victory with the Federal Government which was to exempt eight items in the basic basket from taxes such as the PIS/Cofins and Manufactured Products (IPI). These items were meat, coffee, soy oil, butter, toothpaste, tissue paper, sugar and soap. Provisional Decree (MP) number 609 benefited the whole supply chain and more than 25 million consumers.

Fiscal Invoice | The company operated in line with the Sistema Público de Escrituração Digital – SPED (Public Digital Bookkeeping System) and in 2014 consolidated the technical regulations established by the Secretaria da Fazenda – Sefaz (Finance Secretariat) for the issue of the Electronic Invoice known as the Nota Fiscal Eletrônica NF-E. The measure brings gains in reducing paper invoices and printing, storage, data management, better fiscal control processes, combatting tax avoidance and standardizing the electronic relationship between the companies.

Empresa Parceira (Partner Company) | Walmart Brasil is regarded by the Health Ministry as a Empresa Parceira (Partner Company) as it supports the publicizing of campaigns to encourage healthy habits, the prevention of disease, and vaccinations for the internal and external public.

Self Service | Walmart, operating through Maxxi Atacado , became one of the founding members of the Associação Brasileira do Atacado de Autosserviço – Abaas (Brazilian Wholesale Self Service Association). The aim of the body is to represent and defend the interests and best practices of the wholesale self service sector.

Eradication of Slave labor | Walmart has been a signatory to the Pacto Nacional pela Erradicação do Trabalho Escravo (Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labor) since 2005 and took part in the creation in 2014 of the Instituto Nacional pela Erradicação do Trabalho Escravo (InPACTO), (National Institute for the Eradication of Slave Labor). The body aims to manage the Pact and ensure its sustainability. One of the great differentials of the InPACTO is that its signatories, which number more than 400, have pledged to comply with 10 basic commitments to challenge slave labor in their productive chains. Any company that does not comply with these principles may be suspended or excluded from the Institute. Walmart provides financial support to the Institute's initiatives and holds the vice-presidency of the InPACTO.