Sustainability Report 2015

The Walmart Institute has been supporting the Bombando Cidadania citizenship program in the Bomba do Hemetério district of Recife (PE) since 2008. Advances in the year were highlighted by the strengthening of the Bomba Cultural Hub and, in turn, the “community-based tourism” which attracted the interest of teaching institutions, companies and voluntary organizations.

This Program is developed in partnership with the NGO Conservação Internacional – CI Brasil (International Conservation), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with the support of the Instituto Chico Mendes – ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute) for biodiversity. The Walmart Institute has developed a model for land management and the sustainable use of natural resources in Brazil´s Amazon region since 2008. One of the greatest advances made in 2014 was the approval of the management plan, an essential element to establish the zoning and the regulations that will guide the use of soil and the treatment of natural resources in its area of coverage.

This publication was launched in 2014 and presents guidance, tips, examples and suggestions to support the training of people and organizations involved in strengthening the community. The Guide presents information on the issues worked on over the last three years in the Caravana do Instituto Walmart (Walmart Caravan Institute) program to train managers of social organizations.
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The stores and purchasing clubs within the chain took part this year in the Programa de Combate à Fome e ao Desperdício (Program to Combat Hunger and Waste) which aims to encourage donations of food that are beyond their expiry date but still suitable for consumption. They are sent to food banks. In 2014, Walmart Brasil stores donated more than 670 tons of food that benefited more than one million people. Another action is Community Day, in which voluntary work for communities is carried out by employees from the whole chain. In 2014, 3,365 actions and 250 activities were carried out, totaling 1,363 hours of voluntary work.

Programa Estructuração (Structuring Program)

The Program was launched in 2013 and trains and guides cooperatives of street garbage collectors of recyclable materials. A technical guide was launched in 2014 in partnership with the Giral Viveiro de Projetos and the Programa CATAÇÃO containing information related to management practices, logistics and product specification. Two initiatives were carried out in the cooperatives in Greater São Paulo.

This project was carried out in the Maxxi Atacado stores through a technical cooperation agreement between the Walmart Institute and the Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas- Sebrae (Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service). Following a pilot project in two stores (Porto Alegre – RS – and Diadema – SP) in 2013, the action was expanded in 2014 to eight stores. It attended 172 small businesses and encouraged the training of hundreds of entrepreneurs.