Today, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation released the Fiscal Year 2015 (FY2015) Giving Report highlighting the company and the Foundation’s strategic giving programs. Walmart works to serve society by helping customers save money, employing millions of associates and taking on global responsibility initiatives designed to reduce waste, lower greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the sustainability of food and other supply chains. Through its giving efforts, Walmart has systematically addressed large-scale environmental and social challenges in three priority areas: opportunity, sustainability and community.

In FY2015, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation donated more than $1.4 billion in cash and in kind. Walmart associates also contributed more than 1.5 million hours of their time outside of work to volunteer causes. In addition to cash grants, each program mentioned in the report draws on Walmart’s strengths, such as in-kind donations (especially of food), the expertise and passion of its 2.2 million associates around the world, engagement of Walmart customers and last but not least partnerships with suppliers, civil society and government agencies.

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It’s our mission to create opportunities so people can live better. We consider it our responsibility to make a positive impact in the communities we serve. Whether it’s through the grants we provide to the thousands of organizations that share our mission or through the inspiring volunteer efforts of Walmart associates, we are passionate about helping people live better. One community at a time. In 2014, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave $1.4 billion in cash and in-kind contributions around the world. Global in-kind donations accounted for $1 billion, while $309 million was given in cash globally. The Walmart Foundation meets the needs of the under-served by directing charitable giving toward our core areas of focus: Opportunity, Sustainability and Community.

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