Walmart Says to Miss Climate Targets as Green Challenges Mount

Walmart Inc., the world’s largest retailer, expects to miss short-term climate targets as issues including the availability of low-cost clean technologies slow the task of cutting emissions.

Previous pledges to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by 65% by 2030 and 35% by 2025 are probably not achievable, and the company will consider reviewing its climate targets next year.

“We anticipate achieving our near-and mid-term emissions reduction targets later than our 2025 and 2030 target dates,” the company said in a statement dated Wednesday. The firm’s operational — or scope 1 and scope 2 — emissions rose almost 4% in ...