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The Walton family collectively is worth over $150 billion, it’s not surprising they have exposure to a solar company somewhere in their vast fortune. If you’re
by camjohnson26 7y ago
The Walton family collectively is worth over $150 billion, it’s not surprising they have exposure to a solar company somewhere in their vast fortune. If you’re implying that this lawsuit has no merit because of that investment that seems like an incredibly shaky accusation.
- grecy 7y agoIt's a little curious they wouldn't choose to buy panels from a company they own.... don't you think?
- camjohnson26 7y agoHonestly not really.
- philipkglass 7y agoFirst Solar has acted as an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm for large ground-mounted solar farms, but they have never been in the rooftop solar installation business like SolarCity. First Solar's panels would also be an unusual choice for a rooftop installation even if a different installer handled the work. Rooftop solar installations typically call for high efficiency panels. First Solar makes lower efficiency, lower cost panels that maintain performance at elevated temperatures. Their panels are good for solar farms, particularly in hot climates. They don't have anything special to recommend their use in rooftop projects.
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- potiuper 7y agoexcept catching any CdTe runoff in gutter traps
- sigstoat 7y agoseems unlikely that the issue would've risen to the level of walmart's board, so they might not have even heard about.
- ksherlock 7y agoBlatant nepotism and self dealing might be normal at WeWork and Tesla but some companies do have better corporate governance.
- whamlastxmas 7y agoYeah Walmart is really a bastion of moral integrity in corporate America
- briandear 7y agoExamples of where it’s not, in comparison to other similar companies?
- hedora 7y agoWalmart’s “controversy and criticism” section on Wikipedia links to its own page (which I’ve never seen before): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart > Criticisms include charges of racial and gender discrimination,[1][2][3] foreign product sourcing, treatment of product suppliers, environmental practices,[4] the use of public subsidies, and the company's spying on its employees.[5]
- im3w1l 7y agoDespite having a high average quality, wikipedia is a very dangerous source for anything controversial. And in particular, using the existence of a criticism page to infer anything at all is ill-advised.
- kube-system 7y agoMany SV companies, and certainly tons of corporate America are subject to the same (or worse) criticisms.
- Fins 7y agoCompared to your average SV outfit like Tesla? It most likely is.
- Gustomaximus 7y agoNot at all. Obviously more to it but these are the 2 main reasons I see; 1) Walmart would have a procurement department. These guys probaly have no idea of the likely 1000's of investment companies the Walton family own. 2) As a listed company, Walmart procurement would contact jobs like this to the best offer, not to seperate companies that happen to be owned by shareholders.