Wal-Mart has been using wood from protected Russian forests in it's products says The Environmental Investigation Agency in a detailed report. This is in large part to Chinese suppliers using less expensive wood to meet Wal-Mart's unrealistic pricing structures. At first the company simply turned a blind eye to the practice, but because of growing negative publicity, the company has turned to the largest privately owned public relations firm, Edelman.

Edelman claims that it won't be until 2010 that Wal-Mart provides full transparency on it's sources for wood.