Environmental Solutions

Staples is proud to be honored for our commitment to improving the environment. Our industry leadership has enabled us to help customers better achieve their sustainability goals.

• Ranked No. 23 overall and No. 2 among retailers in the NEWSWEEK Green Rankings for 2010, which ranks the environmental efforts of the largest 500 companies in the United States (http://greenrankings.newsweek.com/top500)

 

• For the seventh consecutive year, selected as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for 2010/11.

 

• 2011 ENERGY STAR® Retail Partner of the Year award.

 

• EPA Green Power Partner recognition: ranked No. 4 among all retailers, No. 6 among Fortune 500 companies and No. 8 nationwide. (March 2011)

 

• Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine (CRO) Top 100 companies in 2010, ranked #60. The CRO list ranks the corporate responsibility efforts of large-cap companies from the Russell 1000 index.

 

• Ranked No. 2 among 35 global retail sector companies and No. 34 out of 541 global companies evaluated in the 2009 Covalence Ethical Ranking National Recycling Coalition Recycling Works Award.

 

• 2009 US EPA New England Environmental Merit Award winner, recognized for excellence in the management of our corporate fleet and our membership as a participant the US EPA SmartWay Program.

 

• Winner of the Belgium Association for Purchasing and Logistics Air Chase Competition in 2009, which honors businesses for reducing the air transportation of products and goods, thereby minimizing their ecological footprint.