2013 Corporate Responsibility Report

Community — Global 5 2013 2012 2011
Total corporate giving, including Staples, Inc., Staples Foundation, global giving
and in-kind giving (USD)
$10,196,135 $14,699,079 $22,330,224.59
Value of in-kind donations (USD) 6 $4,222,480 $8,384,840 $14,788,313.76
Cash donations (USD) $5,973,655 $6,314,239 $7,541,910.83
Diversity 2013 2012 2011
% women in the U.S. workforce 44 44 44
% minorities in the U.S. workforce 31 32 32
Gender diversity in the United States and Canada (% women) 45 45 46
Average global annual employee turnover rate 43 40 36
Salaried associate turnover rate globally (%) 13 13 14
Hourly associate turnover rate globally (%) 49 46 42
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Note: Sales for 2012 were $24.38 billion, and include $461.2 million of revenue related to the additional week in 2012. North American Stores &
Online includes sales for both our retail and online business channels per our organizational realignment in 2012. Certain 2011 sales numbers
have also been updated to better reflect this realignment.
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Sales are based on United States sales of products to Retail, Staples Advantage ® and Staples Business Delivery ® customers for products that
are currently identified in Staples’ product systems as having one or more of the environmental attributes specified. Recycled content sales
include sales of all products containing pre- or post-consumer recycled content. Sales information does not include Quill, Staples Promotional
Products ® , Business Interiors by Staples(sm), wholesaler-fulfilled items and certain other lines of business.
3
Offsets shown here include emissions reductions due to the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). Our REC purchase in 2013
represented ~100% of our electricity needs when measured in MWH, however due to the geographic origin of the RECs in the US and the
associated emissions factors, the REC purchase when measured in metric tons of CO 2
-e offset is actually higher than our Scope 2 emissions
from purchased electricity. Because REC project details are being finalized for a portion of our purchase, we are using a national average
emissions factor (rather than a location-specific factor) for these; we will update this number once the purchase details are finalized later in 2014.
4
The recycling tonnage shown here includes metals, mixed paper, cardboard, plastics, glass and compost. If we were to include lightbulb and
pallet recycling, our recyling rate would be approximatley 70 percent; however to enable year-over-year comparison, we did not include these
materials as they were not captured in earlier years.
5
The difference of in-kind donations made in FY2011 vs. FY2012 and FY2013 relates to Corporate Express product donations made after the
acquisition.
6
Includes Staples gift card donations and discounts to Argentinean non-profit customers as part of the “Beneficios para ONG’s” program
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