2013 Corporate Responsibility Report

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Environment We help make more sustainable business practices happen. We do this by sourcing and selling more eco-conscious products, improving our offering of recycling and other green services, maximizing our energy efficiency and renewable energy use, and eliminating waste. Our Strategy We’re focused on finding all the ways in which we can have the greatest positive impact on the environment while also meeting the needs of our customers and our business. These are summarized in the five pillars of our sustainability program: • Selling more sustainable products • Offering easy recycling solutions for our customers • Eliminating operational waste • Maximizing energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy • Becoming a sustainability leader in the global community We set a series of global and U.S.-specific environmental objectives. Our performance highlights track how we’re progressing toward these goals. Our sustainability efforts are managed by the Vice President of Environmental Affairs, who reports to the Chief Culture Officer, who, in turn, reports to the CEO. The Vice President of Environmental Affairs has global responsibility for sustainability and provides periodic updates to the Board of Directors. The Environmental Affairs Department collaborates with other associates in the U.S. and internationally, including, but not limited to, associates in real estate and construction, energy management, merchandising, the Staples ® Brand Group, supply chain, marketing and corporate responsibility. Our sustainability strategy and pillars capture the key challenges and opportunities facing our company and industry. We recognize that, as a retailer, the products we sell are a significant part of our larger environmental footprint. That’s why we focus both on making our products and services more sustainable, as well as reducing our internal operational impact. We continuously assess industry trends, company objectives and environmental issues to re-calibrate our programs. We evaluate our progress against goals to make sure we are on track, and, if not, to ask ourselves how we can make better progress. Staples 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report Internationally, 110 of our facilities have environmental management systems certified to the ISO 14001 standard. Countries include: • Australia • Belgium • Canada • China • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • The Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Portugal • Spain • Sweden • The United Kingdom 5
Performance Highlights Here’s how we’re progressing toward our long-range global and U.S. sustainability goals. We recognize that in some cases, our performance will vary year to year due to a variety of direct and indirect factors, so we make sure to look at both long-term progress against our baseline as well as our year-over-year performance. We set near-term goals to ensure we’re moving in the right direction, and also consider new goals to ensure we’re focused on the right opportunities and challenges. The performance data and progress reported below reflects the vast majority of our global business operations, based on data available to date. We will update our progress as we fill minor data gaps and march closer toward our goals. Detailed performance data can be viewed at the end of this report. Vison Goals Progress Sell more sustainable products and services. Offer customers easy recycling solutions. Eliminate operational waste. Maximize energy efficiency & use of renewable energy. Continue to improve sourcing, identification and promotion of greener products to customers. Reduce the use of outbound packaging materials in the United States before 20% by 2020 from a 2011 baseline. By 2020, recycle 100 million ink and toner cartridges each year across all operations. By 2020, recycle 40 million pounds of eWaste each year globally. Reduce waste to landfill by 25% globally before 2020 from a 2010 baseline. Reduce the electrical intensity of our global operations by 25% before 2020 from a 2010 baseline. Ensure that 50% of our active locations in the United States achieve ENERGY STAR ® certification by 2020. Reduce net global carbon emissions by 50% before 2020 from a 2010 baseline, after accounting for offsets. In 2013, Staples had more than $3.25 billion in sales of eco-conscious products, globally. Since 2011, Staples has decreased the amount of cardboard used by 10% and the number of air pillows used by 24%. Globally, we collected approximately 67.5 million ink and toner cartridges in 2013, a 14% decrease from 2012. Globally, we collected more than 21.9 million pounds of eWaste in 2013, an increase of 13% from 2012. Globally, we sent approximately 28,500 tons of waste to the landfill in 2013, a 16% decrease from 2012 and a 25% decrease from 2010. In 2013, global electrical intensity (11.01 kWh/ft2) decreased 3% from 2012 and 4.5% from our 2010 baseline. At the end of 2013, 33% (or 585) of our active U.S. facilities were designated as ENERGY STAR ® certified. This represents an increase of 3 percentage points from 2012. In 2013, our global carbon emissions (after offsets) were approximately 158,850MtCO2e, an approximately 11% decrease from 2012 after-set emissions and a 61% decrease from our 2010 after-offset emissions. Staples 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report 6
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