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Summary of Staples 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report
Every day Staples strives to be a conscientious corporate citizen and great neighbor. Our focus on corporate
responsibility, or what we refer to internally as Staples Soul, spans four pillars ––– community,diversity,
environment and ethics.
Across the U.S. and around the world, Staples Soul is making a difference for our customers and associates.
Impacting in a positive way the communities where we operate is the right thing to do, not only for our neighbors
but also for our business. Already, we are seeing how Staples Soul is helping us build a better and stronger
company by differentiating and enhancing our brand, supporting the development of innovative new products
and services, promoting new operational efficiencies, attracting and retaining customers and associates, and
mitigating business risks.
A summary of Staples’ corporate responsibility efforts in fiscal year 2006 and a brief description of our future
goals follows. For more details on our Staples Soul programs, please visit www.staples.com/soul, where the entire
Staples Soul 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report will be posted in June.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Staples successfully pursued a number of initiatives in 2006 to advance our commitment to corporate
responsibility. In recognition of our efforts, Staples was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the
third year in a row. Our key achievements include:
Community
xSupporting hundreds of organizations with donations totaling $12.8 million, including 209 nonprofits
through Staples Foundation for Learning®.
xLaunching a global community presence with our support of Ashoka’s Youth Venture program in five
countries where Staples operates. Youth Venture programs did not exist in these countries before Staples
teamed with Ashoka.
xHelping identify and promote the next generation of Hispanic role models through our support of the
Hispanic Heritage Foundation.
xRaising $750,000 for participating schools through our
Recycle for Education
program.
xTaking on a year-long leadership role in fund-raising for the Office Products Industry’s charity of choice,
City of Hope. The 2006 campaign raised $6.2 million.
Diversity
xRolling out a new International Management Trainee Program to promote diversity of thought and
develop future leaders who have global perspectives and expertise.
xImplementing a corporate diversity supplier management system to enhance diversity supplier
registration and minority reporting capabilities.
xRanking 42nd on the DiversityBusiness.com 2006 list of Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural Business
opportunities. In previous years we received an honorable mention.
xIncreasing the number of minority associates from 32% in 2005 to 34% in 2006, and increasing female
representation in senior management from 28% in 2005 to 31% in 2006.
Environment
xDoubling our purchase of clean renewable energy to 20% of our U.S. electricity consumption.
xOffering more than 2,900 different products with recycled content.
xInstalling nine rooftop solar systems with more planned for 2007.
xRecycling more than 17 million ink and toner cartridges and 3,500 tons of electronic waste.
xReconfiguring our fleet of vehicles to save an estimated 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year.