Here at Corporate Express, our corporate social responsibility and sustainability program encompasses five guiding pillars:

1. People
We believe corporate social responsibility begins with people. Corporate Express is committed to providing an outstanding work environment that fosters innovation among our diverse workforce. In support of people, we:

• Promote a culture of open communication.
• Foster diversity.
• Adhere to fair labor practices and standards.
• Ensure health and workplace safety.
• Provide equal opportunities for all.
• Ensure fair and equitable rewards and recognition.
• Support ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Conduct business in accordance with our Business Principles and Code of Ethics.

2. Communities
Our communities are at the center of our Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability efforts. Corporate Express is committed to contributing to the communities in which we live and work, across the globe. In support of communities, we:

• Sponsor local, national and global charitable and community organizations.
• Create opportunities and strongly encourage our associates to volunteer and contribute to these organizations.
• Establish programs that provide for the betterment of individual communities.
• Engage with non-governmental organizations to seek improvements and solutions to specific sustainability issues.

3. Suppliers
Corporate Express is committed to leveraging our size, reach and purchasing power to promote corporate social responsibility and sustainability throughout the entire supply chain. In partnership with suppliers, we:

• Partner with third-party carriers that share our corporate social responsibility and sustainability vision and goals.
• Actively seek to partner with suppliers who offer environmentally friendly products.
• Are committed to good forestry practices, guided by our Paper Procurement Policy.
• Adhere to third-party certification standards such as EPA Design for the Environment (DfE).
• Use sustainable chemical sourcing.
• Work to reduce toxic substances in our supply chain.
• Require all our suppliers to comply with a Social Responsibility Policy that sets forth ethical standards.
• Continue to expand our diversity supplier program.

4. Customers
Corporate Express views corporate social responsibility and sustainability as a partnership that starts with our offering of eco-friendly products, and extends to sharing sustainable practices and educating our customers. In partnership with customers, we:

• Continue to expand our green product offering in all areas: office products, facility supplies and furniture.
• Increase our use and offering of paper products that contain a high level of post-consumer waste content.
• Continue to offer our full line of environmentally preferable Sustainable Earth facility cleaners.
• Complement our sustainable product line with sustainable customer practices, such as online ordering to reduce paper, order frequency optimization to reduce deliveries and emissions.
• Recycling programs for catalogs and toner and inkjet cartridges to name a few.
• Provide tools, such as online green shopping, and educational consultations, like our Spotless Earth forums, to educate customers about sustainable cleaning.

5. Environment
Corporate Express actively seeks new ways to further minimize our impact on people and the planet. In support of our environment, we:

• Set aggressive post-consumer waste (PCW) goals:
  • Use an average of 30% PCW paper internally.
  • Print marketing materials on an average of 30% PCW paper.
• Continue to reduce building and facility footprint:
  • Attain LEED certification for selected new facilities.
  • In all facilities, implement energy conservation, waste reduction and pollution prevention measures.
• Continue to reduce the footprint of our delivery fleet.
• Measure results, following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, starting in 2009:
  • Develop and measure achievable goals.
  • Provide meaningful and relevant data for analyzing trends.

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