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Achievements
Staples is known around the world as a groundbreaking retailer with a record of fiscal outperformance. Staples is earning as much praise for its leadership in the areas of corporate governance, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility.
In 2004, Business Week magazine named Staples one of its 50 best-performing companies in the S&P 500. Staples is the first in the office products industry, and one of the first companies nationwide, to have its call centers certified by J.D. Power and Associates for customer satisfaction excellence. And Business Ethics magazine put Staples in the top 50 of their 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2004.
Staples sells more than 2,000 products made with recycled content, has comprehensive recycling programs running in all its facilities, and 10 percent of the power it uses comes from renewable energy sources. Two years ago Staples issued the industry’s first Environmental Paper Procurement policy, hailed by environmental groups as a major step in cutting the use of virgin fibers in paper production.
Always the innovator, Staples has married its environmental programs with the company’s commitment to the community. Staples Recycle for Education has raised $1 million for classrooms across the country. The program donates one dollar for every inkjet or toner cartridge customers return to Staples for recycling. Another program donates 10 percent of the price of every case of Staples® brand recycled paper to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The Boys & Girls Club is the single biggest recipient of grants from Staples Foundation for Learning™. Created in August 2002, the Foundation provides grants to groups that offer education and job training to people from all walks of life, especially disadvantaged youth. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded almost $3 million to 139 nonprofits in 92 communities throughout the United States. At its inception, Staples Foundation for Learning gave $500,000 to “Campaign 3 p.m.,” the after-school program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In September 2003 Staples renewed its commitment to the Club, promising to give $2.5 million over three years to expand its Torch Club program, a character- and leadership-development program.
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