Office Depot Applauds Companies for Leadership in Greener Purchasing
October 16 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Oracle, University of Pennsylvania, Ogletree
Deakins, Chicago Public Schools and Others Recognized for their
Commitment to Greener Purchasing
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of
office supplies, business products and services delivered through
an omnichannel platform, today announced that it is recognizing
forward-thinking companies from across the country for their
leadership in greener purchasing.
"One of the unique ways Office Depot promotes sustainability is
by celebrating our customers who buy greener,” said Steve Calkins,
president, business solutions division for Office Depot. “By
recognizing these organizations for achieving their sustainability
goals, they’ll continue to make greener purchasing decisions in the
future and we believe that other organizations will follow.”
Leadership in Greener Purchasing award winners include private
sector organizations American Electric Power (Columbus, OH), Best
Buy Co., Inc. (Richfield, MN), DaVita (Denver, CO), Oracle (Redwood
City, CA), Rush Enterprises, Inc. (New Braunfels, TX), Marsh &
McLennan Companies (New York City), and Ogletree Deakins; and
public sector customers City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools,
Los Angeles City College, University of California, University of
Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania and Washington State
Department of Licensing.
In addition, University of Pennsylvania (Penn) received the
Office Depot Special Recognition for Greener Spend Analysis Award.
This award recognizes the exemplary efforts specific to analyzing
green spend data. Office Depot and University of Pennsylvania also
worked together on the ‘Power Down Challenge’ energy savings
initiative, which allowed Office Depot to identify top technology
items that could both improve energy efficiency and lower the
environmental footprint for the campus community.
“Penn Purchasing Services works with its suppliers and the Penn
community to actively identify and promote products and processes
that make a positive sustainability impact,” said Mark Mills,
Penn’s director of purchasing. “We are pleased to work with a
company such as Office Depot, which gives us access to the kinds of
detailed data we need to make intelligent and practical decisions
related to sustainability. Office Depot has been instrumental in
helping Penn green its office supplies spend, and we look forward
to continued collaboration moving forward.”
Award winners were selected from among Office Depot’s largest
customers based on their expenditure on products with
eco-attributes such as recycled content, energy-efficiency,
non-toxicity, etc., and/or ecolabels such as FSC®, EPEAT,
GREENGUARD Certification, GreenSeal® and EcoLogo. Customer
purchases with the highest level of meaningful eco-attributes and
ecolabels were given extra weight in the selection process.
Office Depot uses a wide range of approaches to increase
customer uptake of greener products, including The Green Book®
digital catalog to simplify the green shopping experience for
contract customers, a GreenerOffice™ web store with over 14,000
products with environmental attributes, and regular promotions on
greener products. Last year, sales of greener products accounted
for 30 percent of the company’s total product assortment. Office
Depot also has one of the industry’s leading sets of Green
Solutions and reporting tools, many of which were developed in
collaboration with specific customers.
For more information about Office Depot’s sustainability
initiatives, please see Office Depot's Corporate Sustainability
Report.
About Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc. is a leading provider of office supplies,
business products and services delivered through an omnichannel
platform.
The company had 2016 annual sales of approximately $11 billion,
employed approximately 38,000 associates, and served consumers and
businesses in North America and abroad with approximately 1,400
retail stores, award-winning e-commerce sites and a dedicated
business-to-business sales organization – with a global network of
wholly owned operations, franchisees, licensees and alliance
partners. The company operates under several banner brands
including Office Depot, OfficeMax and Grand & Toy. The
company’s portfolio of exclusive product brands include TUL, Foray,
Brenton Studio, Ativa, WorkPro, Realspace and Highmark.
Office Depot, Inc.’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market under the symbol “ODP.”
Office Depot is a trademark of The Office Club, Inc. OfficeMax
is a trademark of OMX, Inc. ©2017 Office Depot, Inc. All rights
reserved. Any other product or company names mentioned herein are
the trademarks of their respective owners.
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Office Depot, Inc.Rebecca Rakitin,
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