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• Sustainability
• Development which meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the abilities of future
  generations to meet their own needs.
• Our Common Future The Brundtland ReportUnited
  Nations World Commission on Environment and
  Development, 1987

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• By taking a leading responsibility for ethical
  and environmental practices, we remain a valued
  business partner to our suppliers and customers
  who are seeking to add to their corporate
  citizenship and protect their corporate
  reputation.

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• We are committed to working with our customers to
  maintain and preserve the earths natural
  resources.
• By Raising environmental awareness, Offering
  alternative products and Developing programs to
  reduce waste, we aim to incorporate
  environmentally responsible activities into our
  daily lives.

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• Background to Corporate Express Environmental
  Development
• Since 1998 we have sourced and supplied a range
  of environmentally- responsible products
  called the EarthSaver Range
• We have an Environmental Policy
• We have an Ethical Sourcing Policy which
  includes environmental standards for suppliers
• Launched The Green Room which is an
  internal database that holds information on the
  Environment

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• Corporate Express Environmental Commitment
• Supported the Greenfleet Australia Program
  since 2003
• In 1996 Corporate Express developed a Toner
  Recycling Program
• Our Business Solutions Catalogue is printed on
  55 recycled paper
• In the process of measuring our carbon
  footprint and investigating best route of
  becoming Carbon Neutral

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• Corporate Express Environmental Commitment
• Forged alliances with peak environmental
  organisations to support their work (such
  as Buy Recycled Business Alliance (BRBA), SBN)
• Analyse customer spend to recommend alternative
  EarthSaver products to purchase to complement
  their environmental strategies (where
  applicable)
• Deliver periodical reporting to customers on
  environmental purchases (where applicable)

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• Corporate Express Packaging Commitment
• Signatory of the National Packaging Accord New
  Zealand
• Corporate Express Australia is a signatory of
  the National Packaging Covenant and submitted
  its 3 year action plan that builds upon current
  initiatives and will see the implementation of
  new actions to continuously improve the
  environmental attributes of packaging on all
  Corporate Express Exclusive Brands
• We are in the process of measuring our carbon
  footprint to finalise details in relation to
  a Carbon Neutral Plan

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• Corporate Express Packaging Commitment
• We use recycled boxes in our warehouse
• We have packers who are trained to pack items
  in a safe secure manner using minimal
  packaging, less cardboard wastage and less
• pallet wrap
• All our EXP chairs is delivered in cardboard
  cartons instead of plastic packaging

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• Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain
• Development and release of our Ethical Sourcing
  Policy
• We support those companies that re-use or
  remanufacture existing products, recycle and use
  recycling as part of their process and who
  employ sound environmental practices

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• Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain cont
• We will work with companies who engage in
  practices we consider unacceptable,
  encourage and help them make the changes if
  we can what difference would it make if we just
  walk away?
• Have auditing processes in place to ensure
  compliance of our suppliers to our Ethical
  Sourcing Policy

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• Corporate ExpressSustainability
  Accreditations,Alliances Programs

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Environmental Choice New Zealand The New Zealand
Ecolabelling Trust is an environmental labeling
programme that has been created to help consumers
find products that ease the burden on the
environment. The programme results from a New
Zealand Government initiative and has been
established to improve the quality of the
environment by minimising the adverse
environmental impacts generated by the
production, distribution, use and disposal of
products. Corporate Express is proud to have the
EXP Green A4 50 Recycled White Copy/Laser Paper
and the Reflex A4 50 Recycled Paper awarded the
Green Tick Environmental Choice
award. www.enviro-choice.org.nz www.cenz-s
ustain.co.nz
Buy Recycled Business Alliance Corporate Express
is a founding member of the Buy Recycled Business
Alliance A business-based, non-profit
organisation which promotes the purchase and use
of products and materials made from recycled
content and we fully support the Alliances
initiatives by continuing to implement its
programs in-house. www.brba.com.au
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RepuTex recognised In its 2005 ratings
index, ratings agency RepuTex recognised us an
A-listed socially-responsible company. This
achievement highlights our commitment to
integrating our social and economic
responsibilities with our financial objectives,
because we believe that being a good corporate
citizen also makes good business sense.
Sustainable Business Network Corporate
Express New Zealand has been a sponsor of the
Sustainable Business Networks Get Sustainable
Challenge since 2006 which provides the support
businesses need to take on the sustainability
challenge. Corporate Express extended that
sponsorship 2007 to include the Get Sustainable
Business Awards.
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ecospecifier EcoSpecifier is a guide to eco and
health preferable products, materials and
technologies for the built environment
construction sector. Our EXP range of task
seating is accredited and rated as
environmentally-friendly by EcoSpecifier.
www.ecospecifier.org
Greenfleet Australia Corporate Express
subscribes to the Greenfleet carbon replacement
program. Greenfleet will plant 10 trees on behalf
of Corporate Express to offset greenhouse gas
emissions associated with the documentation for
10 tenders. This is helping to restore native
forests improving water quality, reducing soil
degradation and providing essential habitat for
native species.
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New Zealand Packaging Accord Corporate Express
is a signatory of The New Zealand Packaging
Accord which is a voluntary initiative to cut
down on wasteful packaging. Those signing it (the
packaging packaged goods industry, local and
central government and the recycling operators)
are voluntarily committing to doing what they can
to reduce the proportion of packaging in our
total waste stream. www.packagingaccord.org
RTS Toner Recycling Program In partnership with
Cartridge Rescue, Corporate Express encourages
customers to participate in the Toner Cartridge
Recycling Program, which involves the collection,
disposal and recycling of toner cartridges in an
environmentally responsible fashion. sustain.co.n
z/Toner_recycle.html
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Corporate Express EarthSaver Range The
EarthSaver brand was developed along
environmentally friendly lines. These products
do not harm the environment while in use are
manufactured using a specific percentage of
recycled materials and environmentally-friendly
practices and procedures or are biodegradable or
recyclable at end of life. View our full range
www.cenz-sustain.co.nz
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• Corporate Express EarthSaver Criteria

In order for products to be categorised under the
EarthSaver classification, suppliers need to have
signed CE's Ethical Sourcing Policy and meet one
or more of the following criteria.
Products that contain a at least 20 of
recycled materials in the original manufacture
Products that are manufactured to IS014001 or
equivalent Environmental management systems
Products that do not harm or degenerate the
environment while in use (e.g., bio-degradable)
Products, that have at least 70 recyclable or
bio-degradable content when they reach their end
of life
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• EarthSaver Range Categories
• Laser / Copier Paper
• Post-it Notes, Flipcharts, Notebooks Laser
  Labels
• File Storage, Suspension Files, Binder Lever
  Arch Files
• Desk Accessories
• Writing Instruments Correction Tapes
• Computer Office Cleaning Products
• Filecorp Filing System Stock Cases
• Envelopes Mailers
• Fax Toners and Toner Cartridges

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• Packaging Products e.g. Wrapping Paper, Mailing
  Tubes, Mailers etc
• Light Bulbs, Lamps, Footstools Recycling
  Baskets
• Ecostore Products, Earthcare Range, Toilet
  Tissue Hand Towels
• Furniture
• Visit www.cenz-sustain.co.nz to view full range

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• EXP Green 50R Paper
• 50 recycled fibre content
• Uses waste fibre diverted from Australian
  landfills
• The non-recycled fibre is sourced from
  sustainably
• managed plantations forestry operations
• Green Tick Environmental Choice award

• Reflex Recycled 100
• 100 recycled
• Uses waste fibre diverted from Australian
  landfills
• This waste is pre-sorted to produce this premium
  recycled paper

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• EXP Green Capped Ballpoint Pens
• Manufactured using non-bleached paper
• Contains no plastic material in the barrels or
  caps making them the most environmentally
  friendly pens
• 95 biodegradable
• Packaging made from recycled paper
• Ecostore Products
• Plant based and free of nasty chemicals
• Safer ingredients from renewable resources
• Formulated with health in mind
• Safe super concentrate cheaper to use
• Meets the highest environmental standards
  Green Tick certification
• Not tested on animals
• Proudly NZ made and owned

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• Our Future Plans
• To increase our work internally with regards
  to waste and better use of resources and of
  recycled/environmentally friendly products
• Continue to promote and lift the profile of
  EarthSaver externally and encourage the
  conversion of interest to demand to
  standard practice

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• Future Plans
• To continue to grow the offering, both with our
  brands and by working with suppliers
  (currently 465 EarthSaver products available
  across all lines of business)
• Formulate and action our National Packaging
  Covenant plan

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• Future Plans
• Investigate and finalise details in relation to
  a Carbon Neutral Plan
• Grow and continue to work with organisations
  such as SBN
• Continue to support alliance partners such as
  the BRBA

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• Why should businesses buy recycled products?
• More and more, individuals and businesses are
  recognising the footprint we leave behind on our
  earth must be lighter if we want future
  generations to inhabit the same world we have
  today.

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• Many of us take the extra effort to sort our
  recyclables and place them out for collection,
  but the responsibility does not end there.
• Step 1 Sorting and collecting recyclables
• Step 2 Reprocessing collected recyclables
  into new products and
  materials and,
• Step 3 The sale and purchase of those new
  products and materials

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• Closing the recycling loop is the term used to
  ensure that recycling successfully meets its
  environmental, social and economic
  benefits.Closing the loop through buying
  recycled

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• 10 Tips to Sustainable Purchasing
• 1. Recycle more
• 2. Reuse more
• 3. Avoid products with a lot of packaging
• 4. Close the loop on recycling by buying
  recycled contents products
• 5. Verify your suppliers compliance with your
  corporate social
• responsibility practices

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• 10 Tips to Sustainable Purchasing
• Buy products that are environmentally-friendly
• Align your company with other like-minded
  organisations who will become valued business
  partners and help protect your corporate
  reputation
• Check products for Ecolabel, EcoSpecifier,
  Fairtrade or other socially and
  environmentally-responsible accreditations
• Offset your companys fleets carbon emissions
  with a recognised carbon replacement program
• Above all, ask questions of your suppliers about
  the products you buy

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For more information or enquiries call us on
0800 800 547