Environmental Strategy

Our aim is to reduce business costs and improve efficiencies with particular attention to the environmental impact of our business.

Our current environmental policy is shown below and is also available on our website www.officedepot.co.uk

Office Depot UK Environment Policy

Office Depot UK is committed to minimising the impact of our operations on the environment by means of a programme of continuous improvement.

In particular Office Depot UK will:

• Manage our environmental responsibilities including full compliance with UK and EU regulations
• Assess and manage the environmental impacts of our operations
• Maintain an Environmental Management System equivalent to ISO 14001 standard
• Exercise product stewardship in conjunction with our suppliers
• Undertake a regular audit process and monitor continuous improvement
• Communicate our policy to employees, customers and suppliers and make available to other interested parties

Our FSC Certification

In 2006, Office Depot obtained Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody certification for stationery and furniture products. The FSC trademark is a label on timber and wood products that indicates that the product has an unbroken chain of custody to an FSC certified well-managed forest source.

The FSC trademark therefore enables businesses to choose timber and other wood products such as furniture with the confidence that they are not contributing to the destruction of the world’s forests.

In accordance with Office Depot UK 's Environmental principles we have selected suppliers with an environmentally positive attitude and this has resulted in 3 of our major desking ranges being FSC accredited.