Go-Eco

12 small green
steps towards

sustainability

Today’s Earth Day. Here’s
a practical guide for YOU!

By Scott Zintz

22 Apr’12 (Complete)

Last week, I attended a brilliant seminar led by Scott Zintz, the green guru at Independent Stationers. Here are 12 practical steps you can take to make a difference…

Read more: Earth Day: 12 small steps towards sustainability

100 Greenest US Companies

OPS leaders rated
high by Newsweek

How and why can Depot rank
higher than Staples…again?

21 Oct 11 (Updated)
Earlier this week, Newsweek published its annual list of the greenest companies. Its goal is to to quantify environmental footprint, policies, and reputation....

Read more: Newsweek's 100 Greenest US Companies

The rise and rise of the…

L o w - c o s t,
low-carbon locals

Community committed resellers
stress their sustainability edge

16 Aug’11

We reported on the ‘Charitable Champions’ and the ‘Sustainability Stars’ of the OPS market in our article dated 31 July. We now turn our attention to US local resellers demonstrating real commitment to the ‘buy local’ cause…

Read more: The rise of the low-cost, low carbon locals

Ingram Micro’s
CSR initiative

Time for wholesalers to support
local resellers’ low carbon advantage

By Lucy Jermyn,

9 Jul’11

Ingram Micro, the world’s #1 technology wholesaler, has published its inaugural social responsibility report for 2010.

Read more: Ingram Micro's CSR initiative

Sunday Times - 2011
Best Green companies

OPS resellers
top green list

Proficiency champions lead
the way for UK best practices

12 Jun’11

Three of top 5 OPS resellers listed in the 2010 Proficiency Index list on 23 Dec’10 have been honoured by finishing in the top 8 of UK’s best green companies

Read more: Sunday Times - Best green companies 2011

Greening of
the workplace

2010 Survey report published
by Buck underlines the MPS trend

12 Apr’11

American businesses are increasingly measuring the savings from their green workplace practices more than ever, according to a new survey released today by Buck Consultants, (A Xerox Company)

Read more: Greening of the workplace

Sustainability:
seven superstars

It’s Earth Day on 22 April. We
highlight the industry’s greenest

8 Apr’11

To commemorate Earth Day 22 April, many leading business magazines are profiling sustainability champions in the corporate world. With due respect to green leaders like Dell, Brother, HP and Staples we profile 7 superstars of sustainability in the independent marketplace. Profiles later today

Read more: Seven superstars of sustainability

Sustainability
savings success

Corporate chiefs catch on to the
‘cut costs…cut carbon’ message

By Lucy Jermyn,

2 Apr’11

Long a cause célèbre of the eco crowd, sustainable business practices are yielding big savings at companies like PepsiCo and Wal-Mart

Read more: Sustainability savings success

Climate Week UK

Commercial
Sets Record

OPS’ top carbon cutter
announces 5^th CSR Day

22 Mar’10 (Complete)
This week is Climate Week in the UK, appealing to businesses to ‘grasp the green future’. Commercial Group is the OPS’ green leader in the UK. We spoke to CEO Arthur Hindmarch and green champion Simon Graham (pic below) about progress and plans.

Read more: Commercial Sets Record

Electric Staples!

Gas-free urban deliveries

24 Jan 11

Even as carmakers seek to convince buyers of the virtues of electric vehicles, one key group needs little persuasion: delivery fleet managers.

Read more: Electric Staples delivery

Proficiency Index Survey

The Green Giants 2010 
Champions of low carbon, sustainability and ethics

23 Dec 10 (Refreshed)

The tremendous initiatives by a number of OP industry leaders in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, ethics, recycling and cutting carbon emissions moved us to check out the progress of the industry at large. Here are the winning resellers and manufacturers…the independents excelled

Read more: Who are the OP industry's greenest?

C o - c r e a t i n g
eco-friendly gains

“Good for the planet…good for profit”

By Lucy Jermyn,

23 Dec 10

A few weeks back we featured a piece about co-creation innovation. That's what is called the practice of finding a synergistic partner and creating something together.

Read more: Co-creating eco-friendly gains

Carbon cutting

co-operation

Unlikely partnerships forming
between Wal-Mart and FedEx

By Lucy Jermyn
27 Nov 10

Although aggressive climate action is basically frozen in the U.S., the hard work of carbon emissions reduction continues among states, cities, corporations, and nonprofits.

Read more: Carbon cutting co-operation

Colour-Coded

Climate Counts

Will sustainable shopping guide

help brands make green strides?

By Lucy Jermyn,

25 Nov 10

Humans are well intentioned, but lazy creatures; give us a long-winded report about sustainable retailers and we will quickly forget about it.

Read more: Colour-coded Climate Counts

Ethonomic trends

Sustainability
Scorecard

Suppliers urged to green-up!

By Lucy Jermyn,
20 Nov 10

When Wal-Mart sent out its pioneering sustainability survey in 2009 it started a chain reaction initiated by its major vendors

Read more: Sustainability scorecard

UK Green Business Awards

A very green

ambassador

Green office week initiative

16 Nov 10

Congratulations to Avery Office Products a winner at the prestigious Green Business Awards, the UK's most comprehensive awards scheme for environmental business performance.

Read more: Avery green ambassadors

Corporate Social Responsibility
Comparison report

Who leads? Soul
train or green bus?

Is Office Depot really ahead
of Staples in the green race?

12 Nov 10 (Completed 1900ET; 2400 GMT)

Newsweek magazine recently featured the Top 100 greenest public companies in America. Commendably Office Depot were listed 18^th and Staples 23^rd. Both recently released their CSR reports. We compare and draw conclusions and comment.

Read more: CSR Comparison Report - Staples and Office Depot

Guilt grabs
green gains

Peer pressure pulls the crowd

in subtle social standards shift

22 Oct 10
A real-life experiment in engineering green behavior unfolded recently in the US capital. Wall Street Journal reporter Stephanie Simon discusses here the true motivation in getting more consumers to go Green. Analysts discuss the value of efforts to promote more environmentally friendly habits among people

Read more: Guilt grabs green gains

100 Greenest Public Companies

Newsweek top
rates OP leaders

Dell#1 and HP#2 with Office
Depot and Staples in top 30

21 Oct 10
Last Monday, Newsweek magazine published its list of the greenest publicly traded companies. The goal was to quantify companies’ actual environmental footprint, policies, and reputation.  It was terrific to read about OP and technology players success in the knowledge that many UK and US independent resellers (listed below), could not be included, but would have scored highly…

Read more: Newsweek 100 Greenest Companies

Staples starts
sustainability race

Suppliers set a cost and carbon cutting challenge

17 Oct 10
Staples the global #1 office products reseller, announced last week its new corporate strategy to drive sustainability innovation in product manufacturing, packaging and distribution by challenging its key suppliers to join it in a "Race to the Top."

Read more: Staples starts sustainability race