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Top 100: 97. Staples

December 23, 2010

The top U.S. office supplier recently announced a new corporate sustainability strategy, and challenged its suppliers to join in. "Race to the Top" calls on suppliers to compete not only in terms of product quality, cost and features, but also in finding innovative solutions for manufacturing, packaging and distribution. Staples’ chairman and CEO Ron Sargent said, "Viewing our business through the lens of environmental and social sustainability will lead to better results for our customers, our shareholders and our communities." At the program’s October launch, Staples asked key suppliers to begin addressing environmentally sustainable packaging priorities within the first six months of 2011.

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