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Living Values

2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

 

Natural Environment

 

Policies

To help ensure that the environmental components of the OfficeMax Code of Business Conduct and Ethics are enforced, and to set the foundation for reducing our overall environmental impact beyond that which is required by law, we have developed two important policies: the companywide OfficeMax Environmental Policy, released in 2005, and the OfficeMax U.S. Paper Procurement Policy, released in early 2007. Both policies were developed with input from external stakeholders.

The OfficeMax Environmental Policy sets forth directives for promoting environmental sustainability and minimizing the adverse environmental impacts of our operations and products in a manner responsive to the needs of our customers, shareholders, associates, suppliers, the communities in which we operate, and the public. The policy covers such topics as compliance, communications and stakeholder engagement, product selection, operations, and continuous improvement.

The OfficeMax U.S. Paper Procurement Policy complies with our Environmental Policy, and applies to our U.S. Operations, including the sourcing for our products for these operations. The U.S. Paper Procurement Policy establishes how we are to manage supply chain, sourcing and usage decisions within the context of good business practices and market conditions – including product availability, consumer demand, and profitability.