A 16 minute presentation (slide deck and audio) designed to be given on behalf of a large corporation, focusing on their corporate social responsibility efforts. This presentation focuses on Staples, Inc. CSR efforts made through their Staples Soul program.

1. Staples, Inc. __________________________________________ Corporate Social Responsibility Lisa Poplawski on behalf of Jake Swenson, Corporate Responsibility Program Manager

3. Address Global Issues If you’re not doing it, somebody else will.

4. Raising the bottom line. Enhancing trust and maximizing efficiency.

5. Ethics

7. Protection against identity theft

8. Environmental Responsibility Waste Reduction and Recycling Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Creation Environmentally Preferable Products

9. Waste Reduction and Recycling The average office worker will use 12,000 sheets of paper in one year.

11. Internal Efforts

12. Addressing Climate Change Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Creation

13. Environmentally Preferable Products

14. At the end of the day, it’s about the customer.

15. For more information on Staples Soul, visit our corporate responsibility report located on our Web site at www.staples.com.