Staples Inc.

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
2 out of 5
Intent and awareness 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Timber 
2 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
3 out of 5
Scope and Ambition 
4 out of 5
Reporting and implementation 
2 out of 5
Social considerations 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Timber 
0 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
4 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
3 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
3 out of 5
Sector 
Furniture & flooring, Paper & packaging
Segments 
Retailer
HQ 
United States
Company type 
Public listed

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
No

350 companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

In 2018 the number of companies assessed increased from 250 to 350.

Profile 

Staples Inc is one of the world’s largest specialist retailers of office supplies, with key product lines in stationary, furniture and technology products. Amongst its products are a wide variety of paper goods, including copy paper, printer paper, POS rolls and letterheads. Paper accounted for 9% of all sales in 2016, whilst office furniture and chairs accounted for a further 6.4%. As a leading retailer of these goods Staples is exposed to the forest risk commodities paper, pulp and timber. 

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