EPA Recognizes Staples, Inc. With 2016 Energy Star® Partner Of The Year – Sustained Excellence Award
April 14 2016 - 6:57AM
Business Wire
Staples recognized for its sustained
leadership to protect the environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized
Staples with a 2016 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained
Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting our
environment through superior energy efficiency achievements.
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(L-R) Staples' Vice President of
Construction, Engineering & Support Services John Lynch, EPA
Director and Chief of the Energy Star Program Jean Lupinacci and
Staples' Director of Energy and Environmental Management Bob Valair
at the event where the EPA recognized Staples, with the 2016 Energy
Star® Partner Of The Year - Sustained Excellence Award. (Photo:
Business Wire)
Staples, an ENERGY STAR partner since 1992, will be honored for
their energy efficient achievements of the certification of 612
total buildings, and recertification of 33 buildings in 2015.
Staples was a strong competitor in the EPA Better Buildings
Challenge committing to reduce energy intensity by 25 percent by
2020 and to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 percent by 2025.
Overall, Staples achieved an average of 30 percent portfolio-wide
reduction in energy intensity over the past few years with its
energy efficiency programs, including green power investments,
providing 18 million kWh of clean energy from solar in 2015.
“Staples truly values its partnership with ENERGY STAR,” said
Bob Valair, director of energy and environmental management,
Staples, Inc. “It’s exciting to see the impact we’ve made through
our energy efficiency programs and we remain committed to
continuing our work to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
protect the environment.”
Since its inception in 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners have
helped prevent a total of more than 2.4 billion metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions. In 2014 alone, ENERGY STAR and its
partners provided more than $11 billion in societal benefits due to
reducing damages from climate change.
“By continued collaboration with ENERGY STAR, Staples is helping
Americans save money, save energy, and do their part to reduce our
nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change,”
said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “I’m proud to recognize
Staples with the highest form of ENERGY STAR recognition, as the
winner of the 2016 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence
Award. Staples demonstrates a strong commitment to energy
efficiency and to preserving a healthy planet for future
generations.”
The 2016 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Awards are
given to a variety of organizations to recognize their
contributions to reducing harmful carbon pollution through superior
energy efficiency efforts. These awards recognize ongoing
leadership across the ENERGY STAR program, including
energy-efficient products, services, new homes, and buildings in
the commercial, industrial, and public sectors.
For a complete list of 2016 winners and more information about
ENERGY STAR’s awards program, visit
www.energystar.gov/awardwinners.
About Staples, Inc.Staples retail stores and Staples.com
help small business customers make more happen by providing a broad
assortment of products, expanded business services and easy ways to
shop, all backed with a lowest price guarantee. Staples offers
businesses the convenience to shop and buy how and when they want -
in store, online, via mobile or though social apps. Staples.com
customers can either buy online and pick-up in store or ship for
free from Staples.com with Staples Rewards minimum purchase.
Expanded services also make it easy for businesses to succeed with
in-store Business Centers featuring shipping services and products,
copying, scanning, faxing and computer work stations, Tech
Services, full-service Print & Marketing Services, Staples
Merchant Services, small business lending and credit services.
Staples Business Advantage, the business-to-business division of
Staples, Inc., helps mid-market, commercial and enterprise-sized
customers make more happen by offering a curated assortment of
products and services combined with deep expertise, best-in-class
customer service, competitive pricing and state-of-the art
ecommerce site. Staples Business Advantage is the one-source
solution for all things businesses need to succeed, including
office supplies, facilities cleaning and maintenance, breakroom
snacks and beverages, technology, furniture, interior design and
Print & Marketing Services. Headquartered outside of Boston,
Staples, Inc. operates throughout North and South America, Europe,
Asia, Australia and New Zealand. More information about Staples
(NASDAQ: SPLS) is available at www.staples.com.
About ENERGY STARENERGY
STAR® is the simple choice for energy efficiency. For more than 20
years, people across America have looked to EPA’s ENERGY STAR
program for guidance on how to save energy, save money, and protect
the environment. Behind each blue label is a product, building, or
home that is independently certified to use less energy and cause
fewer of the emissions that contribute to climate change. Today,
ENERGY STAR is the most widely recognized symbol for energy
efficiency in the world, helping families and businesses save $362
billion on utility bills, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions
by more than 2.4 billion metric tons since 1992. Join the millions
who are already making a difference at energystar.gov.
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Staples, Inc.Mark Cautela,
508-253-3832mark.cautela@staples.comorENERGY STARKristinn Leonhart,
202-343-9062Brand ManagerLeonhart.Kristinn@epa.gov
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