----- forwarded message ----- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:20:10 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Staples Campaign Victory
Staples Campaign Victory Date: 11/12/2002 2:28:24 PM Pacific Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Staples Announces Historic Commitment to Endangered Forests and Recycled Paper! Following a two-year campaign targeting Staples, the world's largest office supply store, the company today announced a commitment to phase out paper products originating from endangered forests and dramatically increase its sale of recycled paper products. Activists across the country are celebrating a grassroots victory! Thanks to each of you that helped make this victory possible! Under Staples new guidelines, an industry-first, the company will: � Phase out purchases of paper products from endangered forests, including key forests in the Southern US, U.S. National Forests, and the world's last remaining ancient forests such as the Boreal forests of Canada � Achieve an average of 30% post consumer recycled content across all paper products � Report annually to the public on its progress toward reaching these goals � Aggressively market and promote recycled paper products both in-store and through ads and coupons � Create an environmental affairs division headed by a senior executive reporting to Staples CEO The Staples Campaign has been a huge grassroots campaign challenging corporate power and demanding accountability for the environmental impact of products sold by this office supply giant. The campaign has included over 600 demonstrations, nearly 35 banners dropped on storefronts, 21 arrests in acts of civil disobedience, creative street theater, over 15,000 postcards, thousands of phone calls to the corporate headquarters and regional offices, hundreds of letters from concerned citizens, 75 children's drawings, coverage in more than 10 national media outlets and over 50 local media outlets, a shareholder's resolution, and flying the CEO over clearcuts on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. The coalition of groups working on this campaign has involved dozens of local, regional and national groups and thousands of individuals. Today's announcement is testament to the power of thousands of people joining together against a single corporation to demand environmental change. The announcement comes a day before the 5th National Day of Action targeting Staples. Instead, we're encouraging people to make Wednesday a day of celebration for the forests- take a hike, contact the press, and celebrate our collective success! We are now looking to Staples' major competitors, including Office Depot, Office Max, and Corporate Express to follow Staples lead and make a commitment to endangered forests and recycled paper products. We are developing a photo show of the campaign. If you have pictures of your event on the campaign or media clips, please send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] . If you want more information, want to make suggestions for where we should go next, or get more involved in the Paper Campaign, please give us a call: Liz Butler ForestEthics 202-487-4908 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kelly Sheehan Dogwood Alliance 828-251-2525 x16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Holland ForestEthics 415-863-4577 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew George National Forest Protection Alliance 919-933-2959 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The groups who have been involved in the paper campaign targeting Staples include Dogwood Alliance, ForestEthics, American Lands Alliance, Allegheny Defense Project, Cascadia Forest Alliance, Center for a New American Dream, groups of Earth First!, Ecopledge.com, Green Corps, Kentucky Heartwood, Sierra Student Coalition, Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project, Free the Planet, Heartwood, Native Forest Network, National Forest Protection Alliance, Rainforest Action Network, Rainforest Relief, ReThink Paper, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Wild Alabama, Iowa STEP, Shenendoah Ecosystem Defense Group, GrassRoots Recycling Network, Indiana Forest Alliance and many other local groups. To see the web version of this announcement click here: www.dogwoodalliance.org/release_4.htm If you are interested in joining the Dogwood Alliance list-serv please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to be removed from the Dogwood e-mailing list (which we send up-dates to every couple of months) send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Become a member of Dogwood Alliance and join the celebration by clicking here: www.dogwoodalliance.org/join.asp <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> *To Translate this page to Arabic, please visit ajeeb.com: http://tarjim.ajeeb.com/ajeeb/default.asp?lang=1 *To Translate this page to French, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese, please visit Systran: http://www.systransoft.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Peace, No War War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate Information for antiwar movements, news across the World, please visit: http://www.PeaceNoWar.net
