The company’s most recent sustainability rating earns silver recognition level for its own operations.

Staples Promotional Products (SPP), a leading supplier of branded merchandise and related services to businesses of all sizes, today announces the creation of the promotional product industry’s first sustainable procurement platform.

EcoVadis also awarded SPP a silver medal for sustainability after assessing its decoration and distribution operations on four measures: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

“At a time when third-party suppliers account for 90% of total environmental impact, SPP is proud to be first in the industry to establish an unbiased sustainable procurement platform,” said Daron Hines, President, SPP. “We’re the first and only distributor that can offer stakeholders sustainability transparency for 100% of the value chain. While this is a significant first for the industry, it’s only a first step for SPP. By 2025, our goal is to reach Platinum recognition level in our operations and have EcoVadis metrics that objectively demonstrate the most sustainable supply chain in the industry.”

SPP and its suppliers are annually assessed and scored by EcoVadis. SPP is currently the only brand merchandiser that uses EcoVadis to assess, score and report supply chain sustainability performance.

“By launching this sustainable supply chain initiative, Staples Promotional Products is directing their ambition to the point of greatest leverage to bolster their long term growth and accelerate towards improved sustainability impact,” said David McClintock, Marketing Director at EcoVadis. “Having been rated themselves sets a strong example for their suppliers.”

About Staples Promotional Products (SPP).

The most recognized brands in the world depend on SPP for brand merchandise strategies that help improve targeted outcomes while centralizing purchasing, ensuring brand alignment and lowering the total cost of deployment. SPP holds brand merchandising contracts with more Fortune-ranked enterprises than any other distributor. They leverage the best practices and technologies developed with these clients to improve merchandise performance and sustainability transparency for businesses of all sizes. Learn more about SPP on www.staplespromoproducts.com or LinkedIn.

About EcoVadis.

EcoVadis is a purpose-led company whose mission is to provide the world's most trusted business sustainability ratings. Businesses of all sizes rely on EcoVadis’ expert intelligence and evidence-based ratings to monitor and improve the sustainability performance of their business and trading partners. Its actionable scorecards, benchmarks, carbon action tools, and insights guide an improvement journey for environmental, social and ethical practices across 200 industry categories and 175 countries. Industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Unilever, LVMH, Bridgestone, BASF and JPMorgan are among the 100,000 businesses that collaborate with EcoVadis to drive resilience, sustainable growth and positive impact worldwide. Learn more on ecovadis.com, Twitter or LinkedIn.

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