Mark Buckley, a former guest blogger on CSR Perspective and VP of Environmental Affairs for Staples, recently was featured in a podcast as part of the OnPapersSeries.

In the podcast, Mark shares that the company’s CEO has agreed that there is always more that Staples can do and should do when it comes for sustainability.  From this realization the EcoEasy™ program evolved. The program focuses Staples’ environmental efforts in three major areas including products, recycling services and internal operations.

This program is a great example of an organization that goes well beyond the “Direct Impact” dimension in the Four Dimensions of Responsibility framework that I developed and strives to do more.  I am becoming increasingly interested in importance of the strategic relationship between a company and its vendors that Mark alludes to at various points in the podcast.  I am hoping to write more about this in future posts.

If you’d like to hear more from Mark, click here to listen to the podcast.