Office Depot in $2.2m partnership with conservation organisations
Howard Lake | 15 April 2004 | News
Global paper reseller Office Depot has entered into a five-year, $2.2 milion partnership with three leading science-driven conservation organisations to advance the company’s forest and biodiversity conservation policies.
Office Depot is collaborating with NatureServe, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy to form the Forest & Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, a cooperative working framework aimed at improving environmental decision making in paper procurement and the supply chain.
Nigel Homer, Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships at Virginia-based
The Nature Conservancy told UK Fundraising that this partnership moved beyond traditional corporate philanthropy to a model which met business needs that also served NGO mission objectives.
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