Office Depot announces winners of Green Customer Awards

Office Depot has announced the winners of the company’s second annual Green Customer Awards. This innovative award concept was created by Office Depot in 2007 to recognize business customers who show leadership in green purchasing.  The 2008 Green Customer Awards were given out at a special reception hosted by Office Depot on November 18. The ceremony coincided with the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Boston, MA, at which Office Depot was a platinum sponsor. Office Depot also introduced the company’s fifth annual Green Book catalog of environmentally preferable products at the event.  Office Depot’s Green Customer Award recipients for 2008 are: DLA Piper, Edelman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New Balance Athletic Shoe, Ricoh Electronics and U.S. Communities.  “Office Depot is very proud to recognize these influential organizations with our 2008 Green Customer Awards,” said Steve Schmidt, president of Office Depot’s Business Solutions Division. “Few suppliers take the effort to publicly recognize customers – and even fewer do so with a focus on green. These awards show Office Depot’s commitment to recognizing environmental leadership in our customers, and increasingly displaying such leadership ourselves.”