Kinko's Forest-based Products Policy Highlights

DALLAS — March 11, 2003 — Kinko’s understands that forests play role in biodiversity, water quality, moderating climate, sustaining diverse economic, social and indigenous cultural traditions. Adopted in 2003, this policy governs Kinko’s® use of forest-based products and establishes criteria for sustainable forest management practices, including standards for vendors supplying these products to Kinko’s. This document provides an overview of the policy, which is believed to be the most comprehensive to date.

Sustainable Forest Management Practices

Kinko’s is committed to purchasing virgin forest-based materials from only sustainable, well-managed forests, or ecologically and socially sound tree farms. Working with suppliers, Kinko’s will use the following guidelines to ensure that all forest-based products constructed of virgin fiber derived directly from a forest are purchased from well-managed, non-endangered forests.

Kinko’s will:

• Not knowingly purchase any paper or wood products that are derived from the harvesting of old-growth, endangered or high conservation value forests (as mapped by World Resources Institute, Conservation International). Suppliers must be able to document compliance.
• Actively manage and engage forest-based products suppliers to ensure the company does not align itself with organizations that operate outside Kinko’s guidelines.
• Continue working with organizations, other large consumers of forest-based products, and external stakeholders to assist in identifying suppliers that meet our requirements.
• Require that suppliers must have audited procurement system or conduct audits to ensure certifiable chain-of- custody procedures for third-party raw material by the end of 2003.
• Only purchase forest-based products from suppliers that have independently third-party certified, well-managed forests by the end of 2004.

Use of Recycled Fiber and Wood

Kinko’s goal is to increase the average percentage of post-consumer recycled content paper it uses to 30 percent. Kinko’s will measure use of post-consumer recycled content paper on a quarterly basis in order to track progress against this goal. The policy also provides standards for identifying the use of alternative materials and technologies to reduce paper consumption. The following identifies the minimum recycled content standards Kinko’s will adhere to and the company’s goals.

Kinko’s will:

• Purchase paper and wood products made of post-consumer recycled content materials whenever possible.
• Stock or have readily available paper made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled content fiber that is also process chlorine-free.
• Stock self-serve black-and-white copiers with paper containing a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer recycled fiber and full-service black-and-white copiers with paper containing a minimum of 10 percent post-consumer recycled fiber.
• Select packaging for Kinko’s locations that contains a minimum of 50 to 70 percent post-consumer recycled fiber and that is either unbleached or process chlorine-free fiber and request that supplier packaging for goods delivered to Kinko’s move toward the same standard.
• Use a minimum of 10 percent post-consumer recycled content paper for materials printed on coated paper and a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer recycled content paper for materials printed on uncoated paper when printing Kinko’s internal and external collateral.
• Print Kinko’s corporate letterhead, envelopes and business cards on 100 percent post-consumer recycled content paper.
• Seek to increase use of tree-free papers made from agrifiber (e.g. kenaf, rice, cotton, sugar cane, hemp) and agricultural waste harvested from sustainable, organic or well-managed farming operations.
• Strive to maximize the use of electronic e-mails and forms to publish and distribute internal communications.
• Continue to offer discounts to customers who elect to copy their materials double-sided.

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