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  • How We Strive to Increasingly Be Green
  • How We Strive to Increasingly Sell Green
  • How We Strive to Increasingly Tell Green
• • Message from the Chairman and CEO
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Introduction

In the difficult economic environment that characterized the year 2008, we all became increasingly aware of the importance of "Taking Care of Business."

For Office Depot, our customers, our associates and the world at large, Taking Care of Business, by necessity, came to mean doing more with less - making the most out of every dollar, and striving to protect what we already have while still seeking to gain new ground.

Taking Care of Business - with a renewed emphasis on "taking care" - also meant looking out for each other, both locally and globally. And so we continued our efforts to open the doors of opportunity for those who are underrepresented, to make a difference to people who face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and to increasingly buy green, be green and sell green.

No matter what challenges we faced, we remained steadfast in our commitment to achieving our corporate citizenship goals in 2008. The concepts of Taking Care of Business, Taking Care of People and Taking Care of the Planet resonated throughout Office Depot - and they will continue to do so in the years to come.