Business Principles

Our Management Charter outlines our corporate responsibilities and business principles, and provides a clear code of ethics. All managers are aware of the Company’s guidelines for business practices which convey the professional and ethical standards that all managers in Corporate Express are expected to uphold.

What includes the Business Conduct?
Through our Business Principles and Code of Ethics we put particular emphasis on:

• Fair business conduct

• Avoidance of conflicts of interest

• Commitment to sustainable environmental behaviour

• Community involvement

• Fair disclosure

Our Business Principles and Code of Ethics place particular emphasis on fair business conduct, avoiding conflicts of interest, a commitment to sustainable environmental behaviour, community involvement and fair disclosure. These principles are elaborated in more detailed policies, which are reviewed and updated from time to time (Our Business Principles and Code of Ethics can be downloaded from here).

Global Reporting Initiative

Corporate Express is an ‘Organisational Stakeholder’ in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and we aim to progressively expand our reporting to stakeholders, following GRI guidelines. We are harmonising definitions across all of our operations, testing the validity of data collected and installing processes to establish continuous improvement and effective monitoring.