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2025 Sustainability Strategy

Sustainability is an integral part of doing business at OfficeMax and our sustainability strategy helps us deliver on our vision to 'Empower sustainable and successful workplaces'. This strategy establishes a framework for our core focus areas, goals and targets to help us achieve our strategic pillars.


Sustainability Report

Our annual Sustainability Report seeks to communicate the economic, social and environmental impacts of our operations and progress made against our strategy.

Download the 2023 OfficeMax Sustainability Report



See our previous sustainability reports.

Strategic Pillars

Foster a safe, healthy, and
inclusive society

Provide solutions for a rapidly changing world

Drive a low carbon,
circular economy

Foster a safe, healthy, and inclusive society

In May 2024, we formally launched our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) programme, which was created by our team members. As part of our Health, Safety and Wellbeing programme, we refreshed our risk management processes, implemented a new reporting platform, and embedded safety interactions into daily practice.


OfficeMax believes that we all have a responsibility to do our part to better ourselves, our communities, and the natural environment. Our community investment approach focuses on fostering an equal and inclusive community by creating social impact across our value chain.

OfficeMax has a strong focus on supporting our local communities, particularly Kiwi kids doing it tough. We believe that supporting and educating children is critical to reducing poverty, developing positive self-esteem, and achieving long-term success. Our initiatives include Max e-Grants, School Rewards, sponsorship of Barnardos 0800 What's Up as well as a number of education sponsorships and business partnerships.


OfficeMax is committed to promoting circular solutions by donating expired, damaged, returned, and unsaleable stock to several of our charitable partners, and other organisations including All Heart NZ.

Donating these goods allows us to increase our waste diversion and create social value for their ultimate recipients.



Provide solutions for a rapidly changing world

OfficeMax created the EcoMax tag to promote products that have a lower environmental impact than their alternative and/or provide wider benefits for people and sustainable development. By creating this tag, we are making sustainable procurement easier. Shop our EcoMax range here


OfficeMax provides Toitū certified carbon compatible freight reports to our customers. These reports enable customers to understand the GHG emissions associated with the freighting of the products they purchase from us, and this information can be used in their own GHG emissions inventory. Get in touch with your OfficeMax Account Manager for your personalised report.


At OfficeMax we feel strongly about supporting local businesses and the communities they operate in. We know that procuring from local suppliers has a positive social impact and supports our local economic development and prosperity.

OfficeMax became a member of Amotai in 2022. Amotai connects buyers, such as OfficeMax, with Maori and Pasifika-owned businesses to support a more inclusive supply chain.



Drive a low carbon, circular economy

OfficeMax has been certified to this standard since 2011. This standard provides a framework for how effective environmental management systems (EMS) can be integrated into all aspects of our business to reduce the environmental impact of our operations. OfficeMax ISO 14001:2015 Certificate


We measure our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in alignment with the ISO 14064-1 standard and have this verified by a third-party each year. Toitū Verification


We hold the FSC Chain of Custody certification allowing us to sell FSC certified products. The FSC are committed to responsible forest management and this standard ensures that certified products have been sourced from these sustainable forests. Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Certification


We hold the PEFC Chain of Custody certification allowing us to sell PEFC certified products. The PEFC are dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management through their programme. Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification



Policies

OfficeMax Business Partner Standards

Download the OfficeMax Sustainability Policy


Previous Sustainability Reports

Download the 2022 OfficeMax Sustainability Report

Download the 2021 OfficeMax Sustainability Report

Download the 2020 OfficeMax Sustainability Report

Download the 2019 OfficeMax Sustainability Report

Memberships

Sustainable Business Council

Packaging Council of New Zealand

Amotai

Business East Tamaki

If you have any questions relating to this sustainability content provided, please reach out to sustainabilityreport@officemax.co.nz

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