Introduction 5 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT At OPD, we are serious about sustainability. We recognise that we must meet the needs of our customers, without adversely impacting the environment. OPDcommits to conducting our operations with a high standard of environmental care; to supporting our products through their whole-of-life cycle; and to reducing our waste; and re-using, re-purposing or recycling products where practicable. We do this by; • Offering a range of environmentally sustainable and ethically sourced products, certified to globally recognised standards; • Ensuring that our procurement activities consider the environmental and ethical impact of our suppliers and services sourced from New Zealand and overseas; • Working with suppliers who promote sound environmental practices within their manufacturing and distribution facilities; • Being an environmentally responsible organisation; and using within our own businesses, processes that do not adversely affect the environment; • Providing manufacturers warranty programmes to support our range to ensure that products can be repaired, maintained or replaced throughout their whole of life; • Working with suppliers to ensure that furniture and technology products can be collected for recycling efficiently, and where possible, diverted from landfill. Our environmentally friendly products are recognised with icons to highlight their credentials. Look out for: Recyclable - a materially significant Refillable - product is refillable and can component of this product is recyclable in NZ be reused Recycled Content -product contains at least Biodegradable - product is readily 35% recycled content biodegradable in 12 weeks or less View the Environmental Policy on our websitIne -a st to wr eww.opd.co.zSnhop Local