ForestEthics, and its network of environmental activists and consumer advocates from across North America, put the Board of Directors of Sears Holding Corporation on notice last week with in-person visits announcing the launch of a new campaign challenging Sears/Lands’ End to clean up its catalog practices.
Sears/Lands’ End introduced the first ever catalog dating back to the company’s beginnings in the 1880s. Today, it is the largest catalog company without responsible paper standards, mailing out more than 425 million catalogs a year that contain almost no recycled content, and using paper sourced from vital ecosystems and endangered forests, including Canada’s Boreal Forest.
Lands' End sends more than 270 million catalogs annually.
“Sears/Lands’ End was once an innovative American icon – the problem is when it comes to the environment, they are stuck in the past instead of leading the way into a greener 21st century,” said Ginger Cassady, Senior Paper Campaigner for ForestEthics, who has been in ongoing meetings and negotiations with the company over its environmental practices. "In an era of increasing competition and growing concern about corporate responsibility, companies must demonstrate their values and protect their brand by implementing better environmental policies.”
More information visit Catalog Cutdown - which is running a feature on the "Destructive Side of Sears"
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Forest Groups Target Sears Catalogs
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Hi there. Thanks for your comment on my blog. I think we might have a common interest in the rampant delivery of new phone books every year, whether people ask for them or not. Is there a way to stop them?
I say common interest because your subject is paper and mine is plastic. And the phone books come in plastic bags nowadays.
I wrote a letter to the guy in charge of the AT&T Yellow Pages here in my area requesting the bags not be enclosed in plastic. But I'd really like it if they'd stop automatically delivering them in the first place. Many people use the internet and rarely if ever use those phone books. It would just be nice to have the choice, wouldn't it?
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