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RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability and responsibility at the core of customer excellence

At Lyreco, we are aware that taking action to contribute to the protection of our planet and people requires the commitment of everyone and we must act to drive progress in sustainability with our entire supply chain. Each year, we improve our long-term involvement in sustainability aiming at strengthening our commitment toward more responsible practices and ensuring we work with partners who, at least, share our concerns and ambitions.

Delivering excellence is not only about top-quality products and services, it is about ensuring that every step Lyreco takes to meet its sustainability ambitions and satisfy its customers is achieved in the most sustainable way:

  • Providing products that contribute to protecting the planet and its people
  • Ensuring ethics and compliance requirements are met wherever our suppliers, manufacturers, and partners operate
  • Minimising packaging
  • Developing sustainable processes, from ordering and delivery to product end-of-life
  • Providing employee excellence wherever Lyreco operates
  • Supporting education around the world
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Our Sustainability strategy is built upon three pillars: planet, people and progress. It expresses our desire to reduce the impact of our activity on the planet, to have a positive impact on people, and drive progress within our entire value chain.

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Our results

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-40%

CO2 emissions (scope 1 and 2) since 2019

Our teams work towards a common purpose: acting responsibly to minimise Lyreco’s environmental impacts accross its operations and value chain, from our suppliers to our customers.

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36%

of our sales made by responsible products in 2022

The “Sustainable Selection” supports our customers in selecting products that contribute to protect the planet and its people

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93%
factories audited in 2021 & 2022
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€1M
raised for our LFE program in Cambodia 2019-2022
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Lyreco supports the UN Global Compact & UN SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

In 2004, Lyreco was the first company in the Office Supplies industry to join the UN Global Compact (UNGC), demonstrating our long-term commitment to sustainability. By supporting this global initiative, we commit to communicating annually our progress in implementing the UNGC Ten Principles and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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We, at Lyreco, truly believe that the Circular Economy is the best way to achieve responsible growth. By converting our business to the Circular Economy by 2025, we are taking a decisive step on the path to conciliate even further our performance objectives with our sustainability commitments.

Gregory Lienard

CEO of Lyreco Group

Sustainability Report, reporting year 2022
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A new Climate Policy in 2020

In 2020, Lyreco defines its new Climate Policy, setting new CO2 reduction targets based on the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) methodology. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a joined initiative by CDP, the UN Global Compact, the World Resources Institute and WWF.
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Lyreco pioneers its first B2B marketplace in Italy

From November 2022, in addition to the offers available on our existing ecommerce platforms, Lyreco customers will also have access to a new platform dedicated solely to products that contribute to protecting the planet, people and communities.
For the launch, we chose to make it available in Italy, focusing the test phase on one country before rolling out worldwide.
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Low emission urban delivery

Lyreco is committed to finding ways to reduce our impact on the environment while increasing our ability to offer excellence in service to our customers. In London, Paris, Bern and Zurich, we are testing and developing low-carbon deliveries to help major urban centres tackle the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions and air pollution.