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Sustainability

Commitment to Responsible Business

Operating in a responsible and sustainable environment is important to BNED. As part of our commitment to being responsible corporate citizens, we make it a priority to understand and manage our social, environmental and economic impact on the world around us.This enables us to contribute to society’s wider goal of responsible corporate actions including environmental safety, sustainable development, fair labor, and corporate giving.

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Protecting the Environment

As a trusted partner at hundreds of college and university nationwide, we are committed to expanding our sustainability practices and integrating them into the programs and philosophy of each campus we serve. Our goal is to reduce negative impacts on the environment by working with our partners, peers and others to promote responsible environmental practices.

Whether we are renovating an existing campus store or building a new one, we collaborate to fulfill our partners’ green goals and vision. We have helped our campus partners achieve LEED certification in a number of campus store build outs across the country.

For interiors, we work with manufacturers to recycle old fixtures and construction debris. Our low-impact store features include: • Recycled floor coverings • Eco-friendly carpeting made with recycled content and low VOC • Non-toxic, zero VOC paint • Eco-friendly merchandising fixtures made with recycled particleboard and non-toxic glues • Mannequins laminated with sustainable bio-resin.

Supporting Human Rights & Fair Labor

We are proud to be part of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), an international network of companies, universities, and civil society organizations collaborating to ensure that millions of people working at the world’s factories and farms are paid fairly and protected from risks to their health, safety, and well-being. We are committed to fair labor standards and human rights and thus seek to learn from FLA’s rigorous standards and to engage with key stakeholders, including university licensors and vendors of collegiate licensed products, to improve supply chain working conditions for the people who make the clothes and products that bear university logos.

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Giving Back to the Communities We Serve

We strive to understand and respect the values of the communities where we serve and actively support initiatives in these communities. This commitment is visible in our contributions of financial and volunteer support, from providing annual textbook scholarships, to supporting student clubs and organizations.