Our Corporate Culture
All of us at Corporate Express Promotional Marketing share a common purpose—to contribute to the business and organizational issues of our national and global clients. Through our creative efforts and advanced systems, brand merchandise is a communications medium we harness to help our clients create greater demand for their brands, celebrate milestones, communicate ideas, and solve problems.
And even though we work in offices ranging from San Francisco to London, we share a common culture that unites us in our common purpose.
We are values driven.
Our culture is one of the keys to attracting and retaining talented professionals. We value passion, hard work, work-life balance, integrity, energy, teamwork, creativity, critical thinking, relationships, respect, and having fun.
We are experienced.
We bring a wealth of experience in creating and managing brand merchandise programs for the world's leading brands. From designing incentive programs to product development, we respect each others' expertise and enjoy the respect of our peers from within the industry.
We are dedicated.
We work alongside each other each day so we get to see first hand our coworkers' personal dedication to ensuring customer satisfaction. We're committed to our clients' success and it shows through creative thinking, superior quality, and rigorous execution of the smallest of details.
We are innovative.
We have a history of innovation-we introduced real time, online inventory status as well as online shipping and delivery status way back in 1996. We've developed the only North American customer service and operations platform in our industry assuring consistent service quality across Canada and the United States. And our "home office" program keeps us from losing talented professionals when they relocate by having them work from home in a team-oriented environment.
We are focused.
Our team is focused on brand merchandise programs that contribute to the business and organizational issues of our clients and nothing else. Period.
In the Community
Commitment. Caring. Compassion. Throughout each year our employees make positive contributions in our local communities around the world. Just as they care passionately about supporting our clients and customers, they care equally as much about providing support for each other and others in their communities.
Their commitment is exhibited through volunteerism and fundraising. Their caring shows through quiet acts of kindness to help co-workers through tough times. Their compassion is showcased through rousing, spirited campaigns to support major charitable organizations. They also give back through other efforts. By teaching traditional Chinese dance to young children. By being involved in Girl Scouts or youth sports. Or by teaching communications graduate students ethics for today's digital world.
Corporate Express Promotional Marketing offers donations of products and funds to nonprofit organizations such as children's charities, hospitals, schools, and disaster relief agencies. We also encourage and support the grassroots efforts of our employees who develop their own causes and interests within the community.
As part of the Corporate Express family, we are a proud sponsor of the City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment, and educational institution located in Duarte, California dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. In the United States, our employees actively raise funds for the Anti-Defamation League and March of Dimes. Our team in Toronto, Canada supports fund raising events for McDonald's Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Our Managing Director in Europe lends his help to Fairbridge, a charity that offers long-term personal development programs for young people in the most disadvantaged inner city areas of the United Kingdom.
Here are just some of the other organizations we have supported through our employee's caring efforts in our communities:
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- United Way
- Epworth Children's Home
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
- Logos School
- Salvation Army
- American Red Cross
Environment
As a part of the Corporate Express family, we are committed to working with our customers, suppliers, and communities to maintain and preserve the earth's natural resources. By raising environmental awareness, offering alternative products, and developing programs to reduce and better manage waste, we aim to incorporate environmentally responsible activities into our daily lives.
To that end we have implemented paperless project management systems that also increase productivity and accuracy. Our customer-friendly online ordering platforms in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and Australia have allowed many clients to move away from printed catalogs further reducing their reliance on natural resources.
We also encourage the selection of recycled and environmentally-friendly promotional products such as note pads, pencils, tote bags, and T-shirts. And recycled papers are available for catalogs and other printed promotional materials.
The Environmental Management System (EMS) of our Canadian facility is certified to the internationally recognized ISO 14001 standard. In order to achieve ISO 14001 certification, companies must demonstrate that they have an EMS that promotes: meeting environmental legislation; minimizing pollution; reducing waste through reduce/reuse/recycle programs; and implementing continuous improvement methodologies to improve environmental performance.
For a more detailed overview of Corporate Express' comprehensive Sustainability Policy, visit:
http://www.corporateexpress.com/sustainability.html.
