The Walt Disney Company introduced a new partnership with OfficeMax® this year to provide office supplies to businesses in the U.S. and in Canada. Green purchasing was identified as a fundamental aspect of this partnership and subsequently, Disney instituted a goal to acquire 25 percent of all office supplies with recycled content. To reach this goal, Corporate Sourcing & Procurement established environmentally friendly options as the defaults for new orders placed by employees. Included in this application was copy paper that contained at least 30 percent recycled content. Potential savings from this single effort are expected to reach nearly $400,000 annually. Additionally, the procurement of remanufactured toner cartridges is expected to save more than $500,000 each year. ESPN has taken advantage of these opportunities and currently leads the Company with a 23 percent achievement.

In a separate initiative, Enterprise IT Client Services established a policy to lease duplex-capable printers for Disney offices company-wide. On average, an office with 100 employees could save more than $3,000 in paper purchases and $77,000 in printer usage costs annually by utilizing the double-sided copying features.