PUBLISHER Ginnie Roeglin
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FRONTend
from the publisher’s desk
Ginnie Roeglin
EVERYONE IS TALKING “GREEN” these days. At Costco,
we have long been cutting our energy costs to keep our
prices as low as possible. However we have significantly
expanded our focus on reducing our carbon footprint. Our
Corporate Sustainability and Energy Department has been
Ginnie Roeglin is Senior Vice busy researching how to conduct every aspect of our busi-
President, E-Commerce and ness in an environmentally and socially responsible and
Publishing, and Publisher of sustainable manner.
The Costco Connection. We are reducing energy consumption with solar panels
on the rooftops of many warehouses and improved light-
ing, water and cooling systems in our buildings. We have made many changes to our
products and are eliminating the use of nonrecyclable and nonbiodegradable packaging
materials. New package sizes and shapes enable us to reduce the number or amount of
pallets, trucks and fuel it takes to deliver the products to our warehouses. The net result is
not just being greener, but improved quality at a lower price for our members.
July is furniture month in our warehouses, with an expanded selection of a variety
of pieces. In this issue, you will find many ads for our fine furniture, as well as a special
section, beginning on page 39, filled with our buyers’ tips on selecting the right furniture
for your home. You can also find a wide selection of furniture on costco.com all year
round, for delivery to your home.
And our summer Passport program continues to offer great savings this month on
everything from leather furniture, vanities, flooring, ladders, LCD and DLP HDTVs, telephones, computers, HP all-in-one printers, office chairs, digital photo frames, and
Whirlpool Duet washers and dryers to our new cupcakes (perfect for Fourth of July barbecues). Also, watch your mailbox later this month for additional special offers coming soon.
Happy Fourth of July from all of us at Costco! C
from the editor’s desk
David W. Fuller
SUSTAINABILITY. RECYCLED CONTENT. Post-consumer waste. To many, these may seem like buzzwords.
For anyone who publishes a magazine, however, these
words represent a daily concern. With circulation now
nudging past 7 million copies per month, we are ever
aware of the natural resources that go into the printing
and distribution of The Connection. We constantly work
with our paper suppliers, printers, ink vendors and freight
companies to assure that we are staying at the forefront
of environmental responsibility, even as we maintain strict budget discipline.
Most of the paper used to print The Connection includes 10 percent post-consumer
waste. We also are working to see that the trees used to make our paper come from forests that have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or the Sustainable Forestry
Initiative, independent environmental organizations that verify trees are being harvested in a sustainable and responsible manner.
We print our magazines in plants in California and Mississippi that carefully
monitor the amount of wasted paper, use state-of-the-art catalytic converters to vent
their pressrooms and, in one case, even co-generate their own power, using waste paper
as a fuel source.
Although we currently use oil-based inks, we regularly review the viability of
using soy-based inks. Unfortunately, the increase in worldwide agricultural prices
has put soy inks out of reach for the time being.
By printing in multiple locations, we are able to reduce the number of miles
our trucks drive between the printing plants and the post offices where the magazines
are mailed.
Our goal is to perform better in all of these aspects of manufacturing and distributing a quality publication that effectively serves Costco and its members without doing a
disservice to the environment. C
David W. Fuller is Assistant
Vice President, Publishing, and
Editor of The Costco Connection.
