GreenBiz.com
"Navigating the Wilderness of Green Business Certifications"
It can fatten a company's bottom line, according to Cliff Waldeck, owner of Waldeck Office Supplies in San Francisco, which is certified through San Francisco County...(Read More)
United Stationers' Office Line Magazine
"Committed To Environmental Protection"
Waldeck's, a 54-year-old, family-owned San Francisco office supply business offering customers products that enhance worker health and productivity while protecting the environment, has been honored by the State of California for Environmental Leadership...(Read More) (Download The Entire Magazine)
GreenBiz.com
"The Zero Waste Office: Is it Possible?"
Although San Francisco-based Waldeck's also has an online store, it's had a physical retail presence for over 50 years and started focusing on green products four years ago. Owner Clifford Waldeck had served on environmental boards and commissions and said he wanted to practice in his business what he was preaching outside of it...(Read More)
The Yelp Blog
"Gavin Lets His Hair Down"
Gavin: A couple of years ago, we created a green business counsel. You've got Waldeck's, the whole store!...(Read More)
examiner.com
"The City Will Sell Carbon Offsets"
Clifford Waldeck, owner of Waldeck’s Office Supplies, looks up at the energy-efficient, low mercury T8 bulbs that he used to replace regular fluorescent bulbs in his Financial District store. Small-business owners such as Waldeck may qualify for carbon offsets from The City under a program announced by Mayor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday...(Read More)
San Francisco Chronicle
"Firms Find Talent Among Disabled, Welfare Recipients"
Clifford Waldeck used to fill openings at his office supply store in San Francisco by hiring friends of his employees. "Now they all have jobs," said the small-business owner, who has hired three employees off of welfare. It is not surprising that Waldeck and other small-business employers have felt the brunt of hiring pains in a tight labor market...(Read More)
XPress
"Mayor Honors Local Hero"
Mayor Willie Brown presented Will Lightbourne, executive director of the San Francisco Department of Human Services, with the first Goodwill Goodworks Award. Brown also proclaimed Oct. 14, 1999 Will Lightbourne Day at a luncheon ceremony in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts yesterday afternoon...(Read More)
Independent Dealer
"Going Green"
The environmental movement today is no longer about tree-huggers and enviro-maniacs. It's far more about responding to an increasingly frequent requirement from corporations, non-profits and government agencies of all types and sizes...(Read More)
San Francisco Downtown.com
"A San Francisco Staple"
When I was a little girl, Saturdays meant going to soccer games, then off to McDonald's - 'cause showing the cashier my #16 jersey meant getting a free sundae - and finally my favorite stop, the mall. I'd beg my parents to let me go to a little store in the middle of the mall that carried stationery, art supplies and my favorite scented magic markers...(Read More)
