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Corporate Values Overview

We are in the business of enhancing the quality of life at home. To succeed, we live by a short, but important list of values.

People First
We believe the potential of our company has no limit and is driven by our associates and their imagination. We are committed to an environment that attracts, motivates and recognizes high performance.

Customers
We are here to please our customers—without them nothing else matters.

Quality
We must take pride in everything we do. From our people, to our products and in our relationships with business partners and our community, quality is our signature.

Shareholders
We must provide a superior return to our shareholders. It's everyone's job.

Ethical Sourcing
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and all of its brands are committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity and honesty throughout all aspects of our business, and strive to ensure that our business associates, including agents, vendors and suppliers, share our commitment to socially responsible employment conditions.

We seek to use only vendors who meet the highest standards for safe, healthful working conditions and follow employment practices that conform to local law, best industry practices and our company standards. This includes, among other things, a prohibition against child labor, prison or forced labor, unsafe working conditions or payment of below minimum wage. All of our vendors and suppliers are required to sign and abide by our code of conduct.

Environmental Paper Procurement Policy
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is committed to environmental stewardship, and more specifically, to sound paper procurement practices that ensure the sustainability of forests and other natural resources. We have initiated these practices within a framework of sound business disciplines that ensure that we can meet the commitments we have made to all of our stakeholders: employees, customers, and shareholders. We continue to work to develop new and additional company-wide initiatives to promote sustainability across all aspects of our business.

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Recycling
The launch of Williams-Sonoma Inc.’s Recycle 100 brings our company-wide Greening Our Home initiative to our customers’ homes. 50% of American households recycle their paper products. Our customers recycle 60%, but, in sharing their environmental concern, we’re making 100% recycling the goal for this innovative new program. With your help we can make this a reality.

Renewing natural resources makes good sense, and it’s easy. For information about recycling catalogs in your community, visit www.earth911.org.

Thank you for your support.

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