Kellogg Company And Microsoft Executives Discuss Corporate Responsibility Achievements At Procuri Empower 2007

Last week at Procuri Empower 2007, the industry's leading conference on global supply management issues, Kellogg Company and Microsoft executives shared how they have made significant strides in turning corporate responsibility and sustainable supply strategies into profits. Executives from both companies discussed their ‘green' strategies with more than 250 procurement, supply chain, contract management, and business professionals that attended the conference.

The move to socially and environmentally responsible supply strategies is helping companies drive down long-term costs, improve profit margins and enhance overall competitiveness. Procuri, the global leader of On Demand Supply Management Solutions, is playing an increasingly strong role in many companies' sustainable supply strategies. With the aid of its award-winning TotalSource and TotalSupplier solutions, customers are able to assess, select, and manage suppliers whose social and environmental efforts correspond with internal corporate goals.

Procuri's solutions are also helping customers go green by cutting down on unnecessary travel and saving them thousands of pounds of paper through storing contracts, requests for proposals, and survey's in an online, central repository. Procuri's solutions now store the equivalent of more than 33 million sheets of paper, which amounts to over 4,000 trees.

Kellogg Company and Microsoft Turn Green into Green

Companies increasingly make corporate responsibility a key variable in the supplier selection process. Kellogg Company's focus on the environment has them striving to keep communities clean and safe by using heat recovery systems, converting waste food to animal feed, practicing water conservation and reuse, and participating in packaging recycling programs. The company is extending its long tradition of corporate responsibility into the procurement arena, by partnering with diverse suppliers, investing in energy efficient supplies and sourcing nutritious ingredients.

Microsoft's corporate responsibility commitment includes its vendor and supplier selection process, reflecting Microsoft's core values of diversity, fair business practices, and good stewardship of the environment. The company has launched incentive programs to encourage employees to buy energy efficient vehicles, created green buildings and is using solar power systems to power office buildings. Today, more than 11,000 workers commute to the Redmond, Washington campus via some ‘green' method such as mass transit, bike or car pool.

During his presentation, Dan Bross, Microsoft's senior director of Corporate Citizenship said, "Microsoft believes technology can make significant contributions to environmental sustainability. We work with customers, partners, governmental and non-governmental organizations to build solutions that enable consumers, businesses and governments to reduce their environmental footprint."

"Procuri is proud to be behind some of the most progressive organizations that are proving the win-win from socially and environmentally responsible business and supply practices," said Tim Minahan, senior vice president of marketing for Procuri. "Our customers are implementing procurement and supply chain strategies that are both good for the world and good for business."

About the Kellogg Company
With 2006 sales of almost $11B, Kellogg Company is the world's leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit snacks, frozen waffles, and veggie foods. The company's brands include Kellogg's, Keebler, Pop-Tarts, Eggo, Cheez-It, Nutri-Grain, Special K, Rice Krispies, Murray, Austin, Morningstar Farms, Famous Amos, Carr's, Plantation, Ready Crust and Kashi. Kellogg products are manufactured in 17 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information, visit the Kellogg's Web site at www.kelloggcompany.com.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

About Procuri Inc.
Procuri leads the On Demand Supply Management industry with more than 350 customers of all sizes, industries, geographies and spend categories. Customers include Eastman Kodak, ITT Industries, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Newell Rubbermaid, Sun Microsystems and Toyota Motor Sales. Procuri's On Demand solutions for spend analysis, supplier management, strategic sourcing, contract management and compliance are comprehensive, cost effective and instantly available. For more information, call 1-877-360-1600 or visit www.procuri.com

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