Healthy earth
Steelcase is committed to creating beneficial to human beings and the world products.Our products and business always around for climate change mitigation targets, and the company all links in the value chain will adopt sustainable practices to further carry out this target.
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Climate change,
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Steelcase is committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in product manufacturing.
We have in the carbon target of the global temperature 1.5 ℃, the certification of the initiative and science.
We have set up a carbon theme within the core team, including administrative oversight committee to promote and monitor our process on climate commitment targets.
We promote the main supplier on their target based on science.
The target
Achieve absolute reduction in 2030
Will be our own business in absolute emissions reduced by 50%.1, 2
Will be a 14% reduction in emissions of waste generated in our business3, accounting for about 20% of the world's waste emissions total tonnage.
Will be in our business travel emissions by 14%.3
The water resources as a precious commodity
By 2030, the water balance analysis of process water, and consider factory of water cycle in water stress region.
By 2030, improving the utilization ratio of water to reduce the global water consumption management and continue to control emissions of wastewater quality.
Keep carbon neutral
Continue to buy renewable energy, and our global total power consumption is quite completely.2
Carbon offsetting projects such as investment such as reforestation, keep our carbon neutral status in the business directly.1
Encourage suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
With 80% of the supplier (based on emissions) cooperation, help them before 2025 on the basis of scientific targets should be chosen.
Buy the same amount of renewable energy
Steelcase for the company in the global electricity consumption for the renewable energy, fossil fuels used by companies in the world to buy certified carbon offset, to maintain direct operation of carbon neutral.
Reduce 959 tons of carbon dioxide emissions
Steelcase will be located in grand rapids, Michigan, wood products factory in the combustion control system of air processor set, thus through the use of natural gas to 959 tons of co2 emissions
Supplier education series
Steelcase issued is composed of six major parts of education courses, covering greenhouse gas accounting and reporting, based on the science of goal setting and plan to reduce emissions.
Emissions report template
This template is designed to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we push supplier gradually integrated into our global supplier scorecard.
Circular economy and product end use
methods
Steelcase is dedicated to the design, material selection of the terminal in use process, continuously improve product sustainability, transparency, and optimization, to promote circular economy and to reduce waste.
Steelcase to provide the most perfect extended warranty services to consumers, and the design, manufacture and sales of durable products.
Steelcase is establishing a mutual cooperation with partners and dealers in the ecosystem, and recycled through reuse, contributions to support sustainable asset recovery, to extend the product life cycle effectively, and then sent to a landfill.
We are turning to focus on the responsible management of raw materials, and through the decrease in their business and to prevent the generation of waste residue to reduce total waste.We focus on reducing the use of disposable plastic, and in the whole packaging process to increase the use of recycled material.
The target
Help customers to participate in the circular economy
Since 2023, the help is willing to clients docking terminal service provider network, get retired products to use.
For electronic products provide services according to the division of the recovery and recycling of user support.
Eliminate disposable materials
Steelcase cross-sectoral cooperation, the use of more environmentally friendly materials, and try to eliminate all 2030 years ago the disposable plastic products packaging.
Company is also committed to at the same time, as far as possible to achieve all of disposable packaging use 100% of the target of renewable materials.
The U.S. department of energy (doe) 2021 annual award for best practices
Steelcase for launch was praised the "Hack Pack" plan, the plan aims to minimize the use of packaging materials and improve all recyclable packaging.This award recognizes the great performance in the innovative energy management practice partners.
Use recyclable materials
Steelcase in paper packaging used as much as 50% of recycled materials, used in the plastic packaging as much as 40% of the recycled material.
Added a new 2120 tons of furniture
FY21 by reusing and recycling use from landfill recycle remakes the tonnage of office furniture
Sustainable product design
methods
Steelcase sustainable design framework to ensure that when we design the product fully consider the life cycle thinking and from cradle to cradle principles:
- Raw material purchasing responsible.
- Minimize global warming and other life cycle effects
- Ensure that raw materials for health
- To ensure that the terminal strategy is feasible
Steelcase USES the most advanced tools and treaties, including the life cycle assessment (LCA) and chemical hazard and exposure assessment method, to assess the company's products all the influence under the background of recycle economy.We reviewed all the products material, to find, to reduce and eliminate consumer worries about chemicals4.Discharge of products shall be carried out in accordance with the best indoor air quality standards for testing and accept the third party certification.Product design and installation of all ensure compliance with environmental sustainability and the third party certification of compliance.
The target
Designed for circular economy
By 2023, will be Steelcase all the new products into the Steelcase sustainable design framework.
More than 75 certification
Since 2004, Steelcase products have "life cycle assessment (LCA)" and "environmental product declaration" (EPD) certification.At present, our products gain from LCAs and EPDs 24 items of certification.
140 kinds of products
Mindful Materials listed in the Library of products, to help consumers make earnest, sensible products.
More than 90%
On average, Steelcase of products introduced in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 90% of the wood have been PEFC and FSC certification.Steelcase dongguan factory for products made of wood, there are more than 90% of the purchasing to get FSC certified suppliers.
Product and material certification
- BIFMA level ®
- Blauer Engel
- China Environmental Label
- E1
- The EU Ecolabel (European Flower)
- FEMB Level
- NF Environnement
- Green Tick
- Oeko Tex ®
- SCS Indoor Advantage ™
Facility certification
- FSC ® Chain of Custody
- The PEFC ™
- ISO 14001-89% of Steelcase obtained ISO 14001 certified manufacturing facilities.
- ISO 9001 - on a global scale, Steelcase manufacturing, distribution and administrative facilities 100% obtained ISO 9001 certification.
- OHSAS 18001 - Steelcase manufacturing facilities in France and Germany won the OHSAS 18001 certification.
- EMAS III - Steelcase manufacturing facilities in Germany and the Czech republic won the EMAS III certification.
Production situation
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Consumer's health and happiness
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Steelcase committed to the health and safety of consumers first, leading the development of furniture industry.We keep a transparent on health and material chemical composition, so that consumers trust to us, and through to product certification to reflect our sustainability commitment.
Steelcase all products in the design and test is always to safety first, to ensure that they conform to the applicable specifications, industry standards and internal performance and other requirements.Products through the internal audit of the company and accept consulting companies and independent third party censors detection.
Steelcase to handle customer questions and complaints and established a perfect customer service system, and supports online and telephone channel.
Global alarm management system (AMS) to convey information about product safety and quality issues.
For in the process of the development of products, Steelcase through "design failure mode effect analysis (DFMEA)" and "failure mode and effect analysis (PFMEA) a program" risk evaluation and mitigation plan, to reduce the possible design problems affecting the safety of consumers.
The target
Reflect our commitment to health materials
Constantly improve our health and material chemical composition in the product in terms of transparency.
In 2023 to establish leading position in terms of product certification.
Promised 90% Steelcase brand products (according to the sales have BIFMA level 3 certification.
+ 89%
Steelcase factory ISO 14001 certification
No health or material safety issues
2020, Steelcase didn't happen any violation of the relevant product or service (such as health and safety impacts) rules and regulations or voluntary code of conduct of the material problem.
More than 75 certification
Since 2004, Steelcase products have "life cycle assessment (LCA)" and "environmental product declaration" (EPD) certification.At present, our products gain from LCAs and EPDs 24 items of certification.
1 scope 1 emissions.Scope 1 emissions refers to own and control activities caused by the direct emissions, took place in the consumption and emissions process.Example: for Steelcase industrial buildings and large office heating gas, diesel generator consumption, business use of jet fuel, etc.
Scope 2 emissions.Scope 2 emissions is refers to the power used in their own and control activities and the indirect emissions, but the discharge process in power site.Example: power and is used to support Steelcase has its own power plant production and operation of the fixed assets in related manufacturing equipment, lighting and other requirements of the power supply.
3 scope 3 emissions.Scope 3 emissions including support for the company related activities of all other indirect emissions, the source of emissions is not Steelcase all or controlled.Example: buy products and services, business travel and employees commuting, transportation, production waste, etc.
4 sustainability by legal compliance, product certification, customer expectations and emerging science and technology, etc.
