Steelcase宣布到2030年碳中立性和目标为碳负

Carbon reductions targeted across company operations to align with ambitious climate science goals

大急流城，2020年8月25日 – Today, Steelcase announced it has achieved carbon neutrality for its own operations. The company also announced new 2030 goals that have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. Building upon this momentum, Steelcase has established a goal to become carbon negative by 2030.

在2020年，Steelcase报告说，在过去十年中，温室气体排放量的降低了30％以上。气候变化的紧迫性启发了该公司通过购买碳补偿的现有可再生能源承诺扩大其现有的可再生能源承诺。尽管Steelcase能够通过去除尽可能多的碳来达到其自身运营的碳中性（净零），但该公司承认真正的气候行动意味着根据科学减少排放量。与其可持续性的遗产一致，Steelcase现在正在进一步采取承诺，并通过明显地减少了与气候科学一致的目标，到2030年的目标是在2030年成为碳负面的。

What does Steelcase plan to do to achieve its carbon goals by 2030?

Over the next decade, the company will focus on ambitiously reducing emissions at a rate needed to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. By 2030, becoming carbon negative, also referred to as climate positive, means Steelcase would remove more carbon than it emits, through a combination of absolute reductions and investing in renewable energy. Additional actions are expected to include financing carbon offset initiatives and support for external emission reductions with social benefits.

为了促进低碳经济，Steelcase设定了基于科学的目标，该目标与1.5°C CLAMITE SECARIO保持一致。这意味着该公司预计到2030年将其自身运营中的绝对排放量减少50％，并从业务中产生的商务旅行和废物减少了间接排放。由于其大多数排放量被认为是间接或范围3排放，因此Steelcase计划与供应商互动，以在2025年之前设定自己的基于科学的目标。巴黎协定。

Steelcase总裁兼首席执行官Jim Keane说：“ Steelcase很荣幸能带领我们的行业解决这个关键的全球问题。”“我们继续看到气候变化的破坏性影响，这种变化触及了世界各地社区中人们的生活，并很高兴立即朝着正确的方向采取步骤。”

Over the next decade, Steelcase plans to apply the following principles to execute its strategy:

  • 优先考虑通过一系列方法的绝对减少排放，包括：
    • invest in energy efficiency opportunities identified through a series of audits performed at its top emitting facilities
    • 通过可用的主要市场中的直接可再生能源供应来补充能源效率项目
    • explore onsite renewable energy and reduce emissions associated with business travel, its supply chain, logistics and waste generated in operations
  • Advocate for climate and energy policy
  • Empower its employees and suppliers to champion the effort of transitioning to a low carbon economy

该公司计划在未来的Steelcase Impact报告中发布其进度。预计将从今年开始的第三方验证排放量。

建立基础以促进持久变化

该公告通过为其客户，员工，股东，合作伙伴，社区和环境带来持久价值，强调了该公司对可持续性的持续承诺。通过创新的产品和解决方案，Steelcase致力于释放人类的诺言，并促进强大而有弹性的社区的发展。

Steelcase希望通过更少的使用，更多地保存，提供更多负责任的材料并更加可持续发展，以保持积极的遗产并支持再生经济。

有关此计划或在Steelcase的可持续性的更多信息，请访问可持续性页面在Steelcase.com上。

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关于SteelcaseInc.
For over 108 years, Steelcase Inc. has helped create great experiences for the world’s leading organizations, across industries. We demonstrate this through our family of brands – including Steelcase®, Coalesse®, Designtex®, Turnstone®, Smith System®, Orangebox® and AMQ®. Together, they offer a comprehensive portfolio of architecture, furniture and technology products and services designed to unlock human promise and support social, economic, and environmental sustainability. We are globally accessible through a network of channels, including over 800 Steelcase dealer locations. Steelcase is a global, industry-leading, and publicly traded company with fiscal 2020 revenue of $3.7 billion.