June 2014

environmental metrics reporting

Measuring past purchases against the

rigor of recognized and respected

certifications in sustainability is an

effective way to understand the current

environmental performance of the

products you purchase from Steelcase.

This Environmental Metrics Report

includes data on your product mix against

dimensions of potential contributions to

LEED, indoor air quality, BIFMA level

certification and Cradle to Cradle

certification. As well, we’ve included

aggregate recycled content data.

We look forward to our discussion.

• environmental goals and initiatives

• your environmental metrics report

• Steelcase sustainability report

agenda

intent

environmental goals and initiatives

your goals

• Reduce energy consumption and

associated carbon emissions

• Reduce waste to landfill

• Increase energy efficiency

• Mobilize employees around corporate

sustainability goals

• Establish metrics for green procurement

achieving your environmental goals

our customers ask us for…

A multi-faceted approach to sustainable product design and manufacturing

• Science and metrics based foundation

• Materials Chemistry

• Lifecycle Assessment

• Reduce / Reuse

Measures they can understand and trust

• SCS Indoor Advantage for indoor air quality

• BIFMA level certification

• Cradle to Cradle

• FSC certification for sustainable wood

Opportunities to help them earn LEED credits

• Innovation in Design Credits

• Sustainable education

• Ergonomics strategy

• Cradle to Cradle certification

• Low emitting materials – systems furniture

• Product Environmental Profiles

• Recycled content

steelcase environmental goals and initiatives

what is it?

Developed by the US Green Building Council, LEED

is intended to provide building owners and operators

a concise framework for measurable green building

design, construction, operations, and maintenance

solutions.

why is this relevant to you?

• LEED certification offers a way to demonstrate your

commitment green building

• Steelcase can potentially help you with your green

building goals in the following ways:

• recycled content

• regional materials

• rapidly renewable materials

• certified wood

• low-emitting materials

• daylight and views

• sustainable purchasing

• innovation credits

LEED building certification contributions

what is it?

We pursue industry-independent, third-party testing

and indoor air quality certification for many of our

products and materials through the Scientific

Certification Systems' Indoor Advantage™ program:

• Demonstrates compliance to ANSI/BIFMA

criteria for low-emitting furniture

• Indoor Advantage Gold certification also

demonstrates compliance to California 01350,

ASHRAE 189.1, and CHPS Collaborative for

High Performance Schools Criteria for furniture.

why is this relevant to you?

• People spend as much as 90% of their time indoors,

either at home, work, or school. SCS Certified

furniture can help limit the amount of VOCs and

other pollutants going into the air around you.

• SCS Indoor Advantage Certified furniture may

contribute towards points needed for the U.S. Green

Building Council's LEED certification

indoor air quality

level

what is it?

The BIFMA e3 sustainability standard was

developed specifically for the contract furniture

industry. It is a point-based system that spans

social responsibility, energy use, materials

selection, and human and ecosystem health

impacts. Manufacturers earn points in these

categories, and can certify their products at

three different levels.

why is this relevant to you?

• This certification allows for an apples to

apples comparison of products across the

furniture industry.

• The objective is to provide a measurable

market-based definitions of progressively

more sustainable furniture.

BIFMA level certification

what is it?

The Cradle to Cradle Certified program is a

multi-attribute eco-label that assesses a

product’s impact on humans and the

environment and evaluates its design for future

life cycles.

We offer more Cradle to Cradle Certified

products than any other company in any

industry globally.

why is this relevant to you?

• Cradle to Cradle certification is internationally

recognized across all industries.

• The program provides guidelines to help

businesses implement the Cradle to Cradle

framework, which focuses on using materials

evaluated for environmental and human health

and components that can be disassembled

and recycled as technical nutrients or

composted as biological nutrients

cradle to cradle

recycled content

The portion of a product that is made from materials that are diverted from the waste stream.

There are two types of recycled content:

Pre-Consumer: Materials that have not fulfilled a life in a product. This can be materials

that are leftover in the manufacturing process that are diverted from the waste stream

(i.e., recycling leftover trimmings from a fabric mill).

Post-Consumer: Materials / products that have served their purpose to consumers and

are ‘waste’ to the end-user. These materials are to be repurposed or reprocessed to

become a part in a new product. (i.e., steel that was recovered from a Think Chair at

the end of its life).

recyclable content

The potential % or portion of the product that can be disassembled / broken down and

reprocessed to avoid sending it to landfill or incineration.

recycled and recyclable content

your environmental metrics report

Total Weight: 384,000 lbs.

Recycled Content: 167,000 lbs.

Total Pre-Consumer Recycled Content: 104,000 lbs.

Total Post-Consumer Recycled Content: 63,000 lbs.

Total Waste Diverted from Landfill: 277,000 lbs.

Total Recycled Steel: 89,000 lbs.

Total Recycled Particle Board: 76,000 lbs.

of the Steelcase

product purchased

contributes to LEED

Projects 100%

of the Steelcase

product purchased

holds BIFMA level

Certification

100%

100%

date range 12-1-2011 to 11-30-2012

summary data

of the Steelcase

products purchased

have achieved

Cradle to Cradle

Certification 99%

of the Steelcase

product purchased

achieved Indoor Air

Quality Certification

Products

Quantity Contributes to

LEED Projects

SCS Indoor

Advantage™ Certified

IAQ

LEVEL®

Certified

Cradle to

Cradle Certified

Amia seating Task Chair 100 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Answer - BIFMA typical open plan workstation 400 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Cobi 72 Yes Yes Yes No

c-scape open plan BIFMA typical workstation 100 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Elective Elements 6 Private Office BIFMA typical

workstation 50 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Leap Task Seating Commo 130 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Move Seating 200 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Scoop Stool 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Think plastic base 400 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Universal Storage - Lateral File, Proud Steel

Front 200 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Universal Storage - Wardrobe Cabinet 52in 100 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Total 100% 100% 100% 99%

date range 12-1-2011 to 11-30-2012

product mix detail certifications

date range 12-1-2011 to 11-30-2012

product mix detail recycled content

Products: Quantity Recycled

Content

(lbs)

Total Pre-Consumer

Recycled Content

(lbs)

Total Post-Consumer

Recycled Content (lbs)

Total Waste Diverted

from Landfill (lbs)

Amia seating Task Chair 100 1,209 444.00 764.00 5,036.94

Answer - BIFMA typical open plan

workstation 400 83,624 53,592.00 30,032.00 125,864.25

Cobi 72 312 104.40 207.36 1,667.58

c-scape open plan BIFMA typical workstation 100 23,521 10,170.00 13,351.00 55,345.85

Elective Elements 6 Private Office BIFMA

typical workstation 50 32,634 31,945.50 688.50 3,364.14

Leap Task Seating Commo

130 1,131 335.40 795.60 5,343.09

Move Seating

200 682 200.00 480.00 2,772.00

Scoop Stool

20 112 32.80 78.80 417.23

Think plastic base

400 3,000 964.00 2,036.00 14,080.35

Universal Storage - Lateral File, Proud Steel

Front

200 16,844 4,954.00 11,890.00 50,600.16

Universal Storage - Wardrobe Cabinet 52in

100 4,124 1,213.00 2,911.00 12,130.04

Total 167,192 103,955 63,234 276,622

Based on our review of the environmental metrics of your current product mix, we

would suggest the following opportunities and next steps:

1. Share environmental successes with your stakeholders using these metrics:

include communications and employees

2. Discuss opportunities for real estate optimization while supporting new ways of

working

3. Link environmental goals to wellness initiatives

opportunities and next steps

product mix

Amia

Answer

cobi

c:scape

Leap

Move

Scoop

Think

Elective

Elements 6

Universal

Storage

Helping [Insert costumer

name] help our planet:

The number of Leap* chairs

purchased by [insert customer

name] since [year] represent

[number] lbs of recycled

content. Thanks to the chair’s

high recyclability (98%), we can

potentially divert [number] lbs

of waste from the landfill.

*Leap Aluminum base and plastic base chairs

Leap

• Leap is up to 98% recyclable by weight.

• Leap manufacturing uses powder-coated paints, water-based adhesives

and VOC-free manufacturing processes.

• The cushioning in the back upholstery is made from 50% post-consumer

PET (for example, recycled plastic soda and water bottles) and is 100%

recyclable.

• To reduce packaging waste, the Leap chair is blanket wrapped (not boxed)

for domestic shipment. And throughout the manufacturing process, our

suppliers use reusable parts containers to further reduce waste.

• Through implementing leaner manufacturing processes, we were able to

reduce the amount of manufacturing space used to produce Leap by 74%,

resulting in a significant reduction in the amount of energy used in

production.

• The Leap chair is designed for a long life. To ensure that happens, back

cushions, seat assembly, arms, and lumbar support can be added,

changed, or replaced at any time.

• Leap is SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certified for indoor air quality. The

program tests and certifies products for compliance with USGBC LEED

EQ4.5 (furniture and seating).

product facts

Answer

• MBDC Silver Cradle to Cradle™ certified. This is the first C2C certification

for an entire powered workstation in the contract furniture industry. The

Cradle to Cradle Product Certification places a major emphasis on the

human and ecological health impacts of a material's ingredients, and

focuses on the ability to recycle or safely compost that material. In addition

to stringent material criteria, which includes prohibiting the use of PVC,

companies seeking this certification are required to meet strict criteria for

social fairness and corporate practices and ethics.

• level™ 2 certified to the BIFMA e3 sustainability standard. (The level 2

certification excludes wood skin panels and wood trim panels. Exclusions

are level™ 1 certified to the BIFMA e3 sustainability standard.) According to

BIFMA, the level™ conformance mark ensures a comprehensive,

independent and impartial assessment of the environmental and social

impacts of a product’s manufacture. level makes it easy to identify products

that have been evaluated against a consensus-based, multi-attribute

sustainability standard.

• SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold certified for indoor air quality and may

contribute to LEED® certification for its reusability and recyclable content.

Steelcase has LEED-accredited professionals that can help with your LEED

applications.

• Answer's open-core construction means panel components are easily taken

apart and recycled

• Answer wiring is PVC and halogen free as well as RoHS compliant.

product facts

steelcase sustainability report

sustainability commitment

In 2006, we pledged to reduce our global environmental footprint by 25

percent by 2012. Reducing our environmental footprint globally means

keeping careful watch on our greenhouse gas emissions, water

consumption, energy use, and waste.

Since the goal reset in 2006, the company has reduced its greenhouse gas

emissions by 37 percent, its water consumption by 54 percent and VOC

emissions by 53 percent, and its waste by 23 percent.

Since Steelcase began tracking these metrics in 2001, the company’s

cumulative reduction has been 58 percent, 75 percent, 95 percent and 71

percent, respectively.

key metrics

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