Steelcase Inc. is celebrating notable progress of the company’s sustainable performance around the world with the release of its corporate sustainability report of 2016.
Over the past year, Steelcase pursued a number of continuous and coordinated efforts to demonstrate the company’s commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen and partnering with customers, dealers, suppliers and communities to make meaningful change.
Last year, the company made notable progress on its environmental 2020 goals.
It set a record of employee volunteerism and received recognition for its diversity and inclusion programs.
“Our purpose — to unlock human promise — is fundamentally grounded in sustainability,” said Jim Keane, president and chief executive officer of Steelcase.
“We’re pushing ourselves to think differently and I am proud of our successes this year, driven by employees around the world at all levels of the organization.”
Specific highlights from the 2016 report include:
* Progress toward environmental goals: Steelcase remained focused on reducing its global environmental footprint by 25 percent by 2020. This year the company continued driving improvements.
Since the 2010 baseline, Steelcase has reduced:
* VOC emissions by 75 percent
* Water use by nine percent
* Waste output by 44 percent
* Closing the Loop: End-of-use and performance management services saved clients more than $2.3 million through reuse of existing furniture assets and diverted more than 6.4 million pounds of furniture product from landfills through recycling, charitable reuse and resale activities. In Europe, specifically, EcoServices diverted the equivalent of more than eight Olympic-sized swimming pools of office materials from the landfill.
* A new record for volunteering: Steelcase employees around the world volunteered a record total of 38,913 hours — triple last year’s total.
* A golden anniversary: Steelcase celebrated more than 50 years of partnering with the United Way to support and invest in local communities.
* Investing in Community: Steelcase and the Steelcase Foundation together donated more than $5.7 million to charities and organizations focused on human service, health, education, community development, the arts and the environment.
Over the last year, Steelcase’s achievements were recognized by leading organizations.
Over the past year, Steelcase pursued a number of continuous and coordinated efforts to demonstrate the company’s commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen and partnering with customers, dealers, suppliers and communities to make meaningful change.
Last year, the company made notable progress on its environmental 2020 goals.
It set a record of employee volunteerism and received recognition for its diversity and inclusion programs.
“Our purpose — to unlock human promise — is fundamentally grounded in sustainability,” said Jim Keane, president and chief executive officer of Steelcase.
“We’re pushing ourselves to think differently and I am proud of our successes this year, driven by employees around the world at all levels of the organization.”
Specific highlights from the 2016 report include:
* Progress toward environmental goals: Steelcase remained focused on reducing its global environmental footprint by 25 percent by 2020. This year the company continued driving improvements.
Since the 2010 baseline, Steelcase has reduced:
* VOC emissions by 75 percent
* Water use by nine percent
* Waste output by 44 percent
* Closing the Loop: End-of-use and performance management services saved clients more than $2.3 million through reuse of existing furniture assets and diverted more than 6.4 million pounds of furniture product from landfills through recycling, charitable reuse and resale activities. In Europe, specifically, EcoServices diverted the equivalent of more than eight Olympic-sized swimming pools of office materials from the landfill.
* A new record for volunteering: Steelcase employees around the world volunteered a record total of 38,913 hours — triple last year’s total.
* A golden anniversary: Steelcase celebrated more than 50 years of partnering with the United Way to support and invest in local communities.
* Investing in Community: Steelcase and the Steelcase Foundation together donated more than $5.7 million to charities and organizations focused on human service, health, education, community development, the arts and the environment.
Over the last year, Steelcase’s achievements were recognized by leading organizations.
