SUSTAINABILITY

We are doing what we can to lesson our footprint on the planet and make sure our company is an excellent place to work.

We believe that quality, sustainability and commercial success are not mutually exclusive - instead they can coexist in a beneficial way.

The products we offer are of a high quality and designed to last with long warranties to back this up. Many are made from a high proportion of recycled material and their components are easily recyclable at the end of the product’s life.

We take away all packaging for recycling when we deliver products and recycle as much as we can within our offices to reduce the waste that goes to landfill.

Our drive for sustainability is not just about protecting our environment though, we also want to make sure we give back to the community and be socially responsible.

We are an official Living Wage employer as we believe all our staff should be paid a salary they can actually live off.

Our staff also choose a charity to support every year and take part in fundraising activities to raise money. For 2023 this is Cancer Research UK, the UK’s leading cancer charity fighting to beat the disease.

OUR KEY SUPPLIERS & THEIR COMMITMENTS

HERMAN MILLER

Herman Miller has committed to the environment with its 2030 Sustainability Goals which will underpin everything the company does. To help improve the health of the plant, the company commits to:

Reduce its carbon footprint from the manufacture of its products and its operations by 50%
Stop using single use plastics and substantially reduce other waste
Use materials that that contain 50% or more recycled content and strive to use materials that are sustainably and responsibly sourced.

All Herman Miller products are designed for durability with 12 year warranties available and can be easily disassembled so the components can be reused, repaired, refurbished or recycled. All Herman Miller facilities use 100% renewable energy and waste products such as wood and fabric are recycled to create new materials.

Herman Miller helped to create NextWave which is a group of companies committed to collecting ocean-bound plastic from rivers and coastal areas, recycling it and using it in products and packaging.

Each year their employees have a paid day off to allow them to vote and volunteer in their local communities.

VITRA

Vitra products are designed to endure so that they remain in use for as long as possible. Selected products have 10 or even 30 year warranties due to their high-quality design and premium materials.

When a product reaches the end of its usable life, the company offers take-back programmes so the products or their components can be repurposed, restored or recycled. By 2030 Vitra has committed to being a net positive company in terms of its ecological footprint and currently its production facilities only use electricity from hydropower and solar power.

Recycled raw materials are used wherever possible such as the RE material which is made from recycled plastic waste collected from German homes.

FLOKK

Flokk is committed to being an environmentally conscious organisation by developing circular products, services and processes that have a minimal impact on the plant.

The company has set ambitious goals for 2030 around the use of energy and materials and aims to achieve these by using more renewable energy and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide produced and energy used during the production of products.

Flokk uses recycled plastic in its products as much as possible and is continually looking to increase this proportion to an average of 60% across all its products.

The company was the first office chair producer to be ISO14001 certified in 1999, the international standard for environmental management.

Flokk’s circular design principals have five criteria with the aim of reducing each product’s impact on climate, resources and health. These are: low weight, few components, the use of recycled or renewable materials, a long life span, and designed for disassembly.

ELITE

Elite Furniture is actively reducing its carbon footprint and impact on the environment with a continuous programme of initiatives.

In the last two years Elite has reduced its diesel emissions by 21%, its gas and electricity usage by 52% and its water usage by 27%. It has also sent zero waste to landfill.

The company's factory in Google was designed to be one of the most sustainable manufacturing facilities in the UK and includes a biomass boiler which uses all the wood off cuts from manufacturing to heat the building.

The site has its own water treatment plant and wind turbine.

As much as possible, sustainable or recycled materials are used to manufacture al products.