As designers and makers of products, we are acutely aware that our work has an impact on the planet and are taking science-based actions to help build a more sustainable future.
Our choices focus on three significant areas of impact:
Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
We are working toward a net-zero future, meeting more ambitious climate goals at a greater global scale than anyone in our industry.
Design for Circularity
We implement reuse, repair, recycling and remanufacturing strategies across our product design and delivery process.
Choose and Use Materials Responsibly
We choose and use materials responsibly by sourcing and selecting materials that are healthier for people and the planet, and managing resources such as water and energy wisely.
Designing for Product Sustainability
As designers and makers of products, we are acutely aware that our work has an impact on the planet and are taking science-based actions to help build a more sustainable future.
See how Steelcase designs products for sustainability.
Products for a Better Planet
Steelcase Karman
A lighter impact on the planet, Steelcase Karman uses less materials and the least number of components necessary. Weighing only 29 pounds, it’s one of the lightest work chairs in the industry.
Think
Designed with fewer parts for quick and easy disassembly, Think can be taken apart in just five minutes for recycling.
Steelcase Flex Perch Stool
Steelcase Flex Perch is the first furniture product to use a sustainable innovation called CcycledTM that transforms recycled content from electronics production waste into a like-new raw material, which is also 100% recyclable.
Viccarbe Funda
The Funda collection is made to last — designed with metal structures and a replaceable upholstered seat to extend their lifecycle indefinitely. Both Funda’s metal and fabric can be recycled independently.
Coalesse Less than Five
A first of its kind using lightweight carbon fiber in workplace furniture, the LessThanFive® chair weighs under five pounds, resulting in less fuel being used during transportation, lowering carbon emissions and promoting a more environmentally friendly supply chain.
Ocular
Ocular is our most recent product with a Red List Approved Declare label, making it one of 16 Steelcase products with this rigorous certification that discloses materials transparency.
CarbonNeutral® Collection
CarbonNeutral® Product Certification Supports
RENEWABLE ENERGY
This project advances innovation, infrastructure and the adoption of clean, affordable energy around the world.
GRASSLAND RESTORATION
The project restores 160,000 hectares of degraded grasslands in the Yangtze plateau by seeding three native grass species. It enhances biodiversity in a Key Biodiversity Area, home to endangered species like the steppe eagle, saker falcon, and alpine musk deer.
EFFICIENT COOKSTOVES
Makes cleaner, locally manufactured cookstoves for families in rural Kenya.
ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION
Supports electric rail systems that reduce emissions and provide safe, efficient, cost-effective transportation in India with significant population and pollution-related deaths.
