People. Place. Planet. Product.
Our Impact
As a privately held, family-run company, we can look beyond quarterly results to take a more holistic, long-term approach to our corporate responsibility that encompasses not only the environment around us, but the people within it.
Sustainability is embedded in Teknion’s culture, empowering everyone from our manufacturing employees to our executive leadership. Even in challenging times, we choose to invest in programs and processes that raise the bar and further a holistic approach to sustainability, focusing on people, place, planet and product.
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People
Equity, Diversity + Inclusion
Creating places where people feel equal, valued, included and where they feel that they belong -
Place
Employee + Community Wellbeing
Strengthening all our communities, internally and externally. -
Planet
Manufacturing Footprint + Carbon
Minimizing the impact of our activities on the environment -
Product
Product Materiality + Lifecycle
Ensuring material transparency and minimizing toxicity across our entire product offering while supporting wellbeing throughout its lifecycle
Transparency
Certifications
Teknion is one of 5000+ companies and financial institutions setting Science-based Targets.
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a corporate climate action organization that enables companies and financial institutions worldwide to play their part in combating the climate crisis.
Over the years, Teknion has diligently strived to minimize our environmental footprint. In partnering with SBTi, we are making sure that we are meeting or exceeding our goals. We are excited to share that we have received approval for our “Near-Term Science Based Targets” from SBTi.
These certifications reflect our commitment to People, Place, Planet, Product.
NOTE: Certifications listed below are NAM based.
Please check with your local Teknion rep for region based certifications.
Transparency
Carbon Disclosure
The best way to minimize our carbon footprint is not to create the emissions in the first place.
Manufacturing Initiatives to Reduce Footprint
Green Impact Program
Natural Gas + Electricity Initiatives
Manufacturing Locally for the Market
Packaging
Pallet Program
Material Recovery + Re-use
Reducing Transportation + Textile Waste
Absolute Reductions | from 2010 to 2021, we have saved:
71,405,451 kwh of electricity – enough to power 7,140 homes for a year
8,364,366 m3 of natural gas – enough to heat 4,402 homes for a year
485,775 L of propane – enough to heat 255 homes for a year
Sell | Donate | Recycle
Divert
The Teknion Divert program is a turnkey service that provides the people and expertise to help our customers divert furniture and other assets they no longer need from landfill by providing them with the opportunity to sell, donate, and/or recycle them.
Divert was established to help achieve Teknion’s and our clients’ goal of zero waste. Transparent and traceable, this program ensures our clients garner maximum financial and social benefit with minimum environmental impact to themselves and the communities in which they operate.
We accept a wide range of projects and will take furniture and other assets from any manufacturer, even if you are not buying Teknion moving forward.
We have Diverted…
Transparency
Declare
Teknion uses Declare as a platform to transparently disclose our products’ composition including potential harmful materials as noted on the LBC Red List.
We currently have…
70+ products that are Red List Free
10 Declare labels with 100% ingredient transparency and
100% of all standard powder coat paints that meet the Red List Free Criteria
Diversity | Equity | Inclusion
JUST. Label
Just is a program administered by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). Like ILFI’s Declare ingredient label, it provides a transparent, publishable scorecard of our efforts across six key categories. Measuring how we are doing and where we need to improve, Just provides an additional layer of learning through ILFI, with whom we have a ten-year plus relationship. Just is supported and recognized throughout well-established building standards like LEED and WELL.
Available Credits
LEED Capabilities
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Interior Life Cycle Impact Reduction
Building Product Disclosure and Optimization –Sourcing of Raw Materials
Building Product Disclosure and Optimization –Material Ingredients
Construction and Demolition Waste Management
INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Low Emitting Materials
Daylight & IEQ: Quality Views
ADDITIONAL PILOT CREDITS
Certified Multi-Attribute Products and Materials
Ergonomics Approach for Computer Users
Certification
WELL
20+WELL AP on staff
8 WELL Certified Showrooms
Third Party Consulting
WAP is a team of talented sustainability professionals that provide technical and strategic competencies that help manufacturers, brands, retailers, healthcare, and financial organizations achieve their ESG / sustainability objectives.
Industry Certification
Quality Control
Teknion is proud to be a participant in the iso 9001and iso 14001 programs. It validates our long history of paying strict attention to quality assurance for the benefit of Teknion, our customers and the environment.
