• Occupational health & safety management systems in all our facilities
• No exposure to hazardous chemicals in work environments
• Solutions for maintaining a healthy work-life balance
• Product portfolio to enable good health & well-being for our customers
• Safe products for our customers
• Sustainable material and chemical management

By creating vitalising workspaces, we contribute to healthy work environments. Our products are made with safe materials and without hazardous chemicals. We believe that all work environments, including production facilities, should support people in working in a productive, healthy and safe way.

• Gender representation across teams and in company leadership
• Diverse hiring practices with equal pay for equal work
• Create a safe and inclusive culture for all 
• Equal opportunities in our company

Promote gender equality by offering equal opportunities, diverse hiring practices and equal pay for equal work. We foster a safe, inclusive culture and encourage diverse gender representation across all teams and leadership levels.

• Promote inclusive production by employing diverse and inclusive teams
• Ensure proper working conditions with equal pay in our value chain
• End modern slavery, trafficking and child labour in our value chain
• Safeguard labour rights and safe working environments in our value chain
• Awareness on ethical business conduct by employees
• Long-term relationships with local and social entrepreneurs
• Perform continuous supplier due diligence to be ensured of social and environmentally responsible value chain.
• Promote responsible and durable supplier relationships

By performing continuous supplier due diligence and promoting sustainable, inclusive and sustainable economic growth through policies and business conduct, we strive towards socially responsible, full and productive employment and proper working conditions for all.

• Environmental management systems in all our facilities
• Water management to reduce water consumption and treat waste water to improve the water quality and facilitate safe reuse
• Energy management to reduce energy consumption, produce renewable energy and purchase local, renewable energy sources
• Material management to reduce use of natural resources
• Product lifecycle management to design products with circular design properties and facilitate product takeback solutions to facilitate optimal use of our designs

Through sustainable production processes we minimise our negative environmental impact or even contribute to the environment. Our circular business model reduces the use of natural resources. Production process innovation enables us to reduce energy consumption and production waste while implementing sustainable technologies. Product and material innovation are key to reducing the use of natural resources and making optimal use of our products.

Our goal is to stimulate conscious consumption by taking the next step in our circular business model and, by doing so, avoiding overconsumption through our circular services and orchestrating function to extend furniture lifecycles. This will lead to reducing material consumption and safely cycling materials by sourcing materials from sustainable sources with trusted ingredients.

• Net zero emissions defined in a Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) commitment by 2050
• Transition towards a circular business model to detach our financial results from raw material consumption
• Integrate climate action into our corporate strategy
• Knowledge sharing within our value chain about our circular strategy and how this can positively impact the climate

Those in our value chain take climate action to reduce our joint footprint on the planet. This is realised by providing our clients with sustainable and circular products and services to lower the environmental footprint of their real estate. In addition, we challenge our suppliers and other partners to take climate action by implementing sustainable business practices and ensure climate adaptability. 

• Avoid excessive water use in dry regions, both in our own operations and across our upstream value chain. 
• Source wood exclusively from sustainable sources to prevent deforestation.
• Raise awareness of biodiversity impacts within our upstream value chain and take action to prevent loss of biodiversity.
• Invest in reforestation and forest management projects as part of our climate transition plan.

Committed to protecting life on land by sourcing sustainable wood to prevent deforestation and invest in sustainable forestry and biodiversity as part of our climate transition plan.

• Raise awareness of material sustainability issues across our value chain.
• Collaborate with suppliers worldwide to improve sustainable business practices.
• Invest in strategic partnerships with suppliers to create meaningful, lasting positive impact.
• Support capacity building in our operating countries to drive higher sustainability standards across the globe. 

Through collaboration and awareness, we build strategic partnerships for a meaningful and lasting sustainable impact across our value chain.