Business and Environment Series: Owen - Embedded Sustainability at Herman Miller

Embedded Sustainability May 2012 Thaddeus Owen

We Make Office Furniture

Design Yard, Holland, MI

Building a Better World Around You

LEED Building #1

Sustainable DesignSection Title

2020 Goals

1953

Organization-wide Sustainability

Bees?

On-site Gardens

Renewable Energy Use

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

RegularRenewable

Steel

Recycled Aluminum

Polypropylene

Polyethylene

Polyester

Nylon 6

Aluminum

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint

Impacts of the Materials We Use

Environmental OpportunitiesE

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-Dealers

Employees

Difficulty to Influence Behavior

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Herman Miller

Suppliers

Customers(Only HMI Furniture)

Total Customer Impacts(Includes more than furniture)