Steelcase

Sustainability is one of today's fundamental business challenges – and our inspiration. Everyday our team works to create maximum value from our available assets and be catalysts for good. We know we are on a journey. Along the way, it is our responsibility to care for our planet and its people. As we continue to study, learn and share insights, our commitments and accountabilities continue to grow in measurable and meaningful ways.

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Innovation & Technology Circular Economy

The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People’s Needs, Expectations in the Office

Published on June 30, 2021

About a 4 minute read

The ongoing pandemic has changed fundamental patterns in our lives, accelerating existing trends and revealing new unmet needs. Since the onset of COVID, Steelcase has conducted ongoing research to help organizations understand its impact on their pe... View More

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Organizational Governance

Shaw Recognizes More Organizations Putting People at the Heart of Sustainability

Published on March 15, 2021

About a 4 minute read

The nine organizations selected for this year’s sustain[HUMAN]ability® Leadership Recognition Program have displayed tremendous effort and progress to support the wellbeing of people and the planet amid the unprecedented challenges of 2020. ... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

Steelcase Draws Sustainability Inspiration from an Unlikely Source: The Healthcare Industry

Published on May 31, 2018

About a 8 minute read

Questions — and asking the right ones — are at the heart of Patricia Wang’s role as design researcher in WorkSpace Futures for Steelcase Inc. These days, the biggest question Wang faces is just as complicated and ambiguous as it is important: H... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

2018 Circulars Nominate 43 Changemakers Paving the Path to a Circular Future

Published on December 13, 2017

About a 11 minute read

2017 was a big year for the circular economy, with innovative new products, initiatives and tech tools popping up almost daily, and making it easier than every for corporates and consumers alike to engage in circularity. An initiative of the World Ec... View More

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Community Updates

Sustainable Brands Corporate Members Named Among Top 50 Community-Minded Companies

Published on June 22, 2017

About a 1 minute read

The Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light, recognizes the 50 most community-minded companies in the nation each year. Civic 50 companies are putting communities at the center of change to create more enduring and sustainable business models. The... View More

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New Metrics

Investors Urge 100 Companies to Make Good on Science-Based Targets Commitments

Published on December 14, 2016

About a 4 minute read

Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) announced today that they have sent letters to over 100 publicly held companies – including Adobe, Boeing, International Flavors & Fragrances, Keurig Green Mountain, Motorola, ... View More

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Circular Economy Circular Economy

The Circuitous Road to a Circular Economy: Brand Failures, Triumphs and Lessons Learned

Published on October 4, 2016

About a 5 minute read

Discussions on the circular economy always trigger great interest, even on the final afternoon of the action-packed SB’16 Copenhagen conference, judging from the enthusiastically packed room at this breakout on circular business models. ... View More

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Community Updates

SB Corporate Members amongst the Most Community-Minded Companies on 2016 Civic 50 List

Published on June 28, 2016

About a 5 minute read

America’s largest corporations are increasingly turning good intentions into sound business practices. That’s the promising bottom-line from an analysis of the 2016 Civic 50, the annual Points of Light initiative that recognizes and honors the 50... View More

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Innovation & Technology Innovation & Technology

Thinking Outside the Room: Catalyzing and Speeding Up Purpose-Driven Innovation

Published on June 9, 2016

About a 3 minute read

The San Diego breeze rustles the palm fronds above the Mission Bay Patio - it's nice to be in an outdoor presentation space enjoying the Southern California climate. The topic for the afternoon is innovation, and the panel brings a good range of pers... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

Trending: Levi Strauss, MIT Partnerships Advancing Textile Innovations

Published on April 8, 2016

About a 1 minute read

As Levi’s VP of Social and Environmental Sustainability, Michael Kobori, said last year in a blog post, along with a long-standing partnership with Goodwill to divert clothing from landfill and take-back programs for apparel for recycling into ever... View More

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New Metrics

Industry-Led Roundtable for Product Social Metrics Expanding Into Multi-Stakeholder Group

Published on January 18, 2016

About a 3 minute read

The Roundtable for Product Social Metrics — a coalition of multinational consumer product companies aimed at developing a comprehensive, consistent methodology for businesses to measure the social impacts of products, launched in 2013 — announced... View More

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Innovation & Technology

Climate Week: Climate Neutral Now, RE100 Initiatives Recruit Fortune 500 Companies

Published on September 22, 2015

About a 5 minute read

Two initiatives for reducing businesses’ impacts on the environment have attracted globally recognized brands this week at Climate Week NYC.On Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) announced a new initiative to help businesses and individuals reduce the... View More

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New Metrics

From Theory to Practice: Phase 3 of the Roundtable for Product Social Metrics

Published on June 26, 2015

About a 3 minute read

Back in 2013, PRé and seven frontrunner companies developed a vision to create a standardised and trusted methodology to assess the social impacts of products. Creating such a methodology together would avoid the drawbacks of each company developing... View More

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New Metrics

Industry Leaders Weigh In on Methodology for Measuring Products' Social Impacts

Published on February 4, 2015

About a 6 minute read

In September, a Roundtable of companies comprised of Ahold, AkzoNobel, BASF, BMW Group, Goodyear, L’Oréal, Marks & Spencer, Philips, RB, Steelcase, DSM and PRé Sustainability published a handbook on how to conduct a Product Social Impact Asse... View More

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New Metrics

#NewMetrics '14 Panel Dives Into #SocialFootprint Approach for Ensuring Product Sustainability

Published on September 26, 2014

About a 3 minute read

Thursday, the second afternoon at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’14 conference, featured a follow-up deep dive session into the topic of one of the morning’s well-received plenary presentations — how to quantify a product’s “social foot... View More

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Blog

10 Firsts Coming Up at #NewMetrics '14

Published on September 12, 2014

About a 7 minute read

As we get closer to my personal favorite among the growing list of Sustainable Brands events — New Metrics, this year in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management — I am finding it hard not to engage complete strangers on the street i... View More

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New Metrics

12 Industry Leaders Unveil Methodology for Assessing Social Impacts of Products

Published on August 30, 2014

About a 3 minute read

A group of companies united in the Roundtable for Product Social Metrics today announces the publication of the Handbook for Product Social Impact Assessment, a practical tool for assessing a product’s social impacts throughout its life cycle. The ... View More

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Blog

5 More Reasons Every Business Should Care About New Metrics

Published on August 18, 2014

About a 5 minute read

If you are a regular or even semi-regular reader of Sustainable Brands’ digital content, you are likely familiar with our New Metrics (#NewMetrics) events and publications. In case you are new to this topic, the frame around it is fairly straightfo... View More

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New Metrics

Measuring the Social Footprint of Products — Why Bother?

Published on May 9, 2014

About a 5 minute read

For over 20 years, PRé has been the metrics solutions partner for first-movers in a variety of industries aiming to create business value from sustainable products. Perhaps best known for their pioneering SimaPRO LCA software, PRé has recently shif... View More

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Products and Design

Aspiring to Improve the World Through a Career in Sustainable Design, Part 2

Published on March 18, 2014

About a 5 minute read

In this three-part mini-series, Core77's Stefanie Koehler shares her experiences in bringing a sustainability focus into her work. Read part one. ... View More

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