Sustainable Development at Teknion

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Sustainable Development at Teknion A Change
Initiative . . . . . Small Moves. Big
Shift Scott Deugo Senior Vice
President Design, Marketing Sustainable
Development
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• Sustainable Development at Teknion
• A change initiative . . . . .small moves, big
  shift

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Teknions Corporate Office - Toronto, Ontario
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• Background . . . . . What caused the need for
  change
• In 2002 we were being asked questions we could
  not answer
• We were seeing a new green standard emerge that
  geographically was getting some attention
• A customer told us that it was about more than
  price/delivery/value

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• What did we do
• Developed our strategy to engage the company by
  creating a large scale organizational shift
  clever/agile/responsive/human
• Pro-active environmental responsibility
• Senior leadership assigned to lead executive
  sponsor (president)
• Charter to set goals and objectives
• Foundation programs to guide behavior change -
  ISO 14001, Greenguard, Eco Logo, LEED

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Purpose Teknion is moving forward focused on
Sustainable Development Development that meets
the needs of the present, without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs. We do this to continue to become a
better company, not just a greener one. Each
year within our Environmental Charter we expand
organizational goals and objectives, which
support the reduction of environmental
impacts. As we grow our organizational culture
with pro-active environmental responsibility, our
commitment is reinforced through the enhanced
relationships with our clients and suppliers.
Through our measured process of continuous
improvement we are encouraged by our results.
However, we remain humble as we develop the
broader organizational understanding that our
efforts are essential to the social, economic and
environmental viability of our world.
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Cross Functional GreenWorks Team Proactive
Environmental Responsibility
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• Foundation Program
• ISO 14001
• ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard
  for an environmental management system (EMS).
• Depth of certification
• Change of culture and behavior
• Used to drive corporate initiatives (corporate
  aspects)
• Energy (Natural Gas and Electricity)
• Waste (Diversion and Reduction)
• Water
• 4.0 million savings and cost avoidance in last
  four years.

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ISO 14001 Powder Coating Process Low
Emissions Reuse of Powder
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Powder Coating is a clean efficient
process General Manager Jeff Stal
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Foundation Program Greenguard Greenguard is an
indoor air quality certification program
established to improve air quality for employees
and customers. The first office furniture
manufacturer in North America to attain
certification for all major product lines.
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Greenguard Water-Based Stains Low
Emissions Healthy Environment
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• Foundation Program
• EcoLogo
• Environment Canadas eco-labeling program
  identifies products and services that are less
  harmful to the environment.
• The standard takes into account
• manufacturing process
• finished product
• environment
• and the health and safety of employees.
• Teknion is the first and only office furniture
  manufacture to have all major product and
  manufacturing facilities in Canada certified.

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ECO Logo TIG Welding Less Particulate
Matter Less Energy Waste
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Our focus on the environment is personal to
me General Manager Joe Almeida
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• Foundation Program
• LEED
• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
  Design) the Green building Councils voluntary
  rating and certification program for developing
  high-performance sustainable green-built
  environments.
• Adopted LEED as a guidance standard for user
  integrity however unsure of where it would go.

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IIDEX / Neocon
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Wetland Studies Solutions - Virginia This
project was truly a partnership. Teknions
understanding of LEED and extensive Greenguard
Certified product portfolio, combined with LEED
AP status, enabled us to work seamlessly with
WSSI to ensure they reached their environmental
goal and LEED Gold!
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customer support/training Sholem Prasow has run
LEED accreditation coaching programs attended by
over 1,000 people. Doug Hietkamp has worked
with Teknions customers who are interested in
LEED certification and provided them with the
concepts and data to complete their certification
submission.
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ISO 14001 We all understand a dollar
Over the past 6 years, reduced electricity
consumption by 23 per 100,000 of sales
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Over the past 6 years, reduced natural gas usage
by 47 per 100,000 of sales
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Over the past 6 years, reduced water consumption
by 54 per 100,000 of sales
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Over the past 6 years, reduced the amount of
waste sent to landfill by 63 per 100,000 of
sales
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In 2008, 88.8 of all waste generated was
diverted from landfill
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Over the past 6 years, reduced emissions of GHG
through electricity use by 47 by 45 for
natural gas / propane per 100,000 of sales
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• Environmental Leaders Program
• The Program is a collaborative approach between
  industry and government working on similar
  objectives.
• Objectives are agreed upon by both parties.
• Government and Teknion agreed
• reduction of electricity
• reduction of particulate matter
• increase in waste diversion
• and a reduction GHG (Nox, Co2)
• raises the bar for performance

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FSC FSC Wood Sustainable Forests Renewable
Resource
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We are committed to offer customers sustainable
textiles Senior Product Manager Diane Wright
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• Foundation Program
• Design for Environment
• We have now formalized DfE into a set of nine
  guidelines that have become integral
  considerations to the initial outline for all new
  product development.

• Manufacturing for the reduction of waste in all
  forms
• Maximize recycled content and recycle-ability
• Rapid Disassembly to base material recycling
  stream
• Eliminate Toxic Materials
• Bio Based Materials as an alternative to
  conventional raw materials
• Sustainable Wood Based Alternatives
• Extending Life, future options, upgrade finishes
  and reconfigure
• Low Emissions, product to meet standards as
  defined by Greenguard
• Define and document environmental information

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DfE NC Programming High Yield of Raw Material
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DfE process captures environmental attributes
upfront Design Team Geoffrey Milligan,
Steve Verbeek John Hellwig
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District
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Marketplace
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Optos
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Synapse
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• environmental charter
• Each year, set goals, objectives and deliverables
  for the entire business
• Endorsed by the CEO and approved by the Executive
  Committee.
• Done annually because we understand that
  advancing sustainability is an incremental
  process.

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• environmental charter
• The Environmental Charter includes objectives
  such as
• Continue to expand the scope of the DfE program
• Materials..
• Further energy management and impact reduction
• Power factor, solar thermal
• Move past regulatory compliance
• Leaders program
• Attain LEED certifications
• Ottawa show room LEED-CI (Silver)
• San Francisco show room LEED-CI (Gold)
• Teknion world headquarters LEED-EB
• Calgary Showroom LEED-CI (Silver)
• Los Angeles Showroom LEED-CI (Gold)

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• advancing our learning
• Working with government (Municipal, Provincial
  and Federal).
• Active participation on Green Building Council
  core committees in the U.S. and Canada.
• Member of Excellence in Corporate Environmental
  Leadership (EXCEL), a learning partnership of
  major Canadian corporations committed to
  sustainable development.
• BC Hydro, Alcan, Dupont, St Lawrence Cement,

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This Award is presented to a corporation with a
proven record of environmental stewardship that
has materially contributed to economic
competitiveness through a commitment to
environmental excellence.
Teknion awarded 2007 Globe Foundation
Awards THE CORPORATE COMPETITIVENESS AWARD
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Teknion awarded 2008 Recycling Council of
Ontario Platinum Waste Minimization
Award Recognizing businesses that have
demonstrated a commitment to environmental
protection by reducing resource requirements as
well as reducing energy and water
consumption. Stewardship and EPR (Extended
Producer Responsibility) are a criteria component
as well as Green Procurement initiatives and
activities.
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• What pushed/pulled us forward to change
• We took our responsibility seriously
• Weve tried to make it about who we are / culture
• We have success as shown by the metrics and to
  personal and business levels
• We have shown that what is good for the
  environment is good for business
• We continue to discover that sustainable
  development is about changing an organizations
  perspective
• We had to in order to remain competitive

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It is about being a better company, not just a
greener one CEO David Feldberg
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• Sustainable Development at Teknion
• A change initiative . . . . .Small moves. Big
  Shift.
• Thank you