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Our sustainability goals by the year 2020:

• Zero carbon footprint

• Zero landfill

• Zero hazardous waste generation

• Zero air emissions (VOCs)

• Zero process water use

• 100 percent renewable electrical energy use via renewable

energy credits and a power purchase agreement

• Company buildings constructed to a minimum

LEED Silver certification

• 100 percent of sales from DfE approved products

Environmental Product Summary

Canvas Office Landscape

™

Filing and Storage Wood

Design Story: Simple, Responsive, Comprehensive

At Herman Miller, we invented systems furniture. So it’s

not surprising we are leading the way to a simpler, more

responsive, and more comprehensive way to create

interiors. Canvas Office Landscape, conceived with

designers Jeffrey Bernett and Nicholas Dodziuk and

built upon the designs of Doug Ball and Joey Ruiter,

creates a broad range of work environments for

individuals, groups, and entire organizations.

Canvas has a simple set of elements that combine to

vary the features of the office topography. No matter

which elements are chosen, they link in a holistic way,

so there is balance among the elements that enliven

spaces. Thus, Canvas can be used to express an

organization’s perspective. In doing so, Canvas always

keeps people in the foreground, giving them choices

about where and how to work, variety in the types of

spaces available, and ways to further the human

connections that lead to new ideas.

Herman Miller’s Design Protocol

Our commitment to corporate sustainability naturally

includes minimizing the environmental impact of each

of our products. Our Design for Environment team (DfE)

applies environmentally sensitive design standards to

both new and existing Herman Miller products.

The DfE Design Protocol goes beyond regulatory

compliance to thoroughly evaluate new product

designs in four key areas:

• Material Chemistry and Safety of Inputs—

What chemicals are in the materials we specify, and

are they the safest available?

• Disassembly—Can we take products apart at the

end of their useful life, to recycle their materials?

• Recyclability—Do the materials contain recycled

content, and more importantly, can the materials be

recycled at the end of the product’s useful life?

• LCA—Have we optimized the product based on the

entire life cycle?

Material Content

Canvas filing and storage wood components are

constructed from steel, cement, wood, plastic, and

other materials.

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Certification

Canvas filing and storage wood is certified level 2.

The level conformance mark ensures a comprehensive,

independent, and impartial assessment of the

environmental and social impacts of a product.

Canvas filing and storage wood components are up to

34 percent recyclable at the end of their useful life.

• Lateral—34% recyclable

• Pedestal—29% recyclable

• Tower—9% recyclable

• Credenza—23% recyclable

Canvas filing and storage wood components are

comprised of approximately 65-percent to 87-percent

recycled materials. This figure breaks down as:

• Lateral—3% post-consumer and 62% pre-consumer

• Pedestal—5% post-consumer and 67% pre-consumer

• Tower—2% post-consumer and 85% pre-consumer

• Credenza—3% post-consumer and 72% pre-consumer

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® Y and Z are among the registered trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.

™ Canvas Office Landscape is among the trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.

® level is a trademark of BIFMA International.

® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.

Summary of content (3 pages)

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Y Our sustainability goals by the year 2020: • Zero carbon footprint • Zero landfill • Zero hazardous waste generation • Zero air emissions (VOCs) • Zero process water use • 100 percent renewable electrical energy use via renewable energy credits and a power purchase agreement • Company buildings constructed to a minimum LEED Silver certification • 100 percent of sales from DfE approved products Environmental Product Summary Canvas Office Landscape Filing and Storage Wood ™ Design Story: Simple, Responsi
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Y Environmental Product Summary Canvas Office Landscape Filing and Storage Wood ™ Materials Recycled Content Lateral Lateral POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT WOOD 66% 3% PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 62% CEMENT 23% STEEL 10% PLASTIC 1% OTHER 1% Pedestal Pedestal WOOD 70% POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT STEEL 18% PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 67% 5% CEMENT 10% PLASTIC 1% OTHER 1% Tower Tower WOOD 90% STEEL 9% PLASTIC 1% POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 2% PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONT
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Y Environmental Product Summary Canvas Office Landscape Filing and Storage Wood ™ • Steel components contain approximately 35 percent recycled content and are 100 percent recyclable. • Wood, while not technically recyclable, can be cycled back to the natural environment, such as through composting. The wood content in our work surfaces and storage unit substrates is comprised of 100-percent reclaimed wood, as certified by the Composite Panel Associations EPP.