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Herman Miller Everywhere Tables - Environmental Product Summary User Manual

Everywhere, Tables

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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

Thrive

Portfolio

Everywhere

Tables

Design Story: Fine lines. No boundaries.

Everywhere tables, designed by Dan Grabowski of
G2 Product Development, support people as they
work and gather. The tables have simple, refined lines
that complement any space. Their single aesthetic
brings unity and visual calm wherever you choose to
place them. Top shapes and finish choices are nearly
limitless—and easy to customize. A small kit of parts—
tops and legs in various styles and sizes—are used to
make many different tables. Fewer components mean
less energy is used. The primary materials in Everywhere
tables—wood, steel, and aluminum—are all recyclable
at the end of many years of dependable use.

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?

Cradle to Cradle Certified

CM

Everywhere tables are Cradle to Cradle Certified

CM

Silver. This means that Everywhere tables have been
evaluated for its material health, and is designed
for material reuse in a closed loop system, such as
recycling or composting. It is assembled using 100%
renewable energy.

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Certification

Everywhere tables are

level 2 certified. The level

conformance mark ensures a comprehensive,
independent, and impartial assessment of the
environmental and social impacts of a product.

Material Content

Everywhere table components are constructed from
wood, aluminum, steel, plastic, and other materials.

An Everywhere table is up to

29 percent recyclable at

the end of its useful life.

Everywhere tables are comprised of

67-percent recycled

materials. This figure breaks down to 7-percent post-
consumer and 60-percent pre-consumer recycled
content.

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

TM

Everywhere is among the trademarks of Herman Miller, Inc.

SM

Thrive is among the service marks of Herman Miller, Inc.

Cradle to Cradle Certified

CM

is a certification mark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

© level is a trademark of BIFMA International.

Only the products that are identified as such on this document are FSC® certified.

® GREENGUARD is a registered trademark of Crypton, Inc.

© 2012 Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan

WOOD 61%

DIE-CAST ALUMINUM 13%

EXTRUDED ALUMINUM 10%

HPL

6%

STEEL

4%

PLASTIC

3%

OTHER

2%

ADHESIVE

1%