At Red Thread we recognize the importance of caring for the environment.
Our key partner and parent company, Steelcase, has a deep commitment to sustainability. We embrace sustainability and are committed to caring for our planet.
Sustainability
Steelcase's Sustainability Efforts
Climate Change
Steelcase is committed to lowering greenhouse gases emitted in the creation of our products, with ambitious 1.5-degree C-aligned targets to be achieved by 2030. We’ve established an internal carbon core team, including an executive oversight committee, to drive and monitor progress toward the goals associated with our climate commitment.
Circular Economy & End of Use
Steelcase is committed to improving product sustainability, transparency and optimization from design and material selection through end of use to promote circularity and reduce waste. We are building a collaborative ecosystem of partners and dealers to support sustainable asset interception through reuse, donations and recycling to extend the useful life of these assets, with landfill as the last option.
Sustainable Product Design
The Steelcase Sustainable Design framework ensures our products are designed with consideration of life cycle thinking and cradle-to-cradle principles:
- Source materials responsibly
- Minimize global warming and other life cycle impacts
- Ensure material health
- Enable end-of-use strategies
Consumer Health & Well-Being
Steelcase strives to lead the industry in consumer health and safety performance. We build trust through transparency in material health and chemistry and by certifying products to demonstrate our commitment to sustainability.
Steelcase products are designed and tested with safety in mind, ensuring compliance with applicable codes and industry standards as well as internal performance requirements. Products are tested internally, by consultants and by independent third-party evaluators.
Red Thread's Sustainability Efforts
Through our people, facilities, products and services, we conduct business with our customers by promoting environmentally responsible practices that:
- Reduce waste
- Promote recycling
- Conserve resources
- Use safe sustainable materials
Our People
- We are committed to education of our employees on practices and behaviors that are healthy for them and healthy for the environment
- We encourage our employees to broaden their knowledge of sustainable initiatives by promoting professional accreditations and organizational membership
Our Facilities
- Actively engage in responsible recycling in our sales offices and operations centers
- Implemented energy efficient lighting and appliances
- Heat and air conditioning are turned to low/off after working hours
- Paper products are composed of recycled content
- Invested in 5,000 plastic moving crates minimizing use of cardboard move boxes
- ISO 14001 certified recycling center managing end-of-life services for customer technology products
Our Products
We partner with vendors who are committed to developing manufacturing processes and products that meet a variety of industry accepted standards such as:
- Cradle to Cradle Certified
- Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certified
- SCS Indoor Advantage Certified