How green is your life?

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             Yes                  No: Does your company recycle paper?

             Yes                  No: Does your company recycle cans and bottles?

             Yes                  No: Does your company use recycled products?

             Yes                  No: Does your company support carpooling?

             Yes                  No: Are the company buildings green?

             Yes                  No: Does you company have a sustainable business plan?

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Environmental Quality Action Plan (EQAP)

Is your company striving to be a sustainable business?

Has your company written a formal environmental policy statement?

Has your company established zero landfill use as a goal?

Does your company track and report monthly on strategies that monitor your environmental progress.

Has your company completed a comprehensive review of our company's environmental impact?

Has your company established support teams to carry out specific tasks?

•        Communications Team

Does your company have a team responsible for communicating environmental issues?

-       environmental needs?

-       green initiatives?

-       sustainable performance to both internal and external audiences.

•       Design for the Environment Team

Does your company have a group or individual responsible for developing environmentally sensitive design standards for new and existing products.

•        Environmental Affairs Team, responsible for regulatory compliance, as well as coordinating and assisting other company-wide environmental initiatives.

•        Green Buildings Team, focused on the environmentally sound construction and maintenance of Herman Miller's corporate facilities.

•        Environmental Low Impact Processing group, comprised of a series of teams, one at each corporate site, with responsibility for reducing the impact of manufacturing and office waste in their designated area.

•        Indoor Air Team, created to monitor and improve the off-gassing of our products.

•        Energy Reduction Team, committed to reducing the amount of energy necessary to produce Herman Miller products.

•        Packaging/Transportation Team, committed to finding ways to reduce the amount of packaging needed for both incoming and outgoing products.

All told, at Herman Miller today we have approximately 400 people working on environmental initiatives, directly or indirectly, throughout the company. However, we make every effort to influence all of our employees' attitudes and actions in support of a cleaner environment.

This includes encouraging employees to take action through volunteerism, such as adopting highways and waterways to clean up.

Additionally, many of our environmental professionals work with community groups pledged to protect their local environment.