How green is your school?

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             Yes                  No: Does your school recycle paper?

             Yes                  No: Does your school recycle cans and bottles?

             Yes                  No: Does your school use recycled products?

             Yes                  No: Does your school support carpooling?

             Yes                  No: Are the school buildings green?

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

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Environmental Quality Action Plan (EQAP)

Is your school striving to be a sustainable institution?

Has your school written a formal environmental policy statement?

Has your school established zero landfill use as a goal?

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

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

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

•        Communications Team

Does your school 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 school 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 school-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 school. 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.