Sustainability

Today, sustainable practices in business have become an intrinsic part of overall performance. As these practices evolve, so does the definition of sustainability. We believe sustainability is achieved through an appropriate balance of environmental stewardship, financial stability and community involvement. 

It all started in 1947 when HON began making card files from pieces of scrap metal generated from its contract business. Today, we closely examine every step in the product life cycle to uncover ways to minimize our footprint. This starts with designing and manufacturing products that incorporate recycled content. But it doesn't stop there.

We take our responsibility to the Earth seriously and are committed to sustainable business practices. Our performance in meeting our environmental goals—including pursuing zero waste to landfill, reducing our energy intensity and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and sourcing 100% renewable electricity - demonstrates our commitment to minimizing our environmental footprint.

We believe that sustainability doesn’t have an endpoint and tomorrow should be cleaner, safer, and more responsible than yesterday. Always.

As part of HNI Corporation, our corporate social responsibility mission drives us to respect people, reduce our impacts, and redefine tomorrow, by fostering transparency and empowering our members to do and be better.

All HON products are designed to work the way you do. Materials are carefully chosen to reduce environmental impacts. We prioritize the use of low-emitting materials and recycled contents to help customers create more sustainable environments. Our products can be disassembled for recycling when they reach the end of their useful lives.

Eliminating waste in every form, lean is doing more with less, minimizing waste in all of its forms and ensuring maximum efficiency in everything we do. Lean provides HON customers with superior value with less complexity from a supplier who understands your needs.

HON manufacturing systems maximize the use of raw materials and ensure efficient use of natural resources. To minimize our environmental footprint – and yours - we are pursuing zero waste to landfill, and energy, water, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Efficiency programs help us minimize the use of natural resources. As an EPA SmartWay Shipper Partner, annually, over 95% of our third-party carrier miles are with SmartWay carriers, saving fuel, reducing emissions, and efficiently transporting products.