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• • Environmental education and training is a corporate responsibility ensuring employee ownership and stewardship. We will help to establish leading edge standards for the healthy office environment. • All environmental and health laws and reguietions will be complied with or exceeded. • We will work cooperatively with all environmental groups, suppliers, dealers, customers and government agencies. Our accomplishments Steelcase Wood Furniture actively supports the corporate environmental principles and has the following initiatives in place: • Environmental review of all products in the product development process Movement to more environmentally friendly manufacturing materials and processes • Manufacturing and packaging materials recycling • Migration to environmentally friendly core wood substrates • Supplier certification to assure that wood comes from sustained forests • Energy and resource conservation through technology, training, preventative maintenance and inventory control Initiatives for the Future As Steelcase Wood Furniture moves forward into the next millennium, its various constituencies expect Steelcase Wood Furniture to continue to lead the way in practicing and promoting environmental principles. To this end, the company has established the following initiatives: • Implement a waterbese finish process in all plants that will reduce the emissions of volatile organic chemicals (VOCE) and continue to exceed govemment standards • Budd a new plant in Grand Rapids that is a pilot site for the LEED Green 8uiiding Rating System. - Continue to reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) and other hazardous materials In manufacturing to meet and surpass governmental standards Reduce waste, Improve reuse, and increase recycling efforts to reduce the need to use landfills • Utlize technologies to reduce the demand for energy consumption • Integrate with Steelcase corporate initiatives for new products and materials designed to improve long - range environmental conditions • Educate employees, customers and the community an environmental values to help create an environmentally conscious culture, as well as a safe and healthy work environment. Where We Live and Work - Our Global Capabilities Steelcase Wood Furniture distributes products worldwide through almost 700 dealers and provides services through 80 Meld sales offices. The company is well- structured to support global customers. By partnering with Steelcase, these customers lower the risk of doing business globally because their office furniture supplier Is actually "local" around the world. Headquarters of the various Steelcase European operetions are located In Strasbourg, France and Rosenheim, Germany. Other Steelcase international offices are located in these countries: Brazil, Columbia, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand and the United Kingdom. How We Deliver • Our Services Because Steeicese Wood Furniture is part of the Steelcase family, customers are guaranteed the most comprehensive package of services In the Industry. Steelcase Dealers Through years or successful partnering with some of the world's largest and moat successful companies, Steelcase has learned that manufacturing the highest quality product is not enough, To ensure the moat effective work environment, the highest level of productivity, and the greatest return on a company's furniture investment, we must also support that client with the widest selection of services to respond to a 110 afinA !ww,M,n, nn- o -nn,i nor, nvc n,n telennn i i e.a, In -re late.. .km 'nor.