Environmental Certificates

Humanscale’s approach to product development and manufacturing embodies our mission to minimise our impacts. Together with Humanscale, we believe that the best designs in the world achieve more with less, so we act accordingly. Humanscale products prioritise simplicity, which is apparent in their forms.

Using fewer parts in constructing products, Humanscale uses recyclable materials such as aluminium and steel to limit potential impact. In particular, Humanscale task chairs use a sophisticated weight-sensitive recline mechanism that offers intuitive functionality, thereby reducing the overall number of knobs, levers and parts required to make the chair work. The Humanscale environmental philosophy is taken into account at every stage of product development through their ‘Design for Environment’ process. The ‘Durability and Upgradability’ of products is also considered – building products to last, so they won’t need to be replaced often.

Humanscale’s product design is only the beginning of their environmental sustainability efforts. Humanscale also examine supply chain, manufacturing facilities, showrooms and offices to evaluate the evolution in minimising our impact. Humanscale monitor greenhouse gas emissions, waste, energy use and other key metrics that indicate its progress.

You can find a full list of Humanscale environmental certificates here.