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Earthright: Herman Miller's Sustainability Goals Resource Smart • Zero Waste • Net Zero Water • Net Zero Energy Eco-inspired Design • All products designed for the environment • All products BIFMA level 3 certified • Closed-loop recycling of used product Community Driven • All employees engaged in Earthright • All suppliers committed to be Resource Smart Environmental Product Summary Compass" System Design Story: The modular system designed for change Gianfranco Zaccai has been thinking about—and working with—healthcare design for several decades. He believes that “designers need to strive for a better kind of better.” Cofounder of design firm Continuum, a global innovation and design consultancy, Zaccai brought that forward-looking perspective to bear on the design of the Compass System, his latest design for Herman Miller Healthcare. He wasn’t interested in producing a “better” healthcare product—his goal was to create a better healthcare experience. “Space is fundamental to the quality of care, and space in hospitals is at a premium,” he says. “We wanted to create the best experience for everyone concerned, with the smallest footprint.” Flexibility was critical, of course; nothing stays the same for long in technology and healthcare these days. But also important were an improved patient experience and helping caregivers be more effective. Zaccai believes that the patient experience and the caregiver experience go hand in hand. “If the system makes the caregiver more effective, the patient will do better. Compass creates an environment that is credible and familiar. It is an uplifting environment.” Herman Miller’s Design Protocol Our commitment to corporate sustainability naturally includes minimizing the environmental impact of each of our products. Our Design for Environment team (DfE) applies environmentally sensitive design standards to both new and existing Herman Miller products. • Material Chemistry and Safety of Inputs— What chemicals are in the materials we specify, and are they the safest available? • Disassembly—Can we take products apart at the end of their useful life, to recycle their materials? • Recyclability—Do the materials contain recycled content, and more importantly, can the materials be recycled at the end of the product’s useful life? • LCA—Have we optimized the product based on the entire life cycle? GREENGUARD Certified Compass has achieved GREENGUARD Gold certification. GREENGUARD Certified products are certified to GREENGUARD standards for low chemical emissions into indoor air during product usage. For more information, visit ul.com/gg. Material Content* Compass components are constructed from MDF, steel, plastic, aluminum, wood, and other materials. Compass is up to 39 percent recyclable based on availability of recycling facilities. The DfE Design Protocol goes beyond regulatory compliance to thoroughly evaluate new product designs in four key areas: Compass is comprised of 58-percent recycled materials. This figure breaks down to 7-percent post-consumer and 51-percent pre-consumer recycled content.

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Y Environmental Product Summary Compass System POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 7% PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 51% • Steel components contain approximately 37 percent recycled content and are 100 percent recyclable. • Compass components are wrapped in a PET Durawrap, a material that is an alternative to PVC wrapcoat. It is wrapped over the substrate, requires no edge banding, and creates a seamless surface that is cleanable and durable. • Wood, while not technically recyclable, can be cycled back to the natural environment through processes such as composting. The wood content in our work...

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