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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 Layout Studio® The mark of responsible forestry Design Story: Benching is one of the fastest-growing applications in today’s office. As teams condense into smaller workstations, there’s a growing need for systems that support individual preferences, apply across the landscape, and adapt to meet future needs. It’s easy for anyone to find a home base in Layout Studio. It integrates personalized work tools and storage and can take many forms across the office landscape in both seated and standing heights. Layout Studio’s choices play well with organizations, too. It lets them scale up or down as needed and accommodate local preferences within a global system. 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. The DfE Design Protocol goes beyond regulatory compliance to thoroughly evaluate new product designs in four key areas: • 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? FSC* Certification Herman Miller has Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) chain of custody certification and offers certain standard laminate and veneer worksurfaces and storage products with wood fronts and tops, with exceptions, as FSC-certified products. For a detailed list of these products and exceptions, please visit HermanMiller.com/certified-wood. GREENGUARD Certified Layout Studio has achieved GREENGUARD 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 Layout Studio components are constructed from particle board, steel, concrete, aluminum, and plastic. Material Content

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Y Environmental Product Summary Layout Studio Layout Studio components are up to 31 percent recyclable based on the availability of recycling facilities. Layout Studio components are comprised of approximately 44-percent recycled materials. This figure breaks down to 13-percent post-consumer and 31-percent pre-consumer recycled content. POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 13% PRE-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT 31% • Steel components contain approximately 37 percent recycled content and are 100 percent recyclable. • Wood, while not technically recyclable, can be cycled back to the natural environment...

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Y Environmental Product Summary Layout Studio rePurposeS“ Program Good design includes thinking about how to recycle used products. Our program, rePurpose, gives new life to furniture that’s no longer needed. By employing a thoughtful combination of resale, recycling, and donation on each project, rePurpose ensures each asset, including furniture, equipment, and supplies, reaches its best destination. The rePurpose program is a cost-effective, reliable, and efficient service that protects the environment and benefits the community. rePurpose is a single-source approach, which saves time and...

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