Sustainable Day By Day

Teknion moves along a path of environmental and social performance.  This company views sustainability as a basic principle of good design. The concept of sustainability embraces global ecology, healthy communities, corporate responsibility and wellness in the built environment.

100% of their wood products are sourced from sustainable forests.

They diverted 752 tons of furniture from landfill by recycling and reusing.  Teknion recovered 229 tons of metal through recycling of decommissioned furniture which was enough to make 40,650 Projek chairs.

Teknion uses a Toxnot database to track chemical  ingredients to streamline the Declare certification process for our products.

Mindful Materials (mM) A collaborative library makes it easy for manufacturers to communicate about products.  It helps the design teams and find environmental data on manufacturers’ products.