We believe the connections among our business, our environment, and our people, including our customers, members, suppliers, and communities where we do business, are critical to our collective long-term success as we make better choices today for a better tomorrow.
At HNI Corporation, our corporate social responsibility mission drives us to respect people, reduce our impacts, and redefine tomorrow, by fostering transparency and empowering our members to do and be better.
ESG Report
2022 ESG Report
Crafting a Sustainable Future
Read our latest ESG report from 2022. The report gives data-based metrics and employee-centered examples of our environmental policies, corporate governance best practices, and dedication to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Efforts
Respecting People:
To change the world, we being from within. We strive to be a great employer and are committed to HNI being a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment. We extend this commitment to partners in our supply chain and the communities where we live and work.
Respecting People Goals:
- - Invest 1% of pre-tax profits, on average, in communities where HNI operates.
- - Increase diversity in leadership positions to 40% women leaders and 15% ethnically diverse leaders by 2026.
Reducing Impacts:
At HNI, we believe tomorrow should be cleaner, safer, and more responsible than yesterday. Because sustainability doesn’t have an endpoint, we continually work to lessen our environmental footprint across all systems and processes.
Reducing Impacts Goals:
- - Source 100% renewable electricity across global operations annually.
- - Reduce absolute combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 35% by 2025 from a 2018 baseline.
- - Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions by 40% per ton of goods sold by 2035.
- - Achieve zero waste to landfill for all manufacturing facilities by 2030.
- - Achieve a 50% energy intensity reduction by 2035
Redefining Tomorrow:
We believe that if we work with intention and embrace creative change, our achievements can be unlimited. To achieve our goals and go beyond, we use sustainable practices to create products that are designed for the environment, manufactured responsibility, and delivered efficiently.
Redefining Tomorrow Goals:
- - Eliminate Styrofoam and move to 100% recyclable packaging by 2025.
- - Evaluate 100% of materials and chemical substances in products for human and ecosystem impacts and attempt to minimize those impacts through design for the Environment by 2025.
Community
Community Engagement
Our Dare to be Makers of Possibility purpose extends into the communities in which we live, work, and play. The world is our home, and as the Kimball International Guiding Principles say, “We strive to help our communities be great places to live.”
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Sustainability Initiatives
Extended Producer Responsibility
Kimball International collaborates with Green Standards to provide a sustainable decommission solution for the redistribution of surplus workplace furniture, equipment, and supplies. This strategic partnership diverts products from landfills at a 98.6% diversion rate and donates products to non-profits, schools, and charitable organizations.
Green Standards
Growing with Green Buildings
As a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), we prioritize building practices that support the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System. Our portfolio of furniture solutions may contribute toward LEED® certification. LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings.
LEED Registered Projects:
Showroom, Chicago, IL – LEED Silver
Showroom, Washington, D.C. – LEED Silver
Manufacturing Facility, Santa Claus, IN – LEED Silver
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ecoChecker
Kimball International’s ecoChecker tool is a digital database where you can explore our brands and portfolio of products to easily find, compare, and evaluate a wide range of environmental and social criteria. This product portal, powered by ecomedes, provides verified, 3rd party certification and scientific data points that can fuel ESG disclosures, LEED credits, and a growing number of enterprise declarations. The recycled content, certifications, and more are available for each product series. ecoChecker can help with calculations and documentation, making it easy to evaluate how Kimball International furniture can contribute to sustainability efforts.
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Waste Reduction and Recycling
Kimball International’s Corporate Recycle Center (CRC) supports the programs of numerous regional facilities, providing a central location for consolidating recyclable materials for re-sale and transport. Currently, the CRC recycles over 65 different waste materials. Among the materials recycled are steel, aluminum, glass, fabrics, printer cartridges, electronic equipment, and several types of plastic, wood, and cardboard, which is either sold for reuse or recycled by type of material. The sustainability and continuous improvement projects have reduced the overall waste generated at Kimball International facilities as the amount of recycling has steadily increased.
