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Sustainable child furniture debuts

MONROE, N.C.—Wood Designs, furniture manufacturer, has converted its entire product line to Healthy Kids™, a safe, durable and environmentally friendly furniture available for children’s use in classroom and daycare facilities today.

Every piece of Healthy Kids™ furniture is made in the United States from 100% solid, Baltic birch plywood or Maple hardwood that contains no added formaldehyde. No medium density fiberboard or particleboard is used in the furniture’s construction.

For more information, visit www.wooddesigns.org

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Haworth joins Alliance

MILWAUKEE, Wisc.—Haworth, Inc., manufacture of office furniture and organic workspaces, has joined the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments, a select of industry leaders who practice and are recognized for leadership in sustainability.

Founded in 2003, the mission of the Alliance is to transform the marketplace: to make green building best practices industry standards. It strives to raise awareness of sustainable development and promote the triple-bottom-line benefits delivered through high performance green buildings. Other members include Eaton Corp., Forbo Flooring, Johnson Controls Inc., Kohler Co., KONE, Milliken & Company, Philips Lighting, USG Corporation, and Watertronics.

For more information, see www.haworth.com

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Dashboard tracks effect of cleaning on environment

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—The Sustainable Dashboard Tool, introduced by The Ashkin Group, is a highly advanced Web service that is as sophisticated and state of the art as it is easy to use.

The Dashboard is designed to make it easy for cleaning professionals to monitor how they use such resources as fuel, oil, and electricity as well as to track the business operation’s impact on the environment.

Using these measurements, the Dashboard helps users reduce waste, become more efficient, cut costs, and improve the bottom line, as well as meet customer demands and enhance community relations.

For more information, visit green2sustainable.com

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Staples launches Green Guide

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., has launched a 2010 Green Guide online catalog for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to Fortune 1000 corporations.

Featuring more than 1,100 products from across Staples' EcoEasy product assortment - ranging from paper and toner to furniture, technology, and cleaning and breakroom supplies - the Staples Green Guide supports convenient and efficient purchasing while driving environmentally sound procurement practices.

The Staples Green Guide enables customers to reduce the environmental impacts associated with the use and disposal of paper catalogs. Highlights of the new online catalog include:

To view the online catalog, visit www.staplesadvantage.com

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Xerox invests in forest conservancy

NORWALK, Conn.—Xerox Corporation will invest an additional $1 million over the next four years in the second phase of its partnership with The Nature Conservancy to promote forest conservation and sustainable forest management around the globe.
 
The agreement builds on the work of the Forest Conservation Partnership between Xerox and The Nature Conservancy, which began in October 2006 with an initial investment of $1 million.  

 For more information, see www.xerox.com

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