J.S. McHugh and its partners are proud to be environmentally conscience companies that work hard to ensure the green friendly quality in all products they produce and distribute.
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PRESENTATION OF JSM GREEN POLICY
Many of our manufacturers and distributors belong to LEED, a Green Building Rating System Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for buildings that reduce or eliminate the negative impact they often have on the environment.
Categories we are associated with in include:
- Materials & Resources
- Sustainable Sites
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Water Efficiency
These areas of LEED are evaluated on a point system depending on the company’s ability to keep within the boundaries of the green standards that are set.
The Green Movement:
As schools and universities make the significant transition in constructing environmentally friendly buildings and classrooms, our furniture distributors and manufacturers have followed suit and have made tremendous efforts in the green movement. Most of our companies participate in the LEED program and have applied for GreenGuard certification, in their efforts to become an environmentally sound company. It is of great importance for J.S. McHugh, Inc. to ensure that the companies we work with are also working well with the global environment.
Brodart: An Environmental Manufacturer
Brodart, a premier library furniture manufacturer for over 45 years, has adopted the LEED rating system and works hard to ensure that their environmental policy is encrypted within all of the products they build. Their furniture qualifies under the LEED category of Materials and Resources. They adhere to all Pennsylvania DEP regulations and Indoor Environmental Quality LEED standards.
Many of our companies also participate in the GreenGuard Program. Founded in 2001, GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings. The GEI Advisory Board comprises of independent experts in the areas of indoor air quality, public and environmental health, building design and construction, and public policy, provides guidance and leadership to GEI.
Artco-Bell: A GreenGuard Certified Company
At Artco-Bell they believe in building quality and environmentally safe classroom furniture in order for children to be able to learn in a healthy and comfortable environment. All of their products are GreenGuard Certified and meet stringent indoor air quality standards.
Global specializes in production of quality office furniture. They are a GreenGuard Certified Company, and have a long list of Environmental standards they strive to meet. Some of there policies include: Tree planting program, avoidance of CITES protected trees, eliminating ozone-damaging freon, CFC’s and HFSC’s as blowing agents, and Maximizing use of powder paint finish as an alternative to toxic liquid paint.
LSI: Green Awareness & Action
As a leading manufacturer of plastics laminate scientific casework, LSI has innovatively converted its line to utilize environmentally sensitive core materials. Some of their green initiatives include establishing credibility as an environmentally sound organization and delivering globally friendly, highly efficient products and services.
SICO- The Green Movement
SICO, a leader in mobile folding and rolling, and space efficient products that help customers optimize their use of space, is also a member of GreenGuard. In both their products and manufacturing processes they use safe materials and practices. Low-impacting materials that come from renewable or recycled resources are a significant part of their procedures.
Tennsco: Environmental Awareness
Tennsco considers their impact to the environment in all facets of operations and involvement of employees is highly encouraged, to better the environment in the factories in which they work.
They are a partner of the WasteWise Program, which targets the reduction of municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes. Their company has documented reduction in GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions through participation in this program.
KI: A Leader in Environmental Awareness
The Kaizen Program: KI works to eliminate waste in all systems and processes of the organization and is continuously improving KI’s ability to meet expectations of high-quality, low-cost and on time delivery.
KI also encourages volunteer efforts on the part of their employees and administration. Some of these efforts include monthly clean-up and recycling activities, an Adopt-A-Highway Program and support of Wetland Preservation Projects.
They are both GreenGuard certified and LEED Program members. They provide Environmental Awareness Training programs for their company. “Plant Environmental Engineers” have been developed to address green issues in the factories and to help resolve them in a globally safe manner.
Draper: Eco Vision
Draper, a specialty manufacturer of visual presentation products has a great awareness of the environment in all products that they produce and distribute. They are LEED qualified participants and also follow an eco-vision philosophy within their company. This green awareness is shown through their audio visual practices. Their lighting techniques include the use of solar control and projection screens with GreenGuard certified fabrics.
They are also members of the U.S. Green Building Council and highly encourage employee participation in “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Programs.
Community: “Reduce, Reuse & Recycle”
Community, a division of Jasper Seating Company, Inc., is one of our top office furniture manufactures with an excellent reputation as an environmentally conscious company. Their focus is to build a product that is sustainable and does not require disposal in a landfill.
The goal of their “Green Partnership” (with the supplier, manufacturer, and customer) is to maximize the use of sustainable raw materials and search for new materials and processes that will not negatively impact our environment.
