Environment

1. Environment

2. Better at work An enhanced work environment How can we create a better day at work? Reliable partner Safer sustainable development • Better at work permeates everything we do • From choice of raw material to installation • Ensures continuous development of our products and services solutions innovation economy Higher energy efficiency Key environmental certifications More responsible production design competence ergonomics A partner from production to delivery quality environment A stronger environmental profile Only recyclable products

3. Environmentally friendly products are good. Environmental thinking is better. Integrated thinking A chain of responsibility you can rely on • Responsibility and monitoring all the way • Comfortable, cost-effective and environmentally safe • Kinnarps is unique in the industry Origin of raw materials Production in Sweden Progressive recycling Own transportation and installation High quality– long life

4. To believe is good. To know is better. Raw materials Raw materials that bear scrutiny • We know where our raw materials come from • Chain of Custody certification through FSC* • All timber from monitored or certified forests • *Certification number; BV-COC-051206 • FSC ® is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Please visit www.fsc.org for more information.

5. Low quality may be cheap. But high quality always pays. Product development Innovative solutions for a better environment • Product development imbued with environmental thinking • Working innovatively with recycled material • Material selected for recyclability Series [f] lightweight top from recycled cardboard.

6. Recycling is good. Reuse is better. Production Robots can’t do everything • Skilled employees see to it that nothing is thrown out unnecessarily • Discarded material is checked for possible reuse • Focus on reuse and recycling

7. Competent suppliers are good. Approved suppliers are better. Suppliers One of our environmentally certified suppliers • We know how our suppliers operate • We make environmental demands and encourage our suppliers • Naturally flame-resistant wool is used as far as possible

8. To dream is good. To act is better. Energy We share our warmth • All burnable waste is made into fuel briquettes • It keeps us and large parts of the community of Kinnarp warm • Our own briquettes replace 2,400m3 of oil

9. Being carbon-neutral is good. Reduced emissions are better. Impact on climate Kinnarps and global warming • Carbon dioxide emissions lower every year • Less material consumption, moreefficient production and recycled material reduce emissions • We don’t practice carbon offsetting, but invest in efficient measures co2kg/m3 produced furniture

10. Recycling packaging is good. Not having to is better. Delivery This is what we leave behind after delivery • Eco-driving with environmentally adapted transportation • High loading capacity (91%) of our trucks • Our wrapping blankets are used again and again, producing no unnecessary packaging waste

11. Thinking big is obvious. Thinking small is clever. Corporate culture Solving problems in many small steps • An environmentally aware corporate culture • Employees encouraged to make environmentalimprovements • Psst… no energy-wasting leaksof compressed air Christer Isberg checks for compressedair leaks and plugs the smallest psst…

12. Buying new is good. Reuse is better. Reuse We don’t throw anything away (there is no “away”) • High quality, our best contribution to a better environment • Recycling according to the cyclic principle • Several reuse projects, some of them for schools in Africa Servicing for reuse Charitableprojects Material recycling Energyrecycling

13. Environment facts Eloquent trends FACTORY IN SKILLINGARYD • Working towards maximally sustainable development • Like to know more? Then check out our environmental report on www.kinnarps.com/environment Production volume 1994–2007 Solvent emissions 1994–2007 FACTORY IN KINNARP FACTORY IN JÖNKÖPING Production volume 1988–2007 Solvent emissions 1988–2007 Sheet metal consumption 1999–2007 Waste disposal 1999–2007

14. Cooperation Rewarding and stimulating cooperation • At both local and global level • It’s vital to engage in the debate • Promoting industry questions * • *Certification number; BV-COC-051206 • FSC ® is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. Please visit www.fsc.org for more information.

15. Milestones The environment – a natural part of our history • 65 years of environmental thinking and resource efficiency • Forerunners in environmental awareness • Awarded several prestigious prizes 2006 Railway transport 1994 Environmental prize of the furniture industry 2002 Kinnarps Environment Prize 1955 Roller shutter manufacture 1959 Flatpacks 1977 Briquette production 1995 Environmental council 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 1959 Furniture bus 1960 Kinnarps blankets 1968 Double trailers 1980 UV varnishing line 1997 Environmental certification+ chrome-free production 2001 Stains free of heavy metals 2002 FSC certification