Green Environment

ERGOTRON MONITOR ARMS

Neo-Flex, LX, DS, Workfit series

Healthy Products in Every Way
Ergotron's mission is to improve the wellness of customers through human-centered design. This concern for health extends to creating environmentally responsible products. Durable and adaptable product design translates to long-term use (not disposal) of our products. Furthermore, when you invest in an Ergotron mounting solution, you are getting a product that complies with all international environmental regulations related to its design, manufacture and packaging. In fact, our product development program now exceeds many of these regulations. Read this flyer about Ergotron's Responsible Manufacturing & Environmental Initiatives. Ergotron's Minnesota and China manufacturing facilities are certified in accordance with ISO 14001:2004 for their environmental management systems. Our European facility is on track to be certified in spring of 2011.

Ergotron Receives Communitas Award
In the category of Excellence in Corporate Responsibility, Green Initiatives, Ergotron was honored by the 2010 Communitas Awards for its exceptional recycling program: 80% of potential waste at the company's US headquarters/manufacturing facility gets recycled or re-used. Read more about Ergotron's recycling efforts.

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ATDEC, VISIDEC, SPACEDEC MONITOR ARMS

Designed for Disassembly
 All Atdec products are designed in order to minimise their impact on the environment. Design for Disassembly (DFD) means making products that can be taken apart easily for recycling at the end of their life:

  • Components which are of adequate quality can be refurbished or reused.
  • Metallic parts can be separated easily into categories which increases their recycling value.
  • Disassembled plastic parts can be easily removed and recycled, or disposed

Designed for Durability, Strength and Extended use
Atdec is committed to sustainability and through the use of new and innovative technologies we improve the quality, durability, environmental compatibility, and affordability of our products. All products go through a testing of 20,000 repetitive movements to ensure the mechanisms work as intended even in intensive use environments.

Recycling
Atdec makes full use of recyclable and recycled materials where possible. Aluminium, steel and magnesium alloys are the materials of preference for all Atdec products because of their inherent recycling properties in addition to their performance properties. Aluminium in particular has a high value as a scrap metal and as such, is one of the primary metals in all Atdec products. The steel used in our products is a relatively easy to separate through magnetic extraction, and it is the world's most commonly recycled material. For our packaging we use recyclable paper made of recycled materials wherever possible.

The RoHS Directive
The RoHS Directive stands for the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. This Directive bans the placing in many international markets of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. Whilst Atdec products are not in fact "electrical equipment", they often fall under this category and Atdec ensures compliance with the RoHS Directivective.

CBS MONITOR ARMS

Flo, Giselle, Wishbone, Zorro, Rodney, Daisyone series

Environmental Management Standard (EMS) Scope
CBS operates an EMS designed around the requirements of ISO 14001; the scope of this EMS covers the Design and Sale of Ergonomic Office Furniture Accessories and the provision of technical advice on ergonomic workstation solutions using equipment from the current product range.

The core activities contained within this scope have been identified as:
  • The design of new products;
  • The management of their manufacture by third party subcontractors;
  • Conducting Sales prospecting and the development and support of on-going customer relationships;
  • Receiving Processing Orders and Invoicing of customers in receipt of goods;
  • Purchase of goods and services and payment of subcontractors and suppliers; and
  • The management of the premises in which the above activities are conducted.

The scope of this document and the environmental aspects described herein are to be reviewed on a half yearly basis.

1.1 Environmental Policy (4.2)
The following policy has been written at the request of the board to ensure our company behaves as a responsible "Global Citizen" and promote sustainability in our business. At its core lie the following aims and objectives. The aims and objectives of the company's environmental policy are to:

  • Reduce consumption of key resources by our core business activities:
    • Energy used in heating, cooling and lighting of our offices;
    • Our Consumption of Water;
    • Direct or indirect consumption of fossils fuels for power, the transport of people and goods in the provision of our services where we are able to influence these areas; and
    • Designing flexible, robust products that use a minimum amount of material.
  • Reduce the amount of waste generated by our core business activities, specifically as a result of:
    • Sales Activities
    • Back Office (Order Processing, HR, Finance)
    • New Product Development Activities
    • Selling high quality, robust products that seldom need replacing.
  • Reduce the production of pollution during the manufacture of our designs through appropriate process selection in our designs.
  • Reduce the introduction of potentially hazardous materials into the environment by careful material selection in our designs.
  • Ensure that our customers can easily dispose of our products in a way that minimizes their impact on the environment. We aim to do this through:
    • Effective Communication
    • Design for Disassembly and Recycling
    • Clear Labelling of our products material contents.

This forms part of our business strategy as we recognise that without producing long-term environmental sustainability in our activities; our markets will not persist and our business will fail.

We hold a commitment to ensure that all of our offices exceed the minimum legal requirements for energy efficiency, waste disposal and recycling and that all subcontractors are required to comply with their local specific local geographic legal requirements relating to:

  • Air Emissions;
  • Disposal of Liquid Effluents;
  • Disposal of Waste Products; and
  • Ethical treatment of Employee's including their safety, welfare and remuneration.

The company has a commitment to continuous improvements in its efforts to reduce resource consumption, waste production and pollution as a part of its ISO 14001 policy.