Furniture meets Climate: Carbon, COP27 & your Coffee Table

December 14, 2022
Furniture meets Climate: Carbon, COP27 & your Coffee Table

On the heels of the COP27 convening in Egypt – world leaders arm wrestling about solutions to climate change – it feels timely to dig into the climate impact of the furniture industry. Every sector needs to take responsibility for its part in our climate crisis – and the next step towards change is almost always sizing up the problem. Our problem. 

Just a few years ago, we confess, we didn’t give a lot of thought to the interplay of climate and furniture. Now we’ve begun to understand that we, along with every industry, need to rethink everything.

Questions abound, but each one of us - designers, manufacturers, marketers, and retailers; environmental warriors or green novices - can take our feet off the coffee table. What’s your next step? 

 

 

We pulled a handful of articles (and a great video interview!) on climate, carbon and furniture to help us ‘get rethinking’ -
 

MINIMIZING HARM

The Climate-Friendly Way to Furnish your Home

 “All of us doing things imperfectly is better than a few people doing it perfectly.”
 

 

WATCH

 
A thought-provoking interview with Jesper Brodin, CEO of Ingka Group (IKEA) and Laura Clarke, CEO of ClientEarth.
  
  

NEW / NOT NEW

Is the Future of Furniture Flat-Packed?

This powerful carbon-reducing approach is not so new.

 

COURTESY ANDREU WORLD

  

HOW WE GOT HERE

  
Tackling over 12 million tons of furniture & furnishings that Americans throw away each year.
  
 
KEVIN J. BEATY/DENVERITE

 

    PRIMER

    Furniture and the Road to Net-Zero

    Exploring this relationship with UK-based maker Modus and sourcing firm Dodds & Shute.
      
    COURTESY DODDS & SHUTE
      

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    "This spark, that tool - we're just getting started!"

    "This spark, that tool - we're just getting started!"