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sustainability

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Wieland’s policies, including maintaining BIFMA® e3 Level and GREENGUARD® certifications, also involve resourcing, continued recycling and enhancing existing internal processes. Compliance with the latest environmental laws and regulations is a natural by-product of our long-term commitment to our customers. We actively seek to conserve, recycle, and act with respect toward our environment.

  • 100% of steel, foam, wood, plastic, and corrugated packaging used is recyclable
  • 90% of the fabrics we offer are environmentally-conscious products
  • 70% of supplies come from within a 500 mile radius of NW Ohio and NE Indiana
  • All furniture is designed to be easily renewed as part of our commitment to maximize the useful life of the product

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Wieland enthusiastically supports the efforts of Greenhealth

Greenhealth approved

Greenhealth Approved Certification means that specific chemicals, universally targeted for elimination, are not present in Wieland Healthcare products bearing the Greenhealth Approved logo. Specifically, Wieland products are certified to not contain the following:

  • Flame Retardant Chemicals
  • Per and Poly-fluorinated Compounds, known as PFASs or PFCs.
  • Chemical Antimicrobials
  • PVC – Polyvinyl Chloride
  • Formaldehyde and other VOCs above acceptable levels.

Use the product guide to identify which Wieland Healthcare products meet your needs. For more information about Practice Greenhealth click here. To access the Greenhealth Approved website directly, click here.

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BIFMA e3 Level®

This BIFMA e3 Level is a multi-attributed, multi-faceted approach to sustainable manufacturing for the furniture industry. Based on the BIFMA e3-Furniture Sustainability Standard, LEVEL is a third-party certification program that provides manufacturers with valuable feedback for evaluating the environmental, human, and social impacts of their furniture products for manufacturing, facility, and organization. For more information or to comment on the standard, visit levelcertified.org. View Wieland’s BIFMA Level Products here.

Under the LEVEL certification program products and processes are evaluated based on four performance criteria:

    • Materials
    • Use of Energy
    • Atmosphere and Ecosystem Health
    • Social Responsibility

Click here to download our BIFMA certificates.

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The Re-Purpose and Re-Use Plan

This plan provides customers with the opportunity to promote sustainable activity, contribute toward LEED certification, and divert furniture from landfills while offering aid to those in need worldwide. And Re-purposing often costs less than disposal.

Click here to download our Reuse Brochure.

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GREENGUARD® Certification

GREENGUARD® Certification ensures that a product has met some of thegreenguard logo world’s most rigorous and comprehensive standards for low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into indoor air.

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is closely tied to health, it’s an important concern in homes, schools, healthcare environments and commercial spaces. VOC emissions from building materials and furnishings is a major source of indoor air pollution. GREENGUARD Certification provides the market with solutions and resources to identify products with low chemical emissions, and provides manufacturers with credible tools to legitimize and promote their sustainability efforts.

GREENGUARD® Certification has been widely adopted as a trusted standard for low-emitting products. Our criteria have been the basis for the LEED credit for low emitting furniture since 2002.

Click here to download our Greenguard certificates.

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The majority of our products are greenguard certified just look for the greenguard logo:



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