Our Sustainability Practices

At Office Interiors, we value our environment. Our top priority is to create lasting value for our customers by building productive work environments that evolve and endure to promote a better world.

There’s more to it than numbers – we’re holding ourselves accountable to ensure we minimize the environmental impacts of our activities, whether it be by prioritizing the use of recycled, renewable, and low-emitting materials or improving energy efficiency at our facilities. 

Using our core values to fuel our actions, we are shaping a future that protects the environment and fosters transformational social impact while sustaining a culture where people can feel empowered. 

We take pride in investing our time and resources to ensure that we understand the regulations concerning environmental sustainability in every jurisdiction we do business in. We consult with the respective Department of Environments, Procurement, and other organizations like the Resource Recovery Fund Board in Nova Scotia to ensure that we are updated on all current policies and requirements.

To give you a better understanding of our commitment to minimizing our environmental footprint, we will be walking you through our current sustainability practices. 

Engagement in Circular Economy

Finding new ways to support a more circular business model is essential for our strategy and commitment. We aim to make it easier for customers to utilize alternatives to landfills when disposing of workplace products no longer needed.

Furniture and Equipment Leasing Options

Office Interiors customers can lease furniture and equipment instead of owning them outright. This ‘Product-as-a-Service’ program aims to extend the lifetime of every piece of furniture or device we manage through the ‘first life’ and give it a ‘second life’ by refurbishing and reusing, all while minimizing our environmental impact.

We resell 97% of technology equipment that is returned at the end of the lease. 

Equipment Maintenance and Repair

At Office Interiors, we offer our customers Service Level Agreements for their equipment. Maintenance is a deliberately structured, regular activity during which critical points are inspected to prevent the occurrence of malfunctions or accidents. Additionally, our Multifunction Printers (MFPs) are equipped with sensors that allow us to perform targeted maintenance based on operating data collected from the devices. 

Our partnership with Haworth allows us to offer our customers products that are warranted for 24-hour / 7-day use over a specified warranty period which could range from a year to a lifetime.

Use of Clean Technology

Here are the actions we have taken so far to combat climate change with the help of clean technology at our offices.

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations

We’ve installed EV charging stations at our headquarters in Dartmouth to support clean technology. Electric cars make a huge contribution to improving air quality in cities. Pure electric cars produce no carbon dioxide emissions when driving, reducing air pollution considerably.

Our charging stations are available to all. We find it a great opportunity for us to engage our partners, employees, and customers in our environmental mission and empower them to have an impact every day.

We’re also in the process of electrifying our service fleet at Office Interiors over the coming years. Our Service Manager will begin testing a few electric vehicles in our fleet as early as this year.