Path, Humanscale’s Latest Task Chair
Earlier this year Humanscale launched Path, its latest task chair, claiming that it is climate positive and the world’s most sustainable task chair. That’s a big claim and I was skeptical. So I decided to look into the claim and while I was at it, get an update on Humanscale’s overall sustainability program from its Chief Sustainability Officer, Jane Abernethy. As prep for my interview with Ms. Abernethy I read my officeinsight article on how Humanscale is using the Living Product Challenge (LPC) of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) to help guide its sustainability program – specifically, during the product development process. What I like about the LPC is that it recognizes that the path (not capitalized and no pun intended) to sustainability is one of incremental improvement in the development of products and it doesn’t ignore the role of manufacturing facilities all along the supply chain. What I …
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