Around the world, there is growing interest by those specifying and purchasing furniture in a means to determine if wood products are being produced from responsibly-managed forests.
Purchasing from reputable suppliers and sources is a basic concern of Kimball International. Our procurement team exercises caution and judgment in obtaining the high-quality and precious wood resources needed to make Kimball furniture products.
Kimball Office offers the option of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified wood on select product series. The FSC is an independent, not-for-profit, non-government organization whose mission is to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. A chain-of-custody certification provides a guarantee that FSC-labeled products have come from sources who are practicing responsible, long-term, sustainably-managed forestry.
National Office Furniture also received FSC Chain-of-Custody certification as assurance that wood based materials in National products come from forests that meet stringent environmental, social and economic standards. National offers the option of FSC certified wood on most of its casegoods lines and a variety of its seating product lines.
Kimball Hospitality achieved FSC Chain-of-Custody (CoC) certification for its Jasper, Indiana operations, and also certified its off-shore partner factories to be FSC (CoC) certified, providing a guarantee to its global customers choosing FSC-certified products.