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Koskela Sustainability Profile

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Koskela is an Australian furniture company with a stated focus on sustainable, locally made furniture for communal and collaborative spaces. It says it has pursued this commitment for over 20 years, is Australia’s first furniture B Corp, and works with sustainable materials and ethical suppliers. The company has also described repair, maintenance, take-back and reuse as part of its approach, and has set goals around circularity and emissions reduction. Koskela has been certified Climate Active Carbon Neutral as an organisation, while noting that this certification does not extend to its products.

About Koskela

  • Status
  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 25 - 100
  • Country
  • Australia

Koskela Sustainability Actions

Climate Active certification

In 2020, Koskela announced that it had achieved its first milestone on the journey to Net Zero: it was certified carbon neutral. Officially, Koskela was awarded Climate Active Carbon Neutral certification as an Organisation. This certification only applies to Koskela as an organisation and does not extend to Koskela’s products.

Measured 2019 emissions

Koskela worked with Pangolin Associates to measure its emissions for the 2019 calendar year. For the 2019 CY, Koskela emissions amounted to 1,959 metric tonnes of CO2, or CO2 equivalent emissions. Scope 1 emissions were 0.7 tCO2e/cy, Scope 2 emissions were 173.6 tCO2e/cy, and Scope 3 emissions were 1,978.3 tCO2e/cy.

Used GreenPower electricity

In regard to scope 2, all of Koskela’s electricity is provided by accredited renewable generators through GreenPower, so these emissions have already been eliminated.

Purchased carbon credits

Koskela is offsetting its emissions by investing in two Carbon Credit Projects: Aboriginal Carbon Fund, Northern Territory, Australia, and Nuziveedu Seeds Wind Power Projects, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, India. Koskela’s purchased carbon credits have been retired on the Verra Public Registry.

Introduced circular design principles

Koskela introduced its 10 Circular Design Principles, described as a practice-based framework for embedding circularity into commercial furniture and fit-outs. The principles are grounded in circular economy research from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Koskela’s two decades of experience creating furniture for Australian workplaces, schools and public spaces.

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Koskela Sustainability Commitments

2030

Net zero by 2030

In December 2019, Koskela pledged to be Net Zero by 2030. The announcement was made during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP25.

2027

Fully circular by 2027

Koskela says its goal is to eliminate waste and be fully circular by 2027.


What do our labels mean?

Certified B Corporation Logo

Certified B Corporation

UNGC Participant Logo

UNGC Participant

GECA Claim Authenticated Logo

GECA Claim Authenticated

About Koskela

  • Status
  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 25 - 100
  • Country
  • Australia

Sustainable Development Goals

Koskela is committed to advancing these Global Goals to promote prosperity for people & planet.

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