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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Launched furniture as a service

Furniture as a Service (FaaS) is a circular, subscription-based model where furniture is provided, maintained, refreshed and eventually taken back by the manufacturer. At Koskela, this means furniture designed for disassembly and repair, subscription or service-lease pricing, planned maintenance and refurbishment, and take-back and reuse at the end of each use cycle.

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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